A ladder is leaning against a wall. The base of the ladder is 6 feet away from the wall, and the ladder reaches a height of 8 feet. Is the ladder forming a right triangle? What is the length of the ladder?
Right Triangle Adventures: Identify & Calculate Sides

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English, Mathematics
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8th Grade
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Hard
Anthony Clark
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Yes, the ladder forms a right triangle. The length of the ladder is 10 feet.
Yes, the ladder forms a right triangle. The length of the ladder is 12 feet.
Yes, the ladder forms a right triangle. The length of the ladder is 6 feet.
No, the ladder does not form a right triangle. The length of the ladder is 8 feet.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A rectangular garden has a length of 10 meters and a width of 24 meters. If you want to plant a diagonal path from one corner to the opposite corner, how long will the path be?
20 meters
30 meters
26 meters
22 meters
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A right triangle has one leg measuring 9 cm and the other leg measuring 12 cm. Calculate the length of the hypotenuse.
13 cm
10 cm
17 cm
15 cm
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A 5-foot tall person is standing 12 feet away from a tree. If the top of the person's head is 5 feet high, how tall is the tree if the distance from the top of the person's head to the top of the tree forms a right triangle?
12 feet
16.9 feet
10 feet
14 feet
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A right triangle has a hypotenuse of 13 cm and one leg measuring 5 cm. What is the length of the other leg?
10 cm
12 cm
8 cm
6 cm
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A baseball diamond is a square with each side measuring 90 feet. If a player runs from home plate to second base, how far does the player run?
90 feet
45√2 feet
180 feet
90√2 feet
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A ramp is built to help wheelchair access. If the ramp is 4 feet high and 3 feet long at the base, what is the length of the ramp?
5 feet
3 feet
4 feet
6 feet
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