Mastering the Pythagorean Theorem

Mason and Mia are on a treasure hunt. They found a map with a right triangle. The triangle has legs of lengths 6 cm and 8 cm. Ava, being the math whiz, needs to find the length of the hypotenuse to help them reach the treasure. Can you help Ava?

• 10 cm

• 14 cm

• 12 cm

• 9 cm

Imagine Benjamin, Olivia, and Mason are building a treehouse. They have a rope ladder with a hypotenuse of 13 inches. If one leg of the ladder is 5 inches, can you help them figure out the length of the other leg?

• 12 inches

• 13 inches

• 14 inches

• 15 inches

Imagine this: William and Lily are playing a game of 'guess the distance'. William places a 15 feet long ladder against a wall, reaching a height of 12 feet. Ava, who is watching them, wonders how far the base of the ladder is from the wall. Can you help Ava figure it out?

• 9 feet

• 10 feet

• 11 feet

• 12 feet

Noah, Hannah, and Henry are on a treasure hunt. They find a map with a right triangle. The sides of the triangle are marked as 7 cm, 24 cm, and 25 cm. Can you help them figure out which side is the hypotenuse?

• 7 cm

• 24 cm

• 25 cm

• None of the above

During a fun math class, Kai, Grace, and Anika were building a model of a right triangle. They used a stick of length 17 m for the hypotenuse and another stick of length 8 m for one of the legs. Can you help them figure out the length of the other leg of their triangle model?

• 9 m

• 15 m

• 16 m

• 18 m

Charlotte, Isla, and Zoe are on a treasure hunt. They find a map with a right-angled triangle. One leg of the triangle measures 10 units and the hypotenuse measures 26 units. Can you help them figure out the length of the other leg to find the treasure?

• 16 units

• 24 units

• 20 units

• 18 units

Imagine Henry, Scarlett, and Evelyn are playing a baseball game. The baseball diamond they are playing on is a square with sides of 90 feet. If Henry is on first base and Evelyn is on third base, what is the shortest distance, to the nearest foot, between them?

• 90 feet

• 127 feet

• 130 feet

• 180 feet

Avery, Maya, and Samuel are planning a treasure hunt in their rectangular garden which is 20 meters long and 15 meters wide. Can you help them figure out how long the diagonal of their garden is, so they can hide the treasure effectively?

• 25 meters

• 30 meters

• 35 meters

• 40 meters

Imagine Benjamin, Elijah, and Grace are playing a game of 'Who can climb the highest?'. They found a 25-foot ladder and placed it against a building. The bottom of the ladder is 7 feet from the base of the building. Can you help them figure out how high up the building the ladder reaches?

• 24 feet

• 20 feet

• 18 feet

• 22 feet

Henry, Liam, and David are on a treasure hunt. They found a map with a right triangle. One leg of the triangle is 3 times the length of the other. If the hypotenuse is 15 cm, can you help them figure out the length of the shorter leg?

• 3 cm

• 5 cm

• 6 cm

• 9 cm