10 questions
The slide at the playground has a height of 6 feet. The base of the slide measured on the ground is 8 feet. What is the length of the slide?
8 feet
5.29 feet
10 feet
14 feet
In the Old West, settlers made tents out of a piece of cloth thrown over a clothesline and then secured it to the ground with stakes forming an isosceles triangle. How long would the cloth have to be so that the opening of the tent was 6 feet high and 8 feet wide?
14.4 feet
7.2 feet
10 feet
20 feet
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)
180 feet
90 feet
13.4 feet
127.3 feet
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.
7 inches
10 inches
19.7 inches
13.7 inches
Lisa drives her car 46 km south and then 13 km east. How far is she from her starting point?
44.1 km
59 km
47.8 km
33 km
What is measure of all of the sides given? AB, AC, and BC
AC=5-(-3), AB=36+64, BC=4-(-2)
AC=4-(-2), AB=5-(-3), BC=36+64
BC=4-(-2), AB=5-(-3), AC=36+64
The picture below shows a ramp that Mike is building. How long does the board need to be to cover the ramp?
8.5
17
13
10.9
What is the distance between point K & point J?
11
13
15
17
The top of a ladder is leaning against a vertical wall, 12 feet above the floor. The bottom of the ladder is resting on the floor, 9 feet from the base of the wall. How long is the ladder?
15
17
19
21