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Vocabulary
Square Roots
Is it a Right Triangle
Solve for the missing leg/hyp.
Word Problems
100

What is the formula for Pythagorean Theorem?

What is a2+b2 = c2

100

What is the square root of 49?

What is 7

100

Is this triangle (6, 8, 10) right-angled, why/why not?

yes triad 

100

Find the hypotenuse, c, when a = 3 and b = 4

What is 5

100

John leaves school to go home. He walks 6 blocks North and then 8 blocks west. How far is John from the school? *Write your answer in the context of the problem

What is 10 blocks

200
What is the opposite side to the right angle in a triangle called?
What is hypotenuse
200

What is the square root of 63 to one decimal place

What is 7.9

200
A triangle with sides 7, 9, and 11
What is NOT a right triangle
200

Find a if b = 5 and c = 10?

What is 8.7

200

Find the height of a tree if there is a ladder leaning against it that is 10m tall and it is 5m away from the base of the tree. *Write your answer in the context of the problem

What is 8.7m

300

Either of the sides that touch the right triangle are called?

What is a short side

300

What is the square root of 581 to two decimal places?

What is 24.10

300
Is 6-8-10 a Pythagorean Triple?
What is YES
300
Find the hypotenuse, c, when a = 8 and b = 15
What is 17
300

Joshua won a laptop in a school raffle. The laptop screen measures 10 inches in height and 24 inches in width. Find the diagonal length of the laptop screen. *Write your answer in the context of the problem

What is 26 inches

400

What is a triad?

Group of three whole positive numbers that obey Pythag

400

What is the square root of 400?

What is 20

400

Is this triangle (15, 36, 39) right-angled why why not? 

Yes as c2 = a2 + b2 

400
Find the hypotenuse, c, when a = 15 and b = 20
What is 25
400

A ladder 13 m long is placed on the ground in such a way that it touches the top of a vertical wall 12 m high. Find the distance of the foot of the ladder from the bottom of the wall. *Write your answer in the context of the problem

What is 5m 

500

How do you prove a triangle is right-angled?

Use Pythag and if both sides are equal then right-angled triangle.

500

what is the square root of "5 squared plus twelve squared"? 

13

500

A triangle with sides 1.5, 2.5, and 4.0

What is NOT a right triangle

500

If the hypotenuse is twice "a" and "a" is 7 what is b

What is 12.12

500

Rachel bought a rug for her apartment. The rug is 11 feet long and 9 feet wide. Find the diagonal length of the rug. *Write your answer in the context of the problem

What is 14.2 feet