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Pythagoras Theorem1

1. The document provides 10 word problems involving the Pythagorean theorem. Students are instructed to draw diagrams, apply the Pythagorean theorem, show steps, and label answers. 2. The problems involve finding missing sides of triangles, lengths of diagonals, distances across rectangles, and determining if a circular table will fit through a door. 3. Examples include finding the height of a ladder against a wall, the distance across a soccer field, and the length of one side of a square given the area.

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Pythagoras Theorem1

1. The document provides 10 word problems involving the Pythagorean theorem. Students are instructed to draw diagrams, apply the Pythagorean theorem, show steps, and label answers. 2. The problems involve finding missing sides of triangles, lengths of diagonals, distances across rectangles, and determining if a circular table will fit through a door. 3. Examples include finding the height of a ladder against a wall, the distance across a soccer field, and the length of one side of a square given the area.

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7th Math Pythagorean Theorem Word Problems

On a separate sheet of paper, do the following: make a diagram, apply the Pythagorean Theorem, solve using steps, and
label answers. Use your table of roots.
1. The bottom of a ladder must be placed 3 feet from a wall. The ladder is 12 feet long. How far above the ground
does the ladder touch the wall?
2. 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?
3. How far from the base of the house do you need to place a 15-foot ladder so that it exactly reaches the top of a 12-
foot tall wall?
4. What is the length of the diagonal of a 10 cm by 15 cm rectangle?
5. The diagonal of a rectangle is 25 in. The width is 15 inches. What is the length?
6. Two sides of a right triangle are 8 and 12.
a. Find the missing side if 8 and 12 are legs.
b. Find the missing side if 8 and 12 are a leg and hypotenuse.
7. The area of a square is 81 square centimeters. Find the length of a side. Find the length of the diagonal.
8. An isosceles triangle has congruent sides of 20 cm. The base is 10 cm. Find the height of the triangle.
9. A baseball diamond is a square that is 90 feet on each side. What is the distance from home to second base?
10. Jill’s front door is 42” wide and 84” tall. She purchased a circular table that is 96 inches in diameter. Will the table fit
through the front door? Explain using approximations.

7th Math Pythagorean Theorem Word Problems


On a separate sheet of paper, do the following: make a diagram, apply the Pythagorean Theorem, solve using steps, and
label answers. Use your table of roots.
1. The bottom of a ladder must be placed 3 feet from a wall. The ladder is 12 feet long. How far above the ground
does the ladder touch the wall?
2. 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?
3. How far from the base of the house do you need to place a 15-foot ladder so that it exactly reaches the top of a 12-
foot tall wall?
4. What is the length of the diagonal of a 10 cm by 15 cm rectangle?
5. The diagonal of a rectangle is 25 in. The width is 15 inches. What is the length?
6. Two sides of a right triangle are 8 and 12.)
a. Find the missing side if 8 and 12 are legs.
b. Find the missind side if 8 and 12 are a leg and hypotenuse.
7. The area of a square is 81 square centimeters. Find the length of a side. Find the length of the diagonal.
8. An isosceles triangle has congruent sides of 20 cm. The base is 10 cm. Find the height of the triangle.
9. A baseball diamond is a square that is 90 feet on each side. What is the distance from home to second base?
10. Jill’s front door is 42” wide and 84” tall. She purchased a circular table that is 96 inches in diameter. Will the table fit
through the front door? Explain using approximations.

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