Pythagorean Theorem Simplified

Pythagorean Theorem Review

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What is your name? (First and Last)

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What is the length of the hypotenuse?

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A TV screen is 56 inches wide and 48 inches long. What is the size of the TV (the diagonal)?

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A soccer field is a rectangle 90 meters wide and 120 meters long. The coach asks players to run from one corner to the corner diagonally across the field. How far do the players run?

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Find the length of the missing leg of the triangle.

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The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 15 in. If one leg is 10 in what is the length of the other leg?

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A computer monitors are typically measured by their diagonal. If a monitor is listed as being 20 inches, and the monitor is 18 inches long, how wide is the monitor?

Multiple Choice

Do the side lengths 20, 99, and 101 form a right triangle?

• Yes

• No

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Do the side lengths 65, 79, and 100 form a right triangle?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Do the side lengths 58, 62, and 94 form a right triangle?

• Yes

• No

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Do the side lengths 35, 12, and 37 form a right triangle?

• Yes

• No

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Find the height of the parallelogram.

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Find the length of the missing side.

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What is the perimeter of the triangle?

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A helicopter rose vertically 500 meters then flew west 425 meters. How far was the helicopter from its starting point?

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A park is in the shape of a rectangle that is 8 miles wide and 6 miles long. How much shorter is your walk if you walk diagonally across the park rather than along the two sides?

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Anna let out 55 feet of kite string when she observes that her kite is directly above Emily. If Anna is 30 feet away from Emily, how high is the kite flying?

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A suitcase measures 25 inches long and 18 inches high. What is the diagonal length of the suitcase?

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A 6 foot tall teenage boy casts a shadow of 8 feet. What is the distance from the top of his head to the end of his shadow?

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A flagpole is 10 meters tall and the distance from the top of the flagpole to the end of its shadow is 9 meters. What is the length of the shadow?

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Carly is at the opposite corner of the playing field to her friend. If the field is 180 meters wide, and Carly and her friend are 300 meters apart, how long is the playing field?