Pythagorean Theorem - Day 1 Practice

Pythagoras was a...

• Greek Scientist

• Greek pastry baker

• Greek Mathematician

• Spanish Expolorer

The _______ is the longest side of a Right Triangle.

• leg

• side called a

• side called b

• hypotenuse

The Hypotenuse is located directly across from the ...

• right angle

• side called a

• side called b

• legs of the Right Triangle

The Pythagorean Theorem can be used to find any missing ______ of a Right Triangle.

• side length

• angle

• information

• angle measure

The shortest side of a Right Triangle is usually called _____.

• shorty

• the Hypotenuse

• Side b

• Side a

A squiggly equal sign means...

• Snakes ahead!

• Equal to

• About equal to

• Not equal to

Can a Right Triangle have side lengths of 8, 10, and 16 ?

• No, because they are all even numbers

• No, because those number don't work with the Pythagorean Theorem.

• No, because two of the numbers are multiples of 8.

• No, because none of them are long enough.

To find the distance between two points on the coordinate plane, just make a ______ ______ out of them and use the theorem to solve.

• pretty picture

• right triangle

• perfect square

• scalene triangle

The square root of c squared is...

• a

• b

• c

• Who knows?!

How do you find the length of a diagonal in a rectangle?

• Use the Pythagorean Theorem.

• Find the area, then divide by 2.

• Find the perimeter, then divide by 2.

• Use the converse of the Pythagorean Theorem.