Formula
What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?
a2+b2=c2
The side of a right triangle which is opposite the right angle.
What is the hypotenuse/side c?
a=3, b=?, c=5
What is 4?
a=3, b=4, c=?
What is 5?
The only type of triangle the theorem works on.
What is a right triangle?
You use the __ of the Pythagorean Theorem to figure out if a shape is a right triangle.
What is the formula?
The Pythagorean Theorem can only be used on this shape.
What is a right triangle?
a=6, b=?, c=10
What is 8?
a=3, b=5, c=?
What is the square root of 34?
This is the spelling of the theorem.
What is p-y-t-h-a-g-o-r-e-a-n?
The side that is always the longest in a right triangle.
What is the hypotenuse?
The letters used to name each of the sides of a right triangle.
What is a, b, and c?
a=5, b=?, c=13
What is 12?
a=6, b=7, c=?
What is the square root of 85?
Construction workers are building a ramp. It is 9ft high and 12ft long. __ is the length of the slanted part of the ramp.
What is 15ft?
The letters 'a' and 'b' are used to represent this.
What are the legs?
This states that the angle opposite length 'c' is a right angle.
What is the converse?
a=7, b=?, c=25
What is 24?
a=10, b=9, c=?
What is the square root of 81?
Roofers need to know how long a ladder they need. The roof is 16ft high, and the bottom of the ladder will be placed 12ft from the building. __ is the length of the ladder.
What is 20ft?
The opposite operation of squaring a number.
What is the square root?
Who is credited for discovering the Pythagorean Theorem?
Pythagoras.
a=21, b=?, c=35
What is 28?
a=15, b=22, c=?
What is the square root of 709?
The shape used to help prove the Pythagorean Theorem.
What is a square?