Pythagorean Theorem Activity

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?

• 14

• 10

• 5.3

• 2

A new pipeline is being created to shorten the distance it has to travel to get from point A to point B. The original pipeline ran at a 90 angle from point A to point B and was 20 miles on one side and 15 miles on the other. The new pipeline will go straight from A to B. How much shorter will the new pipeline be?

• 10

• 25

• 175

• 625

Find the length of the missing side. 

• 20 in.

• 68 in.

• 16 in.

• 80 in.

Find the length of the missing side. 

• 17 cm

• 22 cm

• 15 cm

• 13 cm

Find the length of the missing side. 

• 25 cm

• 42 cm

• 52 cm

• 48 cm

solve for c

• 7

• 9

• 4

• 13

Determine the length of the missing side.

• 7

• 8

• 17

• 23

Find side "h" (wall height)

• 35.60

• 35.00

• 35.71

• 61.03

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

• true

• false

Does the set of numbers represent a right triangle?

• Yes

• No