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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

John leaves school to go home. He walks 6 blocks North and then 8 blocks west. How far is John from the school?

10 blocks

100

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.

 5 meters

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=?

5.83

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=?

9.22

300

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.

8.7 feet

300

Rachel bought a rug for her apartment. The rug is 11 feet long and 9 feet wide. Find the diagonal length of the rug.

14.2 feet

400

What is the formula to find c?

c=square root of  a^2+b^2

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=?

13.45

400

The side that always has the longest length in a right triangle

What is the hypotenuse?

400
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?
500

 Is this a right triangle with sides 7, 9, and 11

NOT a right triangle

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=?

26.63

500

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.

 26 inches

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