Pythagorean Theorem Word Problems

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Mathematics
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8th - 10th Grade
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Medium
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Megan Sullivan
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.8
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Tags
CCSS.8.EE.A.2
3.
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.7
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
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?
12 feet
13.9 feet
169 feet
18 feet
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.8
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
A baseball "diamond" is actually a square with sides of 90 feet. If a runner tries to steal second base, how far must the catcher, at home plate, throw to get the runner "out"? (Distance across the diagonal)
180 feet
90 feet
13.4 feet
127.3 feet
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.8
6.
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
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
(Sketch a picture to help!)
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
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