Pythagorean Theory Word Problems

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

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

_{^{Find the missing side}}

• 9

• 26.9

• 37

• 18.2

_{^{Find the missing side}}

• 36

• 76.8

• 12

• 40

_{^{Find the missing side}}

• 9

• 41

• 6.4

• 3

what is the missing length?

• 50

• 60

• 70

• 80

• 4
• √112
• 112
• None of these

Find h

• 35.60

• 35.00

• 35.71

• 61.03

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

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