Vocabulary
Square Roots
Find hypotenuse
Find a leg
Word problems
100
What is a right triangle?
A 90 degree angled triangle
100
Square Root of 49
7
100
a=6, b=8, c=
10
100
a=9, b= , c=41
40
100
Mary is flying a kite. The length of the kite string is 55 feet and she is positioned 40 feet away from beneath the kite. About how high is the kite?
37.7 feet
200
What is the legs?
The two sides that form the right angle in a right triangle
200
Square Root of 900
30
200
a=10, b=24, c=
26
200
a= , b=12, c=19
14.7
200
The floor exercise mat measures 40ft by 40 ft. Find the measure of the diagonal.
56.6
300
What is the hypotenuse?
The side opposite of the right angle
300
x^2=2401 ; Solve for X
49
300
a=5, b=9, c=
10.3
300
a= 27, b= , c=61
54.7
300
The size of a tv set is determined by the length of the diagonal of the screen. If a 35 inch tv screen is 26 inches long, how tall is the screen?
23
400
What is square root?
One of the two equal factors of a number
400
Estimate the Square Root of 27
5
400
a=6, b=11, c=
12.5
400
a= ,b=35, c=37
12
400
A 13 foot ladder is leaning against a building. The base of the ladder is 5 feet from the building. How high on the building is the ladder?
12 feet
500
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
In a right angle the sum of the squares of the lengths of the legs equal to the square of the length of the hypotenuse a²+b²=c²
500
Estimate the Square Root of 150
12
500
a=1.5, b=2, c=
2.5
500
a=7, b= , c=14
12.1
500
A tv screen measure 9 inches by 40 inches. What is the diagonal of the tv?
41 inches
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