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8 Pythagoras Test

1) The document provides a worksheet with 6 questions testing students' understanding and application of Pythagoras' theorem. 2) The questions include finding missing side lengths of right triangles when given other sides, identifying which triangles Pythagoras' theorem can be used for, determining if a triangle is a right triangle, and solving word problems using Pythagoras' theorem. 3) There are also two extension questions involving finding measurements of different shapes using Pythagoras' theorem.

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279 views

8 Pythagoras Test

1) The document provides a worksheet with 6 questions testing students' understanding and application of Pythagoras' theorem. 2) The questions include finding missing side lengths of right triangles when given other sides, identifying which triangles Pythagoras' theorem can be used for, determining if a triangle is a right triangle, and solving word problems using Pythagoras' theorem. 3) There are also two extension questions involving finding measurements of different shapes using Pythagoras' theorem.

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Year 8 – Pythagoras’ Theorem (Topic 5)

Calculator allowed – you must show all working for every question
1) Find the value of ݂ if ݀ ଶ + ݁ ଶ = ݂ ଶ and ݀ = 7 and ݁ = 24.

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2) (a) Calculate the value of ݄.

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(b) Calculate the value of b to one decimal place. Remember the units.

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3) (a) Calculate the value of ‫ݕ‬.

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(b) Calculate the value of ‫ ݔ‬to one decimal place.

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4) In which of these triangles is it true that a2 + b2 = c2?


Tick them or draw them if you are working on lined paper.

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5) Does a triangle with sides of 5 cm, 12 cm and 14 cm contain a right angle?
Justify your answer with some calculations.

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6) (a) A person is standing at their house. They walk 1 km due north then turn and walk
3 km due east to get to the park. What is the distance ‘as the crow flies’ from their
house to the park?

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(b) A ladder is 7.5 metres long. Nick places it against a wall so that it reaches up 6
metres. What is the distance from the base of the ladder to the wall?

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Question Topic RAG RAG
before after
1 Understand how to substitute numbers into Pythagoras’
theorem
2 Use Pythagoras’ theorem to find the length of a
hypotenuse
3 Use Pythagoras’ theorem to find the length of one of
the shorter sides of a right-angled triangle
4 Identify whether Pythagoras’ theorem can be used in a
triangle
5 Identify whether a triangle contains a right angle
6 Use Pythagoras’ theorem to solve worded problems

EXTENSION: only do once you have completed and checked the other questions.
A: Find the height and area of an equilateral triangle with side lengths 4 cm.

B: A pyramid has a square base ‫ ܧܦܥܤ‬of side length 8 m. The sloping edges of the pyramid
are all length 9 m. Find the perpendicular height of the pyramid and its surface area.

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