Find the Missing Side Using the Pythagorean Theorem Word Problem

Quiz
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Mathematics
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8th - 10th Grade
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Hard
+2
Standards-aligned
Barbara White
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20 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 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.8
2.
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
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.8
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
In the Old West, settlers made tents out of a piece of cloth thrown over a clothesline and then secured it to the ground with stakes forming an isosceles triangle. How long would the cloth have to be so that the opening of the tent was 6 feet high and 8 feet wide?
14.4 feet
7.2 feet
10 feet
20 feet
Tags
CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 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
5.
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
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
How far from the base of a house do you need to place a 15' ladder so that is exactly reaches the top of a 12' wall?
9 feet
19.2 feet
81 feet
369 feet
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.8
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Town A is 90 miles from Town B, and 18 miles from Town C. Town A, B, and C are forming a right triangle at A. A road connects towns B and C directly. Find the length of this road.
108 miles
91.8 miles
88.2 miles
72 miles
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.8
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