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Vocabulary
Solving for legs
Solving for Hypotenuse
Pieces of the Formula
Word Problems
100

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

Legs

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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

Letters "a" and "b" are used to represent which part of a right triangle?

leg

100

The bottom of a ladder must be placed 3 feet from a wall. The ladder is 10 feet long. How far above the ground does the ladder touch the wall? (Round to tenths place if necessary)

What is 9.5 feet? 

200

What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle? (*Side c)

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 stands for the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle
What is "c?"
200

A soccer field is a rectangle 100 meters wide and 130 meters long. The coach asks players to run from one corner to the other corner diagonally across. What is that distance? (Round to the nearest whole number).

What is 164? 

300

What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?

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

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

What do we call multiplying a number by itself?

squaring a number

300

The diagonal of a rectangle is 25 in. The width is 15 inches. What is the length?

What is 20 inches?

400

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

Right Triangle

400

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

What is 28?

400
When one leg=15 and the other leg=22 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 709?
400
The operation we used to "get rid" of something squared.
What is taking the square root?
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 name of the guy who is given credit for discovering the theorem we have been learning about?

Pythagoras

500
When one leg=7 and the hypotenuse=25 then the other leg=?
What is 24?
500
When one leg=10 and the other leg=9 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 181?
500
The side that always has the longest length in a right triangle
What is the hypotenuse?
500

A park is in the shape of a rectangle 8 miles long and 6 miles wide. How much shorter is your walk if you walk diagonally across the park than along the two sides of it?

What is 4 miles. (Diagonal distance is 10, the "long way" is 8 + 6 = 14 miles. That means the diagonal is a shorter walk by 4 miles)