Quiz about Pythagoras Theorem Finding Missing Sides

Question 1

Find the length of the missing side.

Accepted Answer

13 cm

Answer

17 cm

Answer

22 cm

Answer

15 cm

Question 2

Find the length of the missing side.

Accepted Answer

52 cm

Answer

25 cm

Answer

42 cm

Answer

48 cm

Question 3

The Pythagorean Theorem ONLY works on which triangle?

Accepted Answer

right

Answer

obtuse

Answer

scalene

Answer

isosceles

Question 4

What is the opposite of squaring a number?

Accepted Answer

square root

Answer

divide

Answer

multiply

Answer

fractions

Question 5

Side a on a right triangle is ALWAYS the longest side.

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 6

You ADD a² and c² then take the square root of that SUM to find b on a right triangle.

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 7

you ADD a² and b² then take the square root to find c on a right triangle.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 8

The Pythagorean Theorem is
a² + b²+ c²

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 9

^{Find the length of the missing side}

Accepted Answer

72

Answer

48

Answer

108

Answer

83.6

Question 10

solve for c

Accepted Answer

13

Answer

7

Answer

9

Answer

4

Question 11

Which set of sides would make a right triangle?

Accepted Answer

5,12,13

Answer

4,5,6

Answer

8,10,12

Answer

5,10,12

Question 12

What is the side of a right triangle across from the right angle called?

Accepted Answer

hypotenuse

Answer

square

Answer

arm

Answer

leg

Question 13

Would a triangle with these side lengths be a right triangle?
4, 5, 6

Accepted Answer

No

Answer

Yes

Question 14

Casey travels from her house directly west to the bank and then directly north from the bank to the mall. She then travels home on the road connecting the mall and her house. What is her total distance traveled?

Accepted Answer

40 miles

Answer

17 miles

Answer

32 miles

Answer

37 miles

Question 15

what is the missing length?

Accepted Answer

50

Answer

60

Answer

70

Answer

80

Question 16

Is this triangle a right triangle? (Picture not drawn to scale)

Accepted Answer

yes

Answer

no

Question 17

a = 2.1, b = 7.2, c = 7.5
Is this a right triangle?

Accepted Answer

yes

Answer

no

Question 18

If a right triangle has side lengths 6, 6.7 and 3, which side is the hypotenuse?

Accepted Answer

6.7

Answer

6

Answer

3

Answer

15.7

Answer

None of them

Question 19

Which of the following sentences would belong in the proof that describes this image?

Accepted Answer

The sum of the areas of the two smaller squares is equal to the area of the large square.

Answer

The sum of the side lengths of the two smaller squares is equal to the side length of the large square.

Answer

The difference of the areas of the two smaller squares is equal to the area of the large square.

Answer

The differences of the side lengths of the two smaller squares is equal to the side length of the large square.

Question 20

Question 20.

Accepted Answer

The top of the ladder is 8.9 ft from the ground

Answer

The top of the ladder is 9.2 ft from the ground

Answer

The top of the ladder is 16.5 ft from the ground

Answer

The top o the ladder is 14.4 ft from the ground

Question 21

Question 21.

Accepted Answer

The diagonal is 20.12 cm

Answer

The diagonal is 15.59 cm

Answer

The diagonal is 21.43 cm

Answer

The diagonal is 15.31 cm

Question 22

Question 22.

Accepted Answer

The diagonal is 26 ft

Answer

The diagonal is 31 ft

Answer

The diagonal is 21.8 ft

Answer

The diagonal is 20.9 ft

Question 23

Find the length of the missing side.

Accepted Answer

80 in.

Answer

20 in.

Answer

68 in.

Answer

16 in.

Question 24

Find the length of the missing side.

Accepted Answer

48 in.

Answer

52 in.

Answer

16 in.

Answer

24 in.

Question 25

Solve for the walkway length

Accepted Answer

40

Answer

30

Answer

58

Answer

35

Question 26

Question 26.

Accepted Answer

9.2 in

Answer

11 in

Answer

13 in

Answer

9.6 in

Question 27

The legs form what type of angle?

Accepted Answer

Right

Answer

Acute

Answer

Obtuse

Answer

Reflex

Question 28

What is the formula for finding the hypotenuse?

Accepted Answer

a²⁺b²=c²

Answer

a+b=c

Answer

a-b=c

Answer

c-a=c

Question 29

Which equation can be used to solve the word problem: the diagonal of a t.v. is 40 inches and the height is 30.  How wide is the t.v.?

Accepted Answer

30² + b² = 40²

Answer

30² + 40² = c²

Answer

a² + 40² = 30²

Answer

40² + 30² = c²

Question 30

A soccer field is a rectangle 90 meters wide and 120 meters long. The coach asks players to run from one corner to the corner diagonally across. What is this distance?

Accepted Answer

150 m

Answer

210 m

Answer

180 m

Answer

79 m

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