Quiz on Pythagoras' Theorem

What is the name for the longest side of a right-angled triangle?

• hypotenuse

• base

• height

• opposite side

• adjacent side

What is the length of the longest side of a right angled triangle if the two shorter sides are 5cm and 12cm?

Find the length of AB to 1 decimal place.

• -12.1 cm

• 2.3 cm

• 21.5 cm

• 6.2 cm

Find the length of EG to 1 decimal place.

• 17.5 cm

• 4.5 cm

• 6.2 cm

• 20.5 cm

A rectangular swimming pool is 23m wide and 45m long. Calculate the length of a diagonal in metres to 1 decimal place.

• 68.0m

• 1496.0m

• 50.5m

• 38.7m

In the figure, the base of the isosceles triangle is 17 cm. The legs are 19 cm. Find the height (h) of this isosceles triangle to one decimal place.

• -53.25 cm

• 288.75 cm

• 10.5 cm

• 17.0 cm

Find the perimeter of this parallelogram to one decimal place.

• 24.0 cm

• 104.1 cm

• 104.0 cm

• 116.0 cm