Quiz about Pythagorean Theorem Review

Question 1

The Pythagorean Theorem is
c² = a² - b²

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 2

Sides a and b are called legs.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 3

Side c on a right triangle is ALWAYS the longest.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 4

_{^{Find the missing side}}

Accepted Answer

6.4

Answer

9

Answer

41

Answer

6.2

Question 5

Find h

Accepted Answer

35.71

Answer

35.60

Answer

35.00

Answer

61.03

Question 6

Find the length of the missing side.

Accepted Answer

48 in.

Answer

52 in.

Answer

16 in.

Answer

24 in.

Question 7

Do the segment lengths 15, 12, and 9 form a right triangle?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Answer

No

Answer

Maybe

Answer

Pythagoras

Question 8

Does the set of numbers represent a right triangle?

20, 25, 15

Accepted Answer

Yes

Answer

No

Question 9

Find the length of the missing side.

Accepted Answer

13 cm

Answer

17 cm

Answer

22 cm

Answer

15 cm

Question 10

Find the length of the missing side.

Accepted Answer

52 cm

Answer

25 cm

Answer

42 cm

Answer

48 cm

Question 11

The Pythagorean Theorem ONLY works on which triangle?

Accepted Answer

right

Answer

obtuse

Answer

scalene

Answer

isosceles

Question 12

What is the opposite of squaring a number?

Accepted Answer

square root

Answer

divide

Answer

multiply

Answer

fractions

Question 13

The Pythagorean Theorem is
a² + b³= c⁴

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 14

a= 12, b= 35, c= ? Find c

Accepted Answer

37

Answer

32

Answer

19

Answer

20

Question 15

All of the a square plus all of the b square will perfectly fill the c square with nothing left over.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 16

What is the name for side c?

Accepted Answer

hypotenuse

Answer

head

Answer

body

Answer

hippopotamus

Question 17

Do the lengths form a right triangle? 6, 8, 10

Accepted Answer

yes

Answer

no

Question 18

Find the length of the missing side.

Accepted Answer

13 cm

Answer

17 cm

Answer

22 cm

Answer

15 cm

Question 19

Find the length of the missing side.

Accepted Answer

52 cm

Answer

25 cm

Answer

42 cm

Answer

48 cm

Question 20

_{^{Find the missing side}}

Accepted Answer

6.4

Answer

9

Answer

41

Answer

3

Question 21

Casey travels from her house directly west to the bank and then directly north from the bank to the mall. She then travels home on the road connecting the mall and her house. What is her total distance traveled?

Accepted Answer

40 miles

Answer

17 miles

Answer

32 miles

Answer

37 miles

Question 22

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?

Accepted Answer

27 feet

Answer

25 feet

Answer

26 feet

Answer

28 feet

Question 23

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

Accepted Answer

111.8 yards

Answer

115 yards

Answer

127.3 yards

Answer

119 yards

Question 24

Jane and Miguel are siblings. They go to different schools. Jane walks 6 blocks east from home. Miguel walks 8 blocks north. How many blocks apart would the two schools be if you could walk straight from one school to the other?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

14

Answer

5.3

Answer

2

Question 25

A piece of paper that Brittany has is 11 inches tall and 8 inches wide. She draws a straight line diagonally across the paper. How long is the line she drew?

Accepted Answer

13.6 in

Answer

7.5 in

Answer

12.4 in

Answer

14.3 in

Question 26

Question 26.

Accepted Answer

9.2 in

Answer

11 in

Answer

13 in

Answer

9.6 in

Question 27

solve for c

Accepted Answer

13

Answer

7

Answer

9

Answer

4

Question 28

Which equation is modeled by the picture shown?

Accepted Answer

3²+4²=5²

Answer

3²+5²=4²

Answer

5²+4²=3²

Answer

9²+16²=25²

Question 29

What is the length of the hypotenuse?

Accepted Answer

6.7 cm

Answer

33.5 cm

Answer

45 cm

Answer

15 cm

Question 30

How far does the catcher throw the ball from home plate to 2nd base?

Accepted Answer

127.3 ft

Answer

63.6 ft

Answer

16,129 ft

Answer

13.4 ft

Question 31

If the area of the blue square is 25 in² and the area of the green square is 169 in², what is the area of the yellow square?

Accepted Answer

144 in2

Answer

12 in2

Answer

194 in2

Answer

13.9 in2

Question 32

If c² is 625 cm² and b is 24 cm, what is the length of a?

Accepted Answer

7 cm

Answer

25.4 cm

Answer

24.5 cm

Answer

26 cm

Question 33

If 231 square feet of paint was used to paint the two squares blue, how much paint would be needed to paint the white square purple?

Accepted Answer

231 ft2

Answer

15.2 ft2

Answer

115.5 ft2

Answer

10.7 ft2

Question 34

If the area of square c is 1,369 cm² and the area of square b is 1,225 cm², what is the length of one side of square a?

Accepted Answer

12 cm

Answer

144 cm

Answer

50.9 cm

Answer

8.5 cm

Question 35

If a = 5 and b = 7, what is the area of square c?

Accepted Answer

74

Answer

8.6

Answer

12

Answer

6241

Question 36

What is the length of the three sides of the right triangle shown?

Accepted Answer

10,24,26

Answer

10,26,36

Answer

26,96,100

Answer

10,26,28

Question 37

Which equation is modeled by the picture shown?

Accepted Answer

3²+4²=5²

Answer

3²+5²=4²

Answer

5²+4²=3²

Answer

9²+16²=25²

Question 38

What is the area of the third square?

Accepted Answer

45 cm2

Answer

6.7 cm2

Answer

33.5 cm2

Answer

2025 cm2

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