What are the sides of the triangle next to the right angle?
Legs
Letters "a" and "b" are used to represent which part of a right triangle?
leg
What is the
sqrt (400)
What is 20?
What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle? (*Side c)
Hypotenuse
What is the
sqrt (144)
What is 12
What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?
What is a^2+b^2=c^2
What do we call multiplying a number by itself?
squaring a number
What is 132?
What is 169
What is the name of the guy who is given credit for discovering the theorem we have been learning about?
Pythagoras
Estimate the following square root. What two whole numbers does it fall between? (Get an answer within a tenth)
sqrt (80)
What is 8.9 or 8.8
What is the only type of triangle that works with the Pythagorean Theorem. (Or a triangle with an angle measuring 90 degrees)
Right Triangle
When one leg=21 and the hypotenuse=35 then the other leg=?
What is 28?
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