Quiz about Pythagorean Theorem with Exact Answers

Question 1

What is the longest side of a right triangle called?

Accepted Answer

Hypotenuse

Answer

Leg A

Answer

Leg B

Answer

Pythagoras' Big Buddy

Question 2

The legs form what type of angle?

Accepted Answer

Right

Answer

Acute

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Obtuse

Answer

Reflex

Question 3

Find the distance between these two points.

Accepted Answer

9.2

Answer

13

Answer

7.9

Answer

3.6

Question 4

In a computer catalog, a computer monitor is listed as being 27 inches. This distance is the diagonal distance across the screen. If the screen measures 15 inches in height, what is the actual width of the screen to the nearest inch?

Accepted Answer

22 in

Answer

23 in

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24 in

Answer

25 in

Question 5

Round to the nearest hundredth.

Accepted Answer

5.57

Answer

10.63

Answer

5.32

Answer

9

Question 6

Find the length of the missing side.

Accepted Answer

80 in.

Answer

20 in.

Answer

68 in.

Answer

16 in.

Question 7

Find the length of the missing side.

Accepted Answer

52 cm

Answer

25 cm

Answer

42 cm

Answer

48 cm

Question 8

Solve for x.

Accepted Answer

40.2

Answer

38.9

Answer

45.6

Answer

54

Question 9

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

Question 10

Find the distance between the 2 points. Round to the nearest hundredth.

Accepted Answer

2.24

Answer

3

Answer

2.23

Answer

2.2

Question 11

The pythagorean Theorem ONLY works on which triangle?

Accepted Answer

right

Answer

obtuse

Answer

scalene

Answer

isosceles

Question 12

Find the distance between these 2 points.

Accepted Answer

6.3

Answer

5.8

Answer

8.1

Answer

40

Question 13

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 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

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

Accepted Answer

yes

Answer

no

Question 16

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 17

What is the opposite of squaring a number?

Accepted Answer

square root

Answer

divide

Answer

multiply

Answer

fractions

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 19

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 20

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.

Pythagorean Theorem with Exact Answers

22 questions

What is the longest side of a right triangle called?

The legs form what type of angle?

Find the distance between these two points.

In a computer catalog, a computer monitor is listed as being 27 inches. This distance is the diagonal distance across the screen. If the screen measures 15 inches in height, what is the actual width of the screen to the nearest inch?

Round to the nearest hundredth.

What is the value of x in the right triangle shown?

Find the length of the missing side.

Find the length of the missing side.

Solve for x.

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?

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