Pythagoras' theorem

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  1. 1. A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 3 cm and 4 cm. How long is the hypotenuse?
    • Correct answer: 5 cm
    • 7 cm
    • 12 cm
    • 25 cm
  2. 2. The shorter sides are 6 m and 8 m. How long is the hypotenuse?
    • Correct answer: 10 m
    • 14 m
    • 48 m
    • 100 m
  3. 3. The shorter sides are 5 cm and 12 cm. How long is the hypotenuse?
    • Correct answer: 13 cm
    • 17 cm
    • 60 cm
    • 169 cm
  4. 4. The hypotenuse is 10 cm and one side is 6 cm. How long is the other side?
    • Correct answer: 8 cm
    • 4 cm
    • 16 cm
    • 11.7 cm
  5. 5. Which side of a right-angled triangle is the hypotenuse?
    • Correct answer: The longest side, opposite the right angle
    • The shortest side
    • Either side next to the right angle
    • Whichever side is at the bottom
  6. 6. Which three lengths make a right-angled triangle?
    • Correct answer: 8, 15 and 17
    • 4, 5 and 6
    • 5, 6 and 7
    • 2, 3 and 4
  7. 7. What does Pythagoras' theorem say, if c is the hypotenuse?
    • Correct answer: a² + b² = c²
    • a + b = c
    • a² − b² = c
    • 2a + 2b = c

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