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Pythagorean Theorem Word Problems

Authored by Anna Perez

Mathematics

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Pythagorean Theorem Word Problems
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The slide at the playground has a height of 6 feet. The base of the slide measured on the ground is 8 feet. What is the length of the slide?

8 feet

5.29 feet

10 feet

14 feet

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Your family wants to purchase a new laptop with a 17" widescreen. Since the 17 inches represents the diagonal measurement of the screen (upper corner to lower corner), you want to find out the actual dimensions of the laptop. When you measured the laptop at the store, the height was 10 inches, but you don't remember the width. Calculate the width of the laptop to the nearest tenth of an inch.

7 inches

10 inches

19.7 inches

13.7 inches

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

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

105 meters

79.4 meters

210 meters

150 meters

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

How far from the base of a house do you need to place a 15' ladder so that is exactly reaches the top of a 12' wall?

9 feet

19.2 feet

81 feet

369 feet

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Lisa drives her car 46 km south and then 13 km east. How far is she from her starting point?

44.1 km

59 km

47.8 km

33 km

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Two sides of a right triangle are 8 and 12. Find the missing side length if 8 and 12 are legs.

4.5

20

8.9

14.4

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Two sides of a right triangle are 8 and 12. Find the missing side if 8 and 12 are a leg and hypotenuse.

14.4

8.9

20

4.5

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.7

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