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Vocabulary
Solving for legs
Solving for Hypotenuse
Pieces of the Formula
Miscellanous
100

What are the sides of the triangle next to the right angle called?

Legs

100
When one leg=3 and the hypotenuse=5 then the other leg=?
What is 4?
100
When one leg=3 and the other leg=4 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 5
100

What letters are used to represent the "legs" of a right triangle?

What is a and b?

100
The only type of triangle you can use the pythagorean theorem on.
What is a right triangle.
200

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

Hypotenuse

200
When one leg=6 and the hypotenuse=10 then the other leg=?
What is 8?
200
When one leg=3 and the other leg=5 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 34
200

The letter in the formula that represents the longest length in a right triangle

What is the c?

200

Would a triangle with side lengths 13, 12, and 5 be a right triangle?

What is yes?

300

What is the only type of triangle that works with the Pythagorean Theorem. (Or a triangle with an angle measuring 90 degrees)

What is a right triangle?

300
When one leg=5 and the hypotenuse=13 then the other leg=?
What is 12?
300
When one leg=6 and the other leg=7 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 85?
300
The operation we used to "get rid" of something squared.
What is taking the square root?
300
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?
400

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

Who is Pythagoras?

400
When one leg=7 and the hypotenuse=25 then the other leg=?
What is 24?
400
When one leg=10 and the other leg=9 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 181?
400

What do we call multiplying a number by itself?

squaring a number

400

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

500

What is the Pythagorean Theorem?

What is a^2+b^2=c^2?

500

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

What is 28?

500
When one leg=15 and the other leg=22 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 709?
500
The spelling of the theorem we have been talking about.
What is p-y-t-h-a-g-o-r-e-a-n.
500

What is the thing that allows us to say whether a triangle is a right triangle or not? 

What is the Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem?