Quiz about The Pythagorean Theorem

Question 1

What kind of triangles will the Pythagorean Theorem work on?

Accepted Answer

Right Angled Triangles only

Answer

Equilateral triangles

Answer

Isosceles Triangles

Answer

All triangles!

Question 2

Which formula is correct?

Accepted Answer

a²+b²=c²

Answer

a²-b²=c²

Answer

b²-a²=c²

Answer

a²+c²=b²

Question 3

The longest side is called...

Accepted Answer

The hypotenuse

Answer

The long side

Answer

The hyperbole

Answer

The hippopotamus

Question 4

The longest side is labelled...

Accepted Answer

c

Answer

a

Answer

b

Answer

h

Question 5

The longest side is...

Accepted Answer

Opposite the right angle

Answer

Adjacent to the right angle

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Opposite side a

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Adjacent to side f

Question 6

If a = 3 and b = 4, c = ?

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

7

Answer

25

Answer

1

Question 7

If a = 6, b = 8, c = ?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

14

Answer

2

Answer

100

Question 8

If a = 5, b = 12, c = ?

Accepted Answer

13

Answer

17

Answer

169

Answer

38.2

Question 9

If b = 10, c = 15, a = ?

Accepted Answer

11.2

Answer

18.0

Answer

25

Answer

10

Question 10

If a = 17, c = 32, b = ?

Accepted Answer

27.1

Answer

36.2

Answer

735

Answer

1313

Question 11

If a football pitch is 120 yards long and 60 yards wide, what is the distance from 1 corner to the opposite corner?

Accepted Answer

134.2 yards

Answer

180 yards

Answer

104 yards

Answer

143 metres

Question 12

How long is the diagonal of an A4 size sheet of paper? The dimensions of A4 paper are 21cm by 29.7 cm. Give your answer in cm to one decimal place.

Accepted Answer

36.4 cm

Answer

1323.1 cm

Answer

441.1 cm

Answer

21.0 cm

Question 13

A ladder is 6m long. How far from the base of a wall should it be placed if it is to reach 5m up the wall? Give your answer in metres correct to 1 decimal place

Accepted Answer

3.3m

Answer

7.8m

Answer

61m

Answer

11m

Question 14

A tent guy line supports one of the upright tent poles. It runs from the top of the pole to a peg in the ground 250 cm away from the base of the pole. If the guy line is 382cm long, how tall is the upright tent pole? Give your answer in centimetres correct to the nearest centimetre.

Accepted Answer

289cm

Answer

83424cm

Answer

457cm

Answer

132cm

Question 15

For international matches football pitches must be of regulation size. The goal lines must be between 64 and 75 metres long and the touchlines must be between 100 and 110 metres. What is the difference between the length of the diagonal of the largest acceptable pitch and the length of the diagonal of the smallest acceptable pitch? Give your answer in metres to the nearest metre.

Accepted Answer

14 metres

Answer

119 metres

Answer

133 metres

Answer

252 metres

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