Vocabulary
What are the sides of the triangle that create the right angle?
What are Legs?
John is building a wall for a kitchen remodel. He knows the space for the wall is 121 ft2. How long does his diagonal brace need to be?
What is hypotenuse?
When one leg=3 and the other leg=? then the hypotenuse=5
What is 4?
Construction workers are building a ramp. The ramp is 9 feet high and 12 feet long. This is the length of the slanted part of the ramp.
What is 15 feet?
What is the opposite of squaring a number?
Taking the square root of the number.
What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle?
What is the Hypotenuse?
Karen is planting a tree. She uses a guide wire to stabilize the tree. The diagonal wire is 10ft long and the tree is 6ft tall. How far from the tree is the stabilizing wire?
What is a leg?
Roofers need to know how long of a ladder they need. The roof is 16 feet high and the bottom of the ladder will be placed 12 feet from the building. What is the length of the ladder?
20 feet
What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?
What is a2+b2=c2 ?
Three people are sitting on a bus. Ashley is seated 4 meters behind Deion and 3 meters directly to the left of Becky? How far is Deion from Becky?
What is hypotenuse?
When one leg=? and the other leg=8 then the hypotenuse=10
What is the square root of 6?
Three people are sitting on a bus. Ashley is seated 4 meters behind Deion and 3 meters directly to the left of Becky? How far is Deion from Becky?
5
Letters "a" and "b" are used to represent which part of a right triangle?
leg
What is the name of the guy who is given credit for discovering the theorem we have been learning about?
Who is Pythagoras?
Marco leans a ladder against his house to clean the gutters. If the ladder is 8 ft long and the house is 11 ft tall, how far from the house did he place the ladder?
What is a leg?
Sarah swims in a rectangular-shaped swimming pool 18 feet wide and 24 feet long. About how many feet long is a diagonal of the surface of the water in the pool?
15.9
The letter in the formula that stands for the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle
What is "c?"
What is the only type of triangle that works with the Pythagorean Theorem.
What is a Right Triangle?
A baseball diamond is 12 meters from 1st to 2nd base. What is the distance from 2nd base to home plate?
Hypotenuse
Members of the fire department lean a 40-foot ladder against a building. The side of the building is perpendicular to the level ground so that the base of the ladder is 25 feet away from the base of the building. To the nearest foot, how far up the building does the ladder reach?
31.22
The side that always has the longest length in a right triangle
What is the hypotenuse?