Pythagorean Theorem Activity

Solve for the walkway length

• 30

• 40

• 58

• 35

Which of the following sentences would belong in the proof that describes this image?

• The sum of the areas of the two smaller squares is equal to the area of the large square.

• The sum of the side lengths of the two smaller squares is equal to the side length of the large square.

• The difference of the areas of the two smaller squares is equal to the area of the large square.

• The differences of the side lengths of the two smaller squares is equal to the side length of the large square.

Two joggers run 8 miles north and then 5 miles west.  What is the shortest distance back to their starting point to the nearest tenth of a mile?

• 13

• 9.4

• 6.2

• 9

Find the length of the missing side. 

• 17 cm

• 22 cm

• 15 cm

• 13 cm

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 length of the missing side.

• 20 in.

• 68 in.

• 16 in.

• 80 in.

Casey travels from her house directly west to the bank and then directly north from the bank to the mall. She then travels home on the road connecting the mall and her house. What is her total distance traveled?

• 17 miles

• 32 miles

• 37 miles

• 40 miles

A soccer field is a rectangle 90 meters wide and 120 meters long. The coach asks players to run from one corner to the corner diagonally across. What is this distance?

• 210 m

• 180 m

• 150 m

• 79 m

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• 2

• 3

• 4.5

• 81

_{^{Find the missing side}}

• 37

• 17.66

• 6

• 312