Year 10
Foundation

Use Pythagoras' Theorem to find the length of a line segment

Year 10
Foundation

Use Pythagoras' Theorem to find the length of a line segment

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will use Pythagoras' Theorem to find the length of a line segment that joins two pairs of coordinates

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4 Questions

Q1.
Is this a right-angled triangle?
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No
Correct answer: Yes
Q2.
Is this a right-angled triangle?
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Correct answer: No
Yes
Q3.
Is this a right-angled triangle?
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Correct answer: No
Yes
Q4.
Is 8, 6 and 10 a Pythagorean triple?
No
Correct answer: Yes

4 Questions

Q1.
Find the distance between (0, 0) and (5, 12).
10.9
Correct answer: 13
17
7
Q2.
Find the distance between the points (1, 3) and (6, 2).
4
4.9
Correct answer: 5.1
6
Q3.
Find the distance between the points (4, 3) and (-3, -4).
1.41
14
7
Correct answer: 9.9
Q4.
Find the distance between the points (-7, -3) and (5, -11).
Correct answer: 14.4
2
20
8.94