PYTHAGORAS THEOREM

SECTION A:

Work out the length of the longest side (hypotenuse) in the following right angled
triangles.
5cm

x cm 12cm 15cm 8cm

6cm
x cm

x cm
8cm

Mick the painter rests his ladder 1m away from the foot of a wall. The ladder
reaches 5m up the wall. How long is Mick’s ladder? (Give your answer to 2
decimal places).

SECTION B:

Find the length of the missing sides in the following right angled triangles.

x cm 37cm
7cm 29cm x cm
x cm

25cm 20cm
35cm

A two metre long plank of wood is resting half a metre away from the foot of
the wall. How far up the wall does the plank reach? (Give your answer to 2
decimal places).

SECTION C:

State whether or not the following triangles are right angled triangles.
You must show all your workings in both cases.

86cm 97cm
39cm 65cm

80cm 72cm
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SECTION D:

Find the missing lengths.

TV screen sizes are measured from one corner to

another (see picture). Find the size of this TV screen,
is 51 inches. Its 44.5 inches wide. Find out how tall the
TV is. Give your answer to 2 significant figures.

A ship sails due north for 21km then due east for 14km. How
far is the ship from its original starting position?

Find the value of x, in the following shapes.

Equilateral: Isosceles:

10 cm x cm
x cm 6 cm

11 cm

4 cm Trapezium: 10 cm
x cm
14 cm
4 cm cm
8 cm
cm
10 cm x cm

EXTENSION:

A spider is contained inside a box of dimensions

6cm x 8cm x 5cm.

It starts to construct a web inside the box from one

corner to the opposite. Find the length of web?