Pythagorean Theorem Word Problems

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Mathematics
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9th - 12th Grade
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Erica Bloom
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The slide at the playground has a height of 6 feet. The base of the slide measured on the ground is 8 feet. What is the length of the slide?
8 feet
5.29 feet
10 feet
14 feet
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.8
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The bottom of a 13-foot straight ladder is set into the ground 5 feet away from a wall. When the top of the ladder is leaned against the wall, what is the distance above the ground it will reach?
12 feet
13.9 feet
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.8
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 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
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 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
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 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.8.G.B.8
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Lisa drives her car 46 km south and then 13 km east. How far is she from her starting point?
44.1 km
59 km
47.8 km
33 km
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.8
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