Math Facts
Hypotenuse
Legs
Distance Formula
Is It A Right Triangle
100

112

121

100

Use the Pythagorean theorem to find c.

A=3

B=4

5

100

Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the missing leg for the triangle with c=5 and b=4.

a = 3

100

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between points (1, 2) and (4, 6).

5 units

100

Is it a right triangle?

1-2-3

No

A+ B≠ C2

200

132

169

200

Use the Pythagorean theorem to find c.

A=6

B=8

10

200

Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the missing leg for the triangle with a= 8 and c=17.

b = 15

200

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between points (3, 8) and (3, 2).

6 units

200

Is it a right triangle?

30-40-50

Yes!

A+ B2 = C2

300

152

225

300

Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the missing hypotenuse for the triangle whose legs are 5 and 12.

13

300

Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the missing leg for the triangle with a = 7 and c = 25.

b = 24

300

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between points (-2, 1) and (6, 16).

17

300

Is it a right triangle?

10-11-21

No

A+ B≠ C2

400

212

441

400

Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the missing hypotenuse for the triangle whose legs are 9 and 12.

15

400

Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the missing leg for the triangle with b=20 and c=29.

a = 21

400

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between points (0, 0) and (5, 12).

13 units

400

Is it a right triangle?

9-40-41

Yes!

A+ B2 = C2

500

272

729

500

Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the missing hypotenuse for the triangle whose legs are 12 and 16.

20

500

Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the missing leg for the triangle with c = 37 and b = 12.

a = 35

500

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between points (-5, -5) and (4, 7).

15 units

500

Is it a right triangle?

54-72-90

Yes!

A+ B= C2