Looking for Pythagoras

What is the length of x?

• 5
• 7
• 8
• 25

Identify the hypotenuse.

• x
• z
• w

What kind of triangles does the Pythagorean Theorem work with?

• Right
• Left
• Isosceles
• Equilateral

Evaluate x.

• 35
• 20
• 8
• 12

The bottom of a ladder leaning against a wall is 1.5 m from the bottom of the wall. The ladder is 5.5 m long. Find how high the top of the ladder is above the ground, correct to one decimal place. 

• 5.2 m
• 5.3 m
• 5.7 m
• 5.8 m

What is the side from point A to point B called? 

• Opposite
• Adjacent
• Hypotenuse

Which side is the hypotenuse?

• 1
• 2
• 3

Use Pythagoras' Theorem to find c in this triangle:

• 5.29
• 10
• 28
• 100

Find the length of b in this triangle.

• 31
• 36
• 60
• 62

To get from point A to point B you must avoid walking through a pond.  To avoid the pond, you must walk 34 meters south and 41 meters east.  To the nearest meter, how many meters would be saved if it were possible to walk through the pond? 

• 35
• 22
• 58
• 75