Quiz about Looking for Pythagoras

Question 1

What is the length of x?

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

7

Answer

8

Answer

25

Question 2

Identify the hypotenuse.

Accepted Answer

z

Answer

x

Answer

w

Question 3

What kind of triangles does the Pythagorean Theorem work with?

Accepted Answer

Right

Answer

Left

Answer

Isosceles

Answer

Equilateral

Question 4

Evaluate x.

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

35

Answer

20

Answer

12

Question 5

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.

Accepted Answer

5.3 m

Answer

5.2 m

Answer

5.7 m

Answer

5.8 m

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Hypotenuse

Answer

Opposite

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Adjacent

Question 7

Which side is the hypotenuse?

Accepted Answer

1

Answer

2

Answer

3

Question 8

Use Pythagoras' Theorem to find c in this triangle:

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

5.29

Answer

28

Answer

100

Question 9

Find the length of b in this triangle.

Accepted Answer

60

Answer

31

Answer

36

Answer

62

Question 10

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?

Accepted Answer

22

Answer

35

Answer

58

Answer

75

Question 11

Identify the hypotenuse.

Accepted Answer

a

Answer

b

Answer

c

Question 12

Identify the hypotenuse.

Accepted Answer

z

Answer

x

Answer

w

Question 13

solve for c

Accepted Answer

13

Answer

7

Answer

9

Answer

4

Question 14

Jane and Miguel are siblings. They go to different schools. Jane walks 6 blocks east from home. Miguel walks 8 blocks north. How many blocks apart would the two schools be if you could walk straight from one school to the other?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

14

Answer

5.3

Answer

2

Question 15

The foot of a ladder is placed 6 feet from a wall. If the top of the ladder rests 8 feet up on the wall, how long is the ladder?

Accepted Answer

10 ft

Answer

14 ft

Answer

17 ft

Answer

100 ft

Question 16

Question 16.

Accepted Answer

85

Answer

76

Answer

67

Answer

92

Question 17

Question 17.

Accepted Answer

12

Answer

11

Answer

9.8

Answer

11.5

Question 18

What is the length of the monitor diagonally in two decimal places ?

Accepted Answer

32.10

Answer

32.1

Answer

54.75

Answer

47.2

Question 19

Determine the value of x.

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

35

Answer

20

Answer

12

Question 20

Which of the following is a right-angled

triangle?

Accepted Answer

Option D is correct

Answer

A.

Answer

B.

Answer

C.

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