Who was Pythagoras?

Who was Pythagoras?

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Pythagoras of Samos

Born

about 569 BC

Samos, Ionia

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Where was Pythagoras born?

• Paris, France

• Irving, Texas

• Samos, Ionia

• Athens, Greece

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When was Pythagoras born?

• about 300 BC

• about 17 BC

• about 371 BC

• about 569 BC

Samos, India on a map

Summary

Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher who made important developments in mathematics, astronomy, and the theory of music. The theorem now known as Pythagoras's theorem was known to the Babylonians 1000 years earlier but he may have been the first to prove it.

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True or false. Pythagoras was Greek.

• true

• false

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What theorem is he credited for proving?

• the Prime Number Theorem

• the Pythagorean Theorem

• the Law of Quadratic Reciprocity

• the Binomial Theorem

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When a triangle has a right angle, it is ___ degrees

• 90

• 180

• 360

• 240

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What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?

• a² - b² = c²

• a² + b² + c²

• a² + b² = c²

• a² + b² + a² + b² = d

More Notes

• "c" is the longest side called the hypotenuse

• "a" and "b" are the shorter sides called the legs

• In a right angled triangle:

  the square of the hypotenuse is equal to

  the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

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The longest side is called the ______

• hypotenuse

• legs

• a and b

• the long side

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What variables will you use for the legs?

• a and c

• c and d

• a and b

• b and c

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I am ready to use the new formula I just learned.

• yes I am

• no I am not