Missing Leg
Missing Hypotenuse
Word Problems
100

A right triangle has a leg of 3in and hypotenuse of 5in. What  is the length of the missing leg?

4

100

A right triangle has legs 9yd and 12 yd. What is the hypotenuse?

15 yd

100

You place the base of a ladder 12ft from a shed. The ladder touches the shed at 35ft. How long is the ladder?

37ft

200

A right triangle has a leg of 20in and hypotenuse of 29in. What  is the length of the missing leg?

21

200

A right triangle has legs 14in and 3in. What is the hypotenuse?

Square Root 205

200

What is the length of the diagonal of a 4cm by 3cm rectangle?

5cm

300

A right triangle has a leg of 6in and hypotenuse of 10in. What  is the length of the missing leg?

8

300

A right triangle has legs 4ft and 8ft. What is the hypotenuse?

Square Root 80

300

How far from the base of the house do you need to place a 35ft ladder so that it exactly reaches the top of a 21ft wall?

28ft

400

A right triangle has a leg of 9ft and hypotenuse of 15ft5. What  is the length of the missing leg?

12

400

A right triangle has legs 12in and 16in. What is the hypotenuse?

20

400

A soccer field is a rectangle 24 meters long and 7 meters wide. The coach asks the players to run from one corner to the other corner diagonally across. What is that distance?

25 meters

500

A right triangle has a leg of 6in and hypotenuse of 9in. What  is the length of the missing leg?

Square Root 45

500

A right triangle has legs 8m and 15m. What is the hypotenuse?

17

500

Joe leaves the house togo to school. He walks 8 meters west and 15 meters north. How far is he from his starting point?

17 meteres