Pythagorean Theorem Application

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

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

What is the distance from the tee box to the hole?

• 275 yd

• 75625 yd

• 385yd

• √385 yd

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

Find the direct distance between the court house and the town hall.

• 26

• 6.8

• 10

• 7.2 km

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.7

Find the distance.

• 9.7

• 10.7

• 11.7

• 12.7

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.7

What is the distance between A & B?

• 4.1

• 5.1

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.7

Heidi helped build a slide at a local park. The ladder is 6 feet high, and the slide is 7 feet long. Approximately how far is the bottom of the ladder from the bottom of the slide?

• 3.6 feet

• 9.2 feet

• 13 feet

• 6.5 feet

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

One end of a cable is attached to the top of a flag pole and the other end is attached 6 feet away from the base of the pole. The height of the flagpole is 12 feet. What is length of the cable?

• 13.4 ft

• 13.1 ft

• 6 ft

• 10.4 ft

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

Using the Pythagorean Theorem, find the area of the missing square (seen in picture)

• 75 cm²

• 105 cm²

• 135 cm²

• 30 cm²

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

Using the Pythagorean Theorem, find the area of the missing square (seen in picture)

• 30 cm²

• 15 cm²

• 315 cm²

• 45 cm²

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

Find the length of the missing side. 

• 20 in.

• 68 in.

• 16 in.

• 80 in.

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CCSS.8.G.B.7