Mrs Miller Pythagorean Theorem

Vocabulary

100

What are the sides of the triangle that come together to make the right angle?

Legs

200

What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle?

Hypotenuse

300

What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?

a²+b²=c²

400

What is the only type of triangle that works with the Pythagorean Theorem. 

Right Triangle

500

What is the name of the guy who is given credit for discovering the theorem we have been learning about?

Pythagoras

Solving for a leg

100

When one leg=3 and the hypotenuse=5 then the other leg=?

4

200

When one leg=6 and the hypotenuse=10 then the other leg=?

8

300

When one leg=5 and the hypotenuse=13 then the other leg=?

12

400

When one leg=7 and the hypotenuse=25 then the other leg=?

24

500

When one leg=21 and the hypotenuse=35 then the other leg=?

28

Solving for a Hypotenuse

100

When one leg=3 and the other leg=4 then the hypotenuse=?

5

200

When one leg=8 and the other leg=13 then the hypotenuse=?

15.3

300

When one leg=6 and the other leg=7 then the hypotenuse=?

9.2

400

When one leg=10 and the other leg=9 then the hypotenuse=?

13.5

500

When one leg=15 and the other leg=22 then the hypotenuse=?

26.6

Pieces of the Formula

100

Letters "a" and "b" are used to represent which part of a right triangle?

legs

200

The letter in the formula that stands for the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle

c

300

What do we call multiplying a number by itself?

squaring a number

400

The side that always has the longest length in a right triangle

hypotenuse

500

The operation we used to "get rid" of something squared.

taking the square root

Summer

100

The warmest season falling between Spring and Fall

Summer

200

Who sings a song about summer in the movie Frozen

Olaf

300

The longest day of the year is called what?

Summer Solstice

400

How old was the person who invented Popsicles?

11

500

National Ice Cream Month is in which month?

July