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.