A 12-foot ladder is leaning against a building. If the base of the ladder is 5 feet from the base of the house, how high up the house will the ladder reach?
Pythagorean Theory Word Problems

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Mathematics
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7th - 8th Grade
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Hard
Barbara White
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9 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
13
10.9
169
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A television’s size is measured by the
diagonal length of the screen. If a television is 24 inches tall and 32 inches wide, find its diagonal length.
13
75
40
3.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The infield of a softball diamond is shaped like a square. If the distance between bases is 60 feet, find the diagonal distance from third base to first base.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The local college has a swimming pool that
measures 50 m long and 25 m wide. If you swam from one corner to the other, how far would you swim?
75
55.9
43.3
5.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A ladder reaches a vertical height of 19 feet on the side of a building. If the base of the ladder is 10 feet from the base of the house, find the length of the ladder.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Jack’s tent is shaped like an isosceles triangle.
The height of the tent measures 7 feet and the diagonal side measures 9 feet. Find the length of the tent’s base.
11.9
145.8
6.1
11.4
7.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Mason is 11 miles from home. If he has driven 6 miles west, how far north must he have travelled?
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
An area rug has a length of 8 feet and a width of 5 feet. What is the diagonal distance across the rug?
9.4
6.2
9.2
9.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A ramp measures 6 feet long. If the ramp is 12 inches tall, what is the horizontal distance that it covers?
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