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8th Grade Unit Four PBIT

This document presents an activity to explore the Pythagorean theorem by having students draw right triangles with given leg lengths, construct squares on each side, and record the areas. Students are asked to note that all triangles are right triangles and explain the relationship between the areas of the squares on the legs and hypotenuse for each triangle, leading to the discovery that for any right triangle, the area of the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares on the legs.

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8th Grade Unit Four PBIT

This document presents an activity to explore the Pythagorean theorem by having students draw right triangles with given leg lengths, construct squares on each side, and record the areas. Students are asked to note that all triangles are right triangles and explain the relationship between the areas of the squares on the legs and hypotenuse for each triangle, leading to the discovery that for any right triangle, the area of the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares on the legs.

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The Pythagorean Theorem

Part A
For each row of the table: 1) Draw a right triangle with the given leg lengths on dot paper. 2) Draw a square on each side of the triangle. 3) Find the areas of the squares and record in the table. Length of Leg 1 3 5 6 8 Length of Leg 2 4 12 8 15 Area of Square on Leg 1 Area of Square on Leg 2 Area of Square on Hypotenuse

Triangle A B C D

Part B
1) What do triangles A, B, C, and D have in common? 2) For triangle A, explain how the areas of the squares for Leg 1, Leg 2, and the Hypotenuse are related? 3) For triangle B, explain how the areas of the squares for Leg 1, Leg 2, and the Hypotenuse are related? 4) Is the same relationship true for triangles C and D? Explain why or why not. 5) Could this relationship between the legs and hypotenuse be true for any right triangle? Explain.

8th Grade: Unit Four PBIT Three

Adapted from The Connected Mathematics Project 2, 2006

The Pythagorean Theorem

8th Grade: Unit Four PBIT Three

Adapted from The Connected Mathematics Project 2, 2006

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