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Vocabulary
Solving for legs
Solving for Hypotenuse
Pieces of the Formula
Miscellanous
100

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

Legs

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

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

leg

100

The spelling of the theorem we have been talking about.


What is p-y-t-h-a-g-o-r-e-a-n.

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

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

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?

9.2

300

What do we call multiplying a number by itself?

squaring a number

300

Is a triangle with the following side lengths a right triangle? Prove it. 

3,4,5

yes 

32+42=52

9 + 16 = 25


400

What is the name of the guy who is given credit for discovering the theorem we have been learning about?

Pythagoras

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?

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 to a house. The top of ramp is 9 feet from the ground and the ramp itself is 15 feet. How far is the bottom of the ramp placed from the house? 

What is 12 feet?

500

Give the 3 side lengths of a triangle that is a right triangle and prove that it is a right triangle. 

misc

500

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

What is 28?

500

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

What is the square root of 709?

26.6

500
The operation we used to "get rid" of something squared.
What is taking the square root?
500

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