Vocabulary
What are the sides of the triangle next to the right angle?
Legs
When one leg=3 and the other leg=4 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 5?
A triangle with sides that are 6, 8, and 10
What is a right triangle?
John leaves school to go home. He walks 6 blocks North and then 8 blocks west. How far is John from the school?
What is 10 blocks?
What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle? (*Side c)
Hypotenuse
When one leg=3 and the other leg=5 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 34?
A triangle with sides 7, 9, and 11
What is NOT a right triangle?
Find the height of a tree if there is a ladder leaning against it that is 10 feet tall and it is 5 feet away from the base of the tree.
What is 8.7 feet?
What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?
What is a^2+b^2=c^2
Is 6-8-10 a Pythagorean Triple?
What is YES?
Joshua won a laptop in a school raffle. The laptop screen measures 10 inches in height and 24 inches in width. Find the diagonal length of the laptop screen.
What is 26 inches?
What is the name of the guy who is given credit for discovering the theorem we have been learning about?
Pythagoras
A triangle with sides 15, 36, and 39
What is a right triangle?
A ladder 13 m long is placed on the ground in such a way that it touches the top of a vertical wall 12 m high. Find the distance of the foot of the ladder from the bottom of the wall.
What is 5 meters?
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?
A triangle with sides 1.5, 2.5, and 4.0
What is NOT a right triangle?
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?
What is 20 feet?