Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The Big Numbers



Sometimes your Pythagorean Theorem problems have big numbers. You can watch the following the video on using your calculator to find squared numbers and the square roots of numbers then try the problems.




Use the square root button on your calculator to solve the problems.
· a = 18, b = 24, c = ?
· a = 20, b = 21, c = ?
· a = 21, b = 28, c = ?

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

How do you find the leg?






It’s time for the next step. You know how to solve for the hypotenuse. How do you solve for a leg instead? You can watch the video (3:48) to find out then solve the problems.








Use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for b.
· a = 3, b = ?, c = 5
· a = 5, b = ?, c = 13
· a = 12, b = ?, c = 15

Friday, June 10, 2011

Answers to Pythagorean Theorem




Here are the answers to solving for the Hypotenuse. You can watch the three minute video to see the answers and see how it was done.








Monday, June 6, 2011

Pythagorean Theorem

Lets make geometry and learning right triangles easy. You want to start with the basic Pythagorean theorem. Click here to see a 60 second video on how to solve for the hypotenuse.

Now solve th
ree easy problems. Remember to post your answers.