Vocabulary
Identifying Parts
Solving for Hypotenuse
Pieces of the Formula
Miscellanous
100
What the sides are called that form the right angle of the triangle?
Legs
100
The legs
a & b
100
When one leg=3
and the other leg=4
then the hypotenuse=?
What is 5
100
A letter in the formula that stands for the length of one leg of a right triangle
What is "a" or "b"?
100
The figure we can use to help prove or understand the pythagorean theorem
What is squares?
200
Where you can find the hypotenuse
Across from the right angle
200
The hypotenuse
c
200
When one leg=3
and the other leg=5
then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 34
200
The letter in the formula that stands for the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle
What is "c?"
200
The only type of triangle you can use the pythagorean theorem on.
What is a right triangle.
300
The Pythagorean Theorem
What is a2+b2=c2
300
When one leg=5 and the hypotenuse=13 then the other leg=?
What is 12?
300
When one leg=6
and the other leg=7
then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 85?
300
The symbol we use to represent multiplying a number by itself.
What is "n²"
300
The spelling of the theorem we have been talking about.
What is p-y-t-h-a-g-o-r-e-a-n.
400
The name of the guy who discovered the theorem we have been learning about
Pythagoras
400
When one leg=7 and the hypotenuse=25 then the other leg=?
What is 24?
400
When one leg=10
and the other leg=9
then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 181?
400
The side that always has the longest length in a right triangle
What is the hypotenuse?
400
Construction workers are building a ramp. The ramp is 9 feet high and 12 feet long. This is the length of the slanted part of the ramp.
What is 15 feet?
500
The type of triangles that work with the Pythagorean Theorem.
ONLY Right Triangles
500
When one leg=9 and the hypotenuse=12 then the other leg=?
What is 15?
500
When one leg=15
and the other leg=22
then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 709?
500
The operation we used to "get rid" of something squared.
What is taking the square root?
500
Roofers need to know how long of a ladder they need. The roof is 16 feet high and the bottom of the ladder will be placed 12 feet from the building. This is the length of the ladder.
What is 20 feet?