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Pythagorean Challenges: Solve for Missing Distances

Authored by Anthony Clark

English, Mathematics

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Pythagorean Challenges: Solve for Missing Distances
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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?

10 feet

5 feet

12 feet

8 feet

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A rectangular park has a length of 30 meters and a width of 40 meters. What is the distance from one corner of the park to the opposite corner?

45 meters

60 meters

50 meters

55 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. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

15 cm

17 cm

13 cm

10 cm

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.7

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A tree casts a shadow that is 15 feet long. If the tree is 20 feet tall, how far is the top of the tree from the tip of the shadow?

30 feet

20 feet

25 feet

10 feet

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A person walks 3 miles east and then 4 miles north. How far are they from their starting point?

4 miles

5 miles

6 miles

7 miles

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

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

6 cm

12 cm

8 cm

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.7

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A kite is flying at a height of 10 meters. If the string of the kite is 26 meters long, how far is the kite from the point on the ground directly below it?

24 meters

15 meters

30 meters

20 meters

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

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