Vocabulary
A triangle with one 90 degree angle
What is a right triangle?
When one leg=3 and the hypotenuse=5 then the other leg=?
What is 4?
A right triangle has legs of length 3 units and 4 units. What is the length of the hypotenuse?
What is 5?
A letter in the formula that stands for the length of one leg of a right triangle
What is "a" or "b"?
Hypotenuse of a triangle
What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle?
When one leg=6 and the hypotenuse=10 then the other leg=?
What is 8?
A right triangle has legs of length 6 cm and 8 cm. What is the length of the hypotenuse?
What is 10?
The letter in the formula that stands for the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle
What is "c"?
Formula of the Pythagorean Theorem
What is a^2+b^2=c^2
When one leg=5 and the hypotenuse=13 then the other leg=?
What is 12?
A triangle has legs of length 12in and 5in. What is the length of the hypotenuse?
The side that always has the longest length in a right triangle
What is the hypotenuse?
What is the only type of triangle that works with the Pythagorean Theorem
What is a right triangle
When one leg=7 and the hypotenuse=25 then the other leg=?
What is 24?
A right triangle has a hypotenuse of 10 feet and one leg of 6 feet. What is the length of the other leg?
What is 8?
The symbol we use to represent multiplying a number by itself
What is "n²"?
Legs of a triangle
What are the sides of the triangle next to the right angle?
When one leg=9 and the hypotenuse=12 then the other leg=?
What is 15?
When one leg=10 and the other leg=9 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 181?
The operation we used to "get rid" of something squared
What is taking the square root?