kyle's pythagorean growing post

Question 1:

Describe what a Pythagorean Triple is and use your perfect square chart from 1 squared to 10 squared to find another one other than 3,4,5.

A pythagorean triple is three numbers that are all perfect squares. Like 3 squared + 4 squared equals 5 squared. So, then it is 9 + 16 = 25. Another pythagorean triple from the perfect square chart is 6,8,10.

Question 2:

Using embeddable web 2.0, describe how to find the missing side of a Right Triangle using the Pythagorean Theorem, show how to solve both for a missing leg and the hypotenuse (note: you may use numerical examples ie. a=4 b=6 c=?)

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Question 3:

Explain how to solve a Pythagoras word problem. Use one of the examples we covered in class (Worksheet A, B, LeFrog or Bonus Problem).

Mr. H jumped into a canoe to cross a river that runs east to west and is 20m wide. The current carried him down stream 8m before he reacked the other side. How far did he travel?

Question 4:

Now that you have seen many Pythagorean problems, create your own word problem.

Mr. Smith a 10ft. ladder and has to climb up a 8ft. wall. How far away fron the wall does Mr. Smith have to place the ladder?

Kyle's 2nd Growingpost

Question 1

1. What strategies were needed?
2. How did you use these strategies?
3. Or How could you of used these strategies.
4. How would you figure out the price of a 6 cup bag of Betty's Snack mix? Use a ratio table
5. Find 3 other values (amounts of Snack Mix) that could be solved using the same ratio table. Find the $$ of your new container sizes.

1. Ratio table, Multiplication, division

2. I used them to help find the answer.

3. See #3

4. I would a 12 cup bag, then I would divide that by 2. Then I would find how much the 12 cup bag cost and then divide that by 2.

5. See the top.

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Question 4