Pythagorean Theorem

Squares and Square Roots

100

16²

256

200

sqrt(841)

What is 29?

300

12²

144

400

sqrt(1764)

42

500

27²

729

Is that your hypotenuse?

100

Use the Pythagorean theorem a² + b² = c² to find the missing hypotenuse for the triangle with legs 3 and 4 cm long

5 cm

200

Use the Pythagorean theorem a² + b² = c² to find the missing hypotenuse for the triangle whose legs are 6 and 8.

10

300

Use the Pythagorean theorem a² + b² = c² to find the missing hypotenuse for the triangle whose legs are 5 and 12.

13

400

Use the Pythagorean theorem a² + b² = c² to find the missing hypotenuse for the triangle whose legs are 9 and 12.

15

500

Use the Pythagorean theorem a² + b² = c² to find the missing hypotenuse for the triangle whose legs are 12 and 16.

20

Where are my legs???

100

Use the Pythagorean theorem a² + b² = c² to find the missing leg for the triangle with c=5 and b=4.

a = 3

200

Use the Pythagorean theorem a² + b² = c² to find the missing leg for the triangle with a = 7 and c = 25.

b = 24

300

Use the Pythagorean theorem a² + b² = c² to find the missing leg for the triangle with a= 10 and c=15.

b = 11.2

400

Use the Pythagorean theorem a² + b² = c² to find the missing leg for the triangle with c=26 and b=16.

a = 20.5

500

Use the Pythagorean theorem a² + b² = c² to find the missing leg for the triangle with c = 37 and b = 15.

a = 33.8 

Hey! That's cool...

100

In the Pythagorean theorem  a² + b² = c², what are a and b called?

Legs

200

In the Pythagorean theorem a² + b² = c², what is "c" called?

Hypotenuse

300

True or False:

Pythagorean Theorem can ONLY be used with right triangles.

True

400

A soccer field is a rectangle 90 meters wide and 120 meters long. The coach asks players to run from one corner to the corner diagonally across. What is this distance?

150m

500

Scott wants to swim across a river that is 400 meters wide. He begins swimming perpendicular to the shore he started from but ends up 100 meters down river from where he started beca use of the current. How far did he actually swim from his starting point?

412m

No cap... this is bussin'...

100

What do we use the Pythagorean theorem for??   

To find the missing side lengths of triangles.

200

What was the topic of this Jeopardy?

The Pythagorean Theorem 

300

Why do bees have sticky hair?  

Because they use Honeycombs....

400

What do you call a triangle that is very pretty?

Acute triangle

500

Donna's TV screen is 20 inches long. If the diagonal measures 25 inches, how long is the width of Donna's TV?

15in