Quiz about Consolidating Pythagoras' Theorem

Question 1

What kind of triangles does the Pythagorean Theorem work with?

Accepted Answer

Right

Answer

Left

Answer

Isosceles

Answer

Equilateral

Question 2

Identify the hypotenuse.

Accepted Answer

z

Answer

x

Answer

w

Question 3

What is the length of x?

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

7

Answer

8

Answer

25

Question 4

What is the length of x?

Accepted Answer

20

Answer

5.7

Answer

10.6

Answer

400

Question 5

solve for c

Accepted Answer

13

Answer

7

Answer

9

Answer

4

Question 6

To get from point A to point B you must avoid walking through a pond.  To avoid the pond, you must walk 34 meters south and 41 meters east.  To the nearest meter, how many meters would be saved if it were possible to walk through the pond?

Accepted Answer

22

Answer

35

Answer

58

Answer

75

Question 7

Find the length of b in this triangle.

Accepted Answer

60

Answer

31

Answer

36

Answer

62

Question 8

Find x.

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

35

Answer

20

Answer

12

Question 9

Calculate

Accepted Answer

32.2

Answer

29.2

Answer

14.2

Answer

30

Question 10

Question 10.

Accepted Answer

36.1

Answer

36

Answer

38.5

Answer

32.1

Question 11

What is the length of the monitor diagonally in two decimal places ?

Accepted Answer

32.10

Answer

32.1

Answer

54.75

Answer

47.2

Question 12

A 2.5m long ladder leans against the wall of a building. The base of the ladder is 1.5m away from the wall. What is the height of the wall?

Accepted Answer

2 m

Answer

2 cm

Answer

8 m

Answer

5 m

Question 13

Find h

Accepted Answer

35.71

Answer

35.60

Answer

35.00

Answer

61.03

Question 14

If a man is 6 ft. tall and he casts a shadow that is 3 ft. long, what is the distance from the top of the man's head to the end of his shadow.?

Accepted Answer

6.7 feet

Answer

9 feet

Answer

6 feet

Answer

9.7 feet

Question 15

What is the opposite of squaring a number?

Accepted Answer

square root

Answer

divide

Answer

multiply

Answer

fractions

Question 16

What is the formula used to solve for the hypotenuse?

Accepted Answer

a²+b²=c²

Answer

a+b=c

Answer

a²-b²=c²

Answer

c-a=c

Question 17

A new pipeline is being created to shorten the distance it has to travel to get from point A to point B. The original pipeline ran at a 90 angle from point A to point B and was 20 miles on one side and 15 miles on the other. The new pipeline will go straight from A to B. How much shorter will the new pipeline be?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

25

Answer

175

Answer

625

Question 18

A group of boys are building a skate ramp onto the side of a concrete ledge. The concrete ledge is 4 feet tall. If the board they are using is 6 feet long, how many feet from the concrete will the end of the board reach?

Accepted Answer

4.5 feet

Answer

5 feet

Answer

7.2 feet

Answer

8 feet

Question 19

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 20

The hypotenuse is always.............

Accepted Answer

The longest side

Answer

The right angle side

Answer

The shortest side

Answer

On the outside

Consolidating Pythagoras' Theorem

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