Vocabulary
What are the sides of the triangle that form the right angle called?
Legs
When one leg=3 and the other leg=4 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 5
Letters "a" and "b" are used to represent which part of a right triangle?
legs
Other than a triangle, what two shapes could the Pythgorean Theorem be applied to?
What is square or rectangle?
What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle called?
Hypotenuse
When one leg=3 and the other leg=5 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 5.8
What is the volume formula for a cylinder?
V = (pi)(r^2)(h)
What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?
What is a^2+b^2=c^2
When one leg=6 and the other leg=7 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 9.2?
What do we call multiplying a number by itself?
squaring a number
The spelling of the longest side in a right triangle.
What is h-y-p-o-t-e-n-u-s-e.
What is the name of the fellow who is given credit for discovering our current theorem?
Pythagoras
When one leg=10 and the other leg=9 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 13.5?
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 only type of triangle that the Pythagorean Theorem will work on.
Right Triangle
When one leg=21 and the hypotenuse=35 then the other leg=?
What is 28?
When one leg=15 and the other leg=22 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 26.6?
The operation we used to "undo" something squared.
What is taking the square root?
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