Pythagorean Theorem Word Problems

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?

The bottom of a 13-foot straight ladder is set into the ground 5 feet away from a wall. When the top of the ladder is leaned against the wall, what is the distance above the ground it will reach?

In the Old West, settlers made tents out of a piece of cloth thrown over a clothesline and then secured it to the ground with stakes forming an isosceles triangle. How long would the cloth have to be so that the opening of the tent was 6 feet high and 8 feet wide?

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?

The diagonal of a rectangle is 25 inches. The width is 15 inches. What is the area of the rectangle?

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

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

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?

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