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Right Triangle Challenges: Identify & Calculate Missing Sides

Authored by Anthony Clark

English, Mathematics

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Right Triangle Challenges: Identify & Calculate Missing Sides
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A ladder is leaning against a wall. The base of the ladder is 4 feet away from the wall, and the ladder reaches a height of 3 feet. Is the ladder forming a right triangle? If so, calculate the length of the ladder.

4 feet

6 feet

5 feet

7 feet

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A rectangular garden has a length of 6 meters and a width of 8 meters. What is the length of the diagonal that divides the garden into two right triangles?

8 meters

12 meters

6 meters

10 meters

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A right triangle has one leg measuring 5 cm and the other leg measuring 12 cm. Calculate the length of the hypotenuse.

10 cm

14 cm

15 cm

13 cm

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.7

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A 10-foot tall tree casts a shadow that is 6 feet long. Is the tree and its shadow forming a right triangle? If so, find the length of the line from the top of the tree to the end of the shadow.

9 feet

11.66 feet

12 feet

10 feet

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A right triangle has a hypotenuse of 13 inches and one leg measuring 5 inches. What is the length of the other leg?

10 inches

6 inches

12 inches

8 inches

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.7

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A ramp is built to help wheelchair access. If the ramp is 9 feet long and rises 4 feet high, what is the horizontal distance from the base of the ramp to the wall?

6.5 feet

8.06 feet

7.2 feet

10 feet

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A triangular park has one side measuring 7 meters and another side measuring 24 meters. If the park is a right triangle, find the length of the third side.

22 meters

25 meters

20 meters

30 meters

Tags

CCSS.8.G.B.8

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