Lessons on Pythagorean

Find the length of the hypotenuse.

• 12

• 10.4

• 7.2

• 5

A rectangle is 6m wide and 11m long. Find the length of the diagonal of the rectangle.

• 17m

• 12.5m

• 9.2m

• 5m

A TV screen may be described in terms of its diagonal measure of the screen. If Devan's TV screen is 15 in wide and 20 in long, what is the length of its diagonal?

• 70 in

• 35 in

• 25 in

• 17.5 in

Find the length of the missing side of the triangle.

• 33.8

• 33

• 30.8

• 30.05

Find the length of the hypotenuse.

• 32

• 22.8

• 19.1

• 16

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

• 210 m

• 180 m

• 150 m

• 79 m

Lauryn and her family left their campsite for a hike. They hiked 5 miles west, turned, and hiked 2 miles north. How far from their campsite were they then?

• 9 miles

• 7 miles

• 6.1 miles

• 5.4 miles

The lawn in front of Pythagoras Middle School is in the shape of a rectangle 24m long and 10m wide. How many meters shorter is your walk if you walk diagonally across the lawn rather than along two sides of it?

• 34m

• 26m

• 14m

• 8m

Hamza has a rectangular garden that has an area of 320 square feet. The length of the garden is 20 feet. Hamza wants to plant a row of tulips diagonally from one corner to the opposite corner of the garden. How long will the row of tulips be?

• 17.3 ft

• 17.9 ft

• 25.6 ft

• 25.8 ft

A quarterback at point A throws the ball to a receiver who catches it at point B. How long was the pass?

• 28.7 yd

• 35.2 yd

• 39.1 yd

• 175 yd