Mastering Missing Sides in Pythagorean Word Problems
Authored by Anthony Clark
English, Mathematics
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A ladder is leaning against a wall. The foot of the ladder is 6 feet away from the wall, and the ladder reaches a height of 8 feet on the wall. How long is the ladder?
14 feet
8 feet
10 feet
12 feet
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.8
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A rectangular garden has a length of 10 meters and a width of 6 meters. What is the length of the diagonal of the garden?
11.66 meters
12 meters
10.5 meters
9 meters
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.8
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A right triangle has one leg measuring 9 cm and a hypotenuse measuring 15 cm. What is the length of the other leg?
8 cm
12 cm
14 cm
10 cm
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.7
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A baseball diamond is a square with each side measuring 90 feet. What is the distance from home plate to second base?
90√2 feet
45√2 feet
180 feet
90 feet
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.8
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A 5-foot tall person is standing 12 feet away from a wall. If they look up at a 30-degree angle, how high on the wall can they see? Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the height of the wall they can see.
11.92 feet
5.5 feet
8.0 feet
15.0 feet
Tags
CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A triangular park has one side measuring 7 meters and another side measuring 24 meters. If the angle between these two sides is a right angle, what is the length of the third side?
15 meters
30 meters
20 meters
25 meters
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.8
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A right triangle has legs measuring 8 inches and 15 inches. What is the length of the hypotenuse?
17 inches
20 inches
12 inches
10 inches
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.7
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