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Vocabulary
Solving for legs
Solving for Hypotenuse
Pieces of the Formula
Miscellanous
100
Legs of a triangle
What are the sides of the triangle next to the right angle?
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
A letter in the formula that stands for the length of one leg of a right triangle
What is "a" or "b"?
100
The figure we can use to help prove or understand the pythagorean theorem
What is squares?
200
Hypotenuse of a triangle
What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle?
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 or 5.8

200
The letter in the formula that stands for the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle
What is "c?"
200

The only type of triangle you can use the Pythagorean theorem on.

What is a right triangle.

300

Statement of the Pythagorean Theorem

What is a2+b2=c2

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? or 9.2

300

The symbol we use to represent multiplying a number by itself.

What is "n²" or "squared"

300
The spelling of the theorem we have been talking about.
What is p-y-t-h-a-g-o-r-e-a-n.
400

What did Pythagoras do?

He discovered the theorem we have been learning about?

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? or 13.5

400
The side that always has the longest length in a right triangle
What is the hypotenuse?
400

Construction workers are building a ramp. The ramp is 9 feet high and 16 feet long. This is the length of the slanted part of the ramp.

What is 18.4 feet?

500

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

A right triangle or a triangle with an angle measuring 90 degrees.

500
When one leg=9 and the hypotenuse=12 then the other leg=?
What is 15?
500

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

What is the square root of 709? or 26.6

500

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

What is taking the square root?

500

A roof is 16 feet high and the bottom of the ladder must be place one foot away from the wall for every 4 feet high (according to OSHA standards).  How tall must the ladder be?

16.5 feet