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Triangles Study Guide

These are the learning outcomes for this unit. The list and checkboxes are for your
own use to ensure you are prepared to write the test! The purpose of this study guide
is to practice and aid you in studying!! Best of luck!!

I can solve the squares of numbers.

I can solve the square roots of numbers.

I can factor numbers into its prime numbers.

I can determine perfect squares through prime factorization.

I can identify the sides of a right triangle.

I can calculate the hypotenuse of a right triangle using Pythagoras.

I can calculate the leg of a right triangle using Pythagoras.

Review notes & do practice problems.

Attached to this study guide is A LOT of practice, do the questions that you think
you'd get stumped on. Don't attempt to complete all of it.
Test date: Wednesday November 7, 2018
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Write the prime-power factorization of each.

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3) 55 4) 50

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1. 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 sliding board?

2. The bottom of a 13-foot straight ladder is set into the ground 5 feet away from a
wall. When the top of the ladder is leaned against the wall, what is the distance
above the ground it will reach?

3. In shop class, you make a table. The sides of the table measure 36" and 18". If the
diagonal of the table measures 43", is the table “square”? (In construction, the
term "square” just means the table has right angles at the corners.)

4. In the Old West, settlers made tents out of a piece of cloth thrown over a
clothesline and then secured 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?

5. 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”? Given this information, explain why runners more often try to
steal second base than third.

6. 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 and describe how you could figure out the width of
the laptop to the nearest tenth inch.
7. During a football play, DeSean Jackson runs a straight route 40 yards up the
sideline before turning around and catching a pass thrown by Michael Vick. On
the opposing team, a defender who started 20 yards across the field from
Jackson saw the play setup and ran a slant towards Jackson. What was the
distance the defender had to run to get to the spot where Jackson caught the
ball?

8. In construction, floor space must be planned for staircases. If the vertical

distance bet ween the first and second floors is 3.6 meters, and a contractor is
using the standard step pattern of 28 cm wide for 18 cm high, then how many
steps are needed to get from the first to the second floor and how much linear
distance (ie “width” or “base”) will be needed for the staircase? What is the length
of the railing that would be attached to these stairs?