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Grade 8

Formative Quiz

Pythagoras Theorem

Question 1

Triangle 1 has sides with lengths of 12 cm, 15 cm, and 20 cm. Triangle 2 has sides with lengths
of 10 cm, 14.5 cm and 10.5 cm. Which triangle is right angled? Explain by showing your work.

Question 2

Find the area of the given triangle.

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Question 3

Given the figure below,

Find the difference in perimeters for triangles ABC

and ACD.

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Question 4

A 10.5 meters ladder is leaning against a 7.1 meters wall. A few hours later, a worker pushed the
ladder so that it got ​0.8 m closer to the wall​. Find the ​difference in height​ after the ladder
moved.

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Question 5

BC is 3 cm less than twice AB.

AC is 3 cm longer than twice AB.

Let AB be ​x​ in cm,

a. Express BC and AC in terms of x.

BC =

AC =

b. Show that x 2 − 24x = 0 .

c. Solve the equation above then calculate the length of BC.