Pythagorean Theorem Word Problems

Front

The slide at the playground has a height of 6 feet. The base of the slide measured on the ground is 8 feet. What is the length of the slide?

Back

10 feet

Front

You need a ladder that will reach up a 25 foot tall house when placed 10 feet away from the house. How tall does the ladder need to be?

Back

27 feet

Front

The size of a television screen is measured by the length of the diagonal of the screen. What size is a television screen that is 3 feet tall and 6 feet wide?

Back

6.7

Front

Find h

Back

35.71

Front

Jane walks 6 blocks east from home. Miguel walks 8 blocks north. How many blocks apart are their schools if you walk straight from one to the other?

Back

10

Front

A rectangular field is 50 yards wide and 100 yards long. Patrick walks diagonally across the field. How far does he walk?

Back

111.8 yards

Front

Madison is on the top of an 80 foot building. She is creating a zipline course to the ground with 100 feet of cable. How far from the base of the building will she need to anchor the cable to make the zipline cable tight?

Back

60 feet

Front

Lisa drives her car 46 km south and then 13 km east. How far is she from her starting point?

Back

47.8 km

Front

Two joggers run 8 miles north and then 5 miles west. What is the shortest distance back to their starting point to the nearest tenth of a mile?

Back

9.4

Front

An airplane flies 56 miles due north and then 33 miles due east. How many miles is the plane from its starting point?

Back

65 miles