
Pythagorean Theorem Word Problems
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In the Old West, settlers made tents out of a piece of cloth thrown over a clothesline and then secured it to the ground with stakes forming an isosceles triangle. How long would the cloth have to be so that the opening of the tent was 6 feet high and 8 feet wide?
14.4 feet
7.2 feet
10 feet
20 feet
Tags
CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Your family wants to purchase a new laptop with a 17" widescreen. Since the 17 inches represents the diagonal measurement of the screen (upper corner to lower corner), you want to find out the actual dimensions of the laptop. When you measured the laptop at the store, the height was 10 inches, but you don't remember the width. Calculate the width of the laptop to the nearest tenth of an inch.
7 inches
10 inches
19.7 inches
13.7 inches
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.8
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A soccer field is a rectangle 90 meters wide and 120 meters long. The coach asks players to run from one corner to the other corner diagonally across the field. How far do the players run?
105 meters
79.4 meters
210 meters
150 meters
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.8
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The diagonal of a rectangle is 25 inches. The width is 15 inches. What is the area of the rectangle?
375 in2
70 in2
300 in2
20 in2
Tags
CCSS.3.MD.C.7B
CCSS.4.MD.A.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Two sides of a right triangle are 8 and 12. Find the missing side length if 8 and 12 are legs.
4.5
20
8.9
14.4
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.7
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How far from the base of a house do you need to place a 15' ladder so that is exactly reaches the top of a 12' wall?
9 feet
19.2 feet
81 feet
369 feet
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.8
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Find the missing side
9
41
6.4
6.2
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.7
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