Word Problems Extra Practice

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Can you make a right triangle?

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Clark is trying to hang Christmas lights on his roof. The gutter is 15 feet high, and he places the base of his ladder 8 feet away from the house to make sure it is steady. How long of a ladder does Clark need to reach the roof exactly?

Math Response

Solve: Hanging the Lights

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Correct Answer: 17

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Can you make a right triangle?

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The Christmas Tree: A town sets up a giant 24-foot tall Christmas tree in the square. To keep it safe from the wind, they attach a wire from the top of the tree to a stake in the ground 7 feet away from the base of the tree. How long is the support wire?

Math Response

Solve: The Christmas Tree

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Correct Answer: 25

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Can you make a right triangle?

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Santa's Flight Path: Santa’s sleigh leaves the North Pole and travels 300 miles South, then makes a sharp turn and travels 400 miles West to reach the first house. What is the straight-line distance from the North Pole to the sleigh's current location?

Math Response

Solve: Santa's Flight Path:

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Correct Answer: 500

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Can you make a right triangle?

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The Giant Gift: An elf is wrapping a rectangular box that is 20 inches long and 15 inches wide. He wants to put a piece of decorative ribbon diagonally across the top of the box. How long must the ribbon be?

Math Response

Solve: The Giant Gift

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Correct Answer: 25

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Graphing

Plot the points (8, 4) and (3, -8)

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Draw the Triangle and Label the Sides

Math Response

Find the distance between (8, 4) and (3, -8)

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Correct Answer: 13

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Loading the Sleigh: The elves are using a ramp to load heavy presents onto Santa's sleigh. The sleigh bed is 5 feet off the ground, and the horizontal distance from the bottom of the ramp to the sleigh is 12 feet. How long is the ramp they are walking on?

Math Response

Solve: Loading the Sleigh

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Correct Answer: 13

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Can you make a right triangle?

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The Leaning Candy Cane: A giant 10-foot plastic candy cane decoration is leaning against the school wall. If the base of the candy cane is 6 feet away from the wall, how high up the wall does the candy cane touch?

Math Response

Solve: The Leaning Candy Cane

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Correct Answer: 8

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Graphing

Plot the points (-5, 9) and (5, -7)

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Draw the Triangle and Label the sides.

Math Response

Find the distance between (-5, 9) and (5, -7).

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Correct Answer: 18.9

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Snowy Shortcut: To get to the hot cocoa stand, Frosty usually walks 80 meters south and then some distance east. However, today he took a diagonal shortcut that was exactly 100 meters long. How many meters east did he usually walk?

Math Response

Solve: The Leaning Candy Cane

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Correct Answer: 60

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Can you make a right triangle?

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Chimney Trouble: Santa is measuring a chimney to see if he fits. The opening is a rectangle. He knows the diagonal width is 26 inches and the short side is 10 inches. What is the length of the longer side of the chimney opening?

Math Response

Solve: Chimney Trouble

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Correct Answer: 24

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Find the missing length

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Correct Answer: 12

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The Icy Roof: A gingerbread house has a steep roof. The sloping part of the roof (the hypotenuse) is 13 inches long. The peak of the roof is 5 inches taller than the edge of the roof. How wide is the base of that triangular section of the roof?

Math Response

Solve: The Icy Roof

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Correct Answer: 12

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Can you make a right triangle?

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Reindeer Games: Dasher is flying directly 40 feet above the ground. He sees a carrot on the ground. The straight-line distance from Dasher to the carrot is 41 feet. What is the horizontal distance along the ground from Dasher to the carrot?

Math Response

Solve: Reindeer Games

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Correct Answer: 9

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Graphing

Plot the points (-9, 3) and (2, -4)

Draw

Draw the Triangle and Label the sides

Math Response

Find the distance between (-9, 3) and (2, -4)

Round to the nearest tenth

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Correct Answer: 13

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following sets of numbers could represent the three sides of a right triangle?

• $$33,44,55$$

• $$30,40,49$$

• $$6,8,9$$

• $$24,69,74$$

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sets of numbers could represent the three sides of a right triangle?

• $$22,28,35$$

• $$5,12,13$$

• $$48,56,73$$

• $$25,70,74$$

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sets of numbers could not represent the three sides of a right triangle?

• $$39,52,65$$

• $$9,40,41$$

• $$54,72,90$$

• $$57,76,94$$

Math Response

Find the missing side

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Correct Answer: 32

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Math Response

Find the missing side

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Correct Answer: 45

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Math Response

Find the missing side

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Correct Answer: 57

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Math Response

Find the missing side

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Correct Answer: 65

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Math Response

Find the missing side

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Correct Answer: 97

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Math Response

Find the missing side

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Correct Answer: 130

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