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=?
5
What do we call multiplying a number by itself?
Squaring a number
When one leg=3 and the hypotenuse=5 then the other leg=?
4
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=?
Square root of 34
What is the side that always has the longest length in a right triangle
The hypotenuse
When one leg=6 and the hypotenuse=10 then the other leg=?
8
What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?
a^2+b^2=c^2
When one leg=6 and the other leg=7 then the hypotenuse=?
Square root of 85
What is the operation we used to "get rid" of something squared? (the opposite of squaring)
Taking the square root of a number
When one leg=5 and the hypotenuse=13 then the other leg=?
12
What is the name of the guy who is given credit for discovering the theorem we have been learning about?
Pythagoras
When one leg=10 and the other leg=9 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the shape we can use to help prove or understand the Pythagorean theorem
Square
When one leg=7 and the hypotenuse=25 then the other leg=?
24
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=15 and the other leg=22 then the hypotenuse=?
Square root of 709
What is the spelling of the theorem we have been talking about?
P Y T H A G O R E A N
When one leg=21 and the hypotenuse=35 then the other leg=?
28