Pythagorean Theorem Words

You need a ladder that will reach up a 25 foot tall house when placed 10 feet away from the house. How tall does the ladder need to be? Which equation could be used to solve the problem?

Larry attached a string from the top of the flagpole to the ground.  The flagpole is 26 feet high and the string is 18 feet away from the flagpole.  How long is the string? 

• 352 feet 

• 31.6 feet 

• 44 feet 

• 6.6 feet 

You need a ladder that will reach up a 25 foot tall house when placed 10 feet away from the house. How tall does the ladder need to be?

• 25 feet

• 26 feet

• 27 feet

• 28 feet

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

A piece of paper that Brittany has is 11 inches tall and 8 inches wide. She draws a straight line diagonally across the paper. How long is the line she drew?

• 7.5 in

• 12.4 in

• 13.6 in 

• 14.3 in

Johnathan is painting the side of his home. He has a 25 foot ladder and leans the ladder against his house. The base of the ladder is five feet from the side of the house. How far up the house will the ladder reach?

• 24.5 ft

• 25.5 ft

• 26.5 ft

• 23.5 ft

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

The Pythagorean Theorem ONLY works on which triangle? 

• obtuse

• scalene

• isosceles

• right

Madison is on the top of an 80 foot building. She is creating a zipline course to the ground with 100 feet of cable. How far from the base of the building will she need to anchor the cable to make the zipline cable tight?

• 60 feet

• 20 feet

• 180 feet

Solve for the value of y

• 13

• 5

• 23

• 10