Apply Pythagorean Theorem

Solve for the missing side length. If needed, round to the nearest tenth.

• 68

• 61

• 11.5

• 90

• 3.14

Find the missing side length. If needed, round to the nearest tenth.

• 11.5

• 12.7

• 26

• 6.1

• 25

Find the missing side length. If needed, round to the nearest tenth.

• 12.7

• 26

• 6.1

• 61

• 11.5

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8.GM.B.6

Find the distance between points R and S?

• 89

• 8.6

• 9.4

• 74

• 8.9

A math teacher is using a rubber band and a geoboard with her students to make a right triangle with sides lengths of 3 and 1. How long is the longest side?

• a) 10

• b) √12

• c) √10

• d) 3

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8.GM.B.6

The lawn in front of Pythagoras Middle School is in the shape of a rectangle 24 meters long and 10 meters wide.

How many meters shorter is your walk if you walk diagonally across the lawn rather than along two sides of it?

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8.GM.B.7

A 12-foot-long support board is attached to the center of a 16-foot-high vertical display board. What is the width (w) of the horizontal support board? You will pick two answers.

• 8.9

• 15.9

• 2

Find the length of the missing side length. If needed, round to the nearest tenth.

• 61

• 11.5

• 25

• 68

• 6.1

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8.GM.B.6

Three students draw triangles with the side lengths shown. All three say that their triangle is a right triangle. Which student is correct? Explain using mathematical proof to justify your answer.

In the rectangular prism, PQ is the diagonal. Find the length of PQ given PR = 6, RS = 3, and QS = 2

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8.GM.B.7