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The letter(s) in the Pythagorean Theorem that represent the legs.
What is a and b?
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The letter(s) in the Pythagorean Theorem that represents the hypotenuse.
What is c?
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The famous mathematician who created the Pythagorean Theorem.
Who is Pythagoras?
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Jack is building a slide for his kids. If the ladder is 3 meters tall and he wants the bottom of the slide to be 4 meters from the ladder, how long does the slide need to be?
What is 5
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What buttons do you press on the calculator to find the square root?
What is 2nd x^2.
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a= 3.9, b = ?, c = 11 Round to the nearest tenth.
What is 10.3
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a = 2, b = 6, c = ? Round to the nearest tenth.
What is 6.3
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What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
What is a squared + b squared = c squared.
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Alex takes a rectangular piece of fabric and cuts from one corner to the opposite corner. If the piece of fabric is 4 inches long and 3 inches wide, how long is the diagonal cut that Alex made?
What is 5
200
What buttons do you press on the calculator to square a number?
What is the number, then x^2.
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Picture #18 Round to the nearest tenth.
What is 9.1
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Picture #19
What is 10.6
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What type of triangle does the Pythagorean Theorem work with?
What is a right triangle.
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A mouse has made holes in opposite corners of a rectangular kitchen. The kitchen is 8 feet by 15 feet. If the mouse runs straight from one hole to the other, how far will it run?
What is 17
300
****DAILY DOUBLE**** An architect is making a floor plan for a rectangular gymnasium. If the gymnasium is 30 meters long and 16 meters wide, what will the distance be between opposite corners?
What is 34
400
Picture #17 Round to the nearest tenth.
What is 7.5
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a = 2, b = 5, c = ?
What is 5.4
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****DAILY DOUBLE**** Picture #2
What is YES.
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Kendrick measured the floor of his storage unit, which is rectangular. It is 12 meters wide and 15 meters from one corner to opposite corner. How long is the storage unit?
What is 9
400
A jogger running around a rectangular park takes a shortcut back to her car by running 70 yards from one corner to the opposite corner. If the park is 42 yards long, what is the width?
What is 56
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Picture #21. Round to the nearest tenth.
What is 4.9
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a = 2.7, b = 6.5, c = ?
What is 7.
500
Peter ran the width of a field, a distance of 36 meters. Then he ran the length of the field, a distance of 77 meters. How far apart are opposite corners of the field?
What is 85
500
What is the diagonal distance across a square with each side on 1? Round to the nearest tenth.
What is 1.4
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A telephone pole is 24 feet tall and a pigeon is standing on the ground 32 feet from the pole. If the pigeon flies from where it is standing to the top of the telephone pole, how far will it fly?
What is 40 feet