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Right Triangle Challenges: Find Missing Sides & More

Authored by Anthony Clark

English, Mathematics

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Right Triangle Challenges: Find Missing Sides & More
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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. Is the ladder forming a right triangle? If so, what is the length of the ladder?

12 feet

10 feet

5 feet

8 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 24 meters. If you want to plant a diagonal path from one corner to the opposite corner, how long will the path be?

22 meters

30 meters

26 meters

20 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 the other leg measuring 12 cm. Calculate the length of the hypotenuse.

17 cm

13 cm

10 cm

15 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. If a player runs from home plate to second base, how far does the player run?

90√2 feet

90 feet

180 feet

45√2 feet

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A 15-foot tall tree casts a shadow that is 9 feet long. If you draw a right triangle from the top of the tree to the end of the shadow, what is the distance from the top of the tree to the end of the shadow?

17.49 feet

9 feet

20 feet

15 feet

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.7

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A right triangle has a hypotenuse of 13 cm and one leg measuring 5 cm. What is the length of the other leg?

10 cm

12 cm

8 cm

6 cm

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.7

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A ramp is built to help wheelchair access to a building. If the ramp is 4 feet long and rises to a height of 3 feet, what is the horizontal distance from the base of the ramp to the building?

Approximately 2.65 feet

4.5 feet

1.5 feet

3.5 feet

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

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