Pythagorean Quiz

A 10-foot ladder is leaning against the wall.  The bottom of the ladder is 4 feet from the base of the wall.  Which of the following is closest to the distance from the top of the ladder to the base of the wall?

• 9ft
• 11ft
• 6ft
• 14ft

Find the distance between (-4, 5) and (7, 18).

• (1.5, 11.5)
• 16.08
• (7, 6)
• 17.03

Find X

• 35
• 20
• 8
• 12

Side a on a right triangle is ALWAYS the longest side.

• true
• false

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

Solve for the walkway length

• 30
• 40
• 58
• 35

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.7

The Pythagorean Theorem ONLY works on which triangle? 

• obtuse
• scalene
• isosceles
• right

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

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

A rectangular field is 50 yards wide and 100 yards long. Patrick walks diagonally across the field. How far does he walk?

• 111.8 yards
• 115 yards
• 127.3 yards
• 119 yards

_{^{Find the missing side}}

• 48
• 108
• 83.6
• 72

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.7