All of the a square plus all of the b square will perfectly fill the c square with nothing left over.

Who is this?

You can find right triangles when they build houses.

What is the name for side c?

A rectangular field is 50 yards wide and 100 yards long. Patrick walks diagonally across the field. How far does he walk?

Casey travels from her house directly west to the bank and then directly north from the bank to the mall. She then travels home on the road connecting the mall and her house. What is her total distance traveled?

A piece of paper that Brittany has is 11 inches tall and 8 inches wide. She draws a straight line diagonally across the paper. How long is the line she drew?

Find the length of the missing side.

Find the perimeter of a right triangle that has legs that are 3 cm and 4 cm.

Omar is mowing a flat rectangular lawn that is 20 feet wide and 36 feet long. How far does Omar walk if he walks directly across the diagonal of the lawn? 

A bicycle ramp has an diagonal piece that runs 25 feet long and is 7 feet high. What is the length of the base of the ramp?

A right triangle has legs of 7 and 4. What is the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle in feet?

Find h. (Ignore the 60 ft)

Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

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?

Which equation reflects the right triangle shown?

Find the value of "c"

Round to the nearest hundredth.

(2 numbers after decimal)

Can these three squares be arranged to make a right triangle?

If the ramp is 21 feet long, and ends 19 feet away from the building, how high (h) is the ramp?

A tree is broken at the height of 16ft from the ground and its top touches the ground at a distance of 18ft from the base of the tree. Find the original height of the tree.

A baseball "diamond" is actually a square with sides of 90 feet. If a runner tries to steal second base, how far must the catcher, at home plate, throw to get the runner "out"? (Distance across the diagonal)

Your family wants to purchase a new laptop with a 17" widescreen. Since the 17 inches represents the diagonal measurement of the screen (upper corner to lower corner), you want to find out the actual dimensions of the laptop. When you measured the laptop at the store, the height was 10 inches, but you don't remember the width. Calculate the width of the laptop to the nearest tenth of an inch.

During a football play, Odell Beckham Jr. runs a straight route 40 yards up the sideline before turning around and catching a pass thrown by Eli Manning. On the opposing team, a defender who started 20 yards across the field from Beckham saw the play setup and ran a slant towards Beckham. What was the distance the defender had to run to get to the spot where Beckham caught the ball?

A new pipeline is being created to shorten the distance it has to travel to get from point A to point B. The original pipeline ran at a 90 angle from point A to point B and was 20 miles on one side and 15 miles on the other. The new pipeline will go straight from A to B. How much shorter will the new pipeline be?

Jacob wants to buy a 52” television (diagonal measurement) to fit in his 31 inch by 42 inch opening in his entertainment center. Will the television fit in the space?