Mastery Angles Pythagorean

Which of the following did Pythagoras NOT use his math discovery for?

• Finding his way home

• Fixing the length of the ladder

• Calculating the distance to Crete

• Finding the side lengths of the stone triangle

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

What is the formula Pythagoras created?

• a + b = c

• a² = b^2v

• A = b² + c²

• a² + b² = c²

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

The Pythagorean Theorem can be used to find the lengths of ____ triangles.

• obtuse

• acute

• right

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

What Pythagorean triple does the picture illustrate?

• 4, 5, 6

• 3, 4, 5

• 2, 3, 4

• 1, 2, 3

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

What is a right triangle?

• a triangle with all sides equal 90 degrees

• a triangle with all sides equal

• a triangle with every angle equal 90 degrees

• a triangle with a 90 degree angle

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CCSS.4.G.A.2

Pythagoras was well know for _________.

• math theorem

• literature

• paintings

• poetry

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In a right triangle, what is the side opposite the right angle called?

• legs

• side a

• side c

• side b

The a and b in this equation a² + b² = c² refer to what part of a right triangle?

• right angles

• hypotenuse

• legs

• longest sides

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CCSS.8.G.B.8