Pythagoras Practice Test
Pythagoras Practice Test
Pythagoras Practice Test
Name………………………………………………………………………………..
Marks Section A……/6 Section B……/16 Section C……/8 Comm…../3 Total ……/33marks
4.
6.
A ladder 3 m long leans against a wall. The foot of the ladder is 80 cm from the wall. The distance
the ladder reaches up the wall is:
A 89 cm
B 103 cm
C 187 cm
D 253 cm
E 289 cm
b. A triangle with side lengths 13cm, 21cm & 16cm contains a right angle? True/False
c. If the length of the hypotenuse is 22 mm and one side is 13 mm, then the length of the
other side is 19 mm. True/False
(3 marks)
2. Find the length of the hypotenuse in each of the following right-angled triangle, correct to 2 decimal
places.
(2 marks)
3. Find the value of the pronumeral.
(2 marks)
4. What is the length of a diagonal of a rectangle 9 m long and 5 m wide? Give you answer in
metres correct to 2 decimal places.(You must draw a neat diagram using a ruler)
(3 marks)
5. An isosceles triangle has sloping equal sides 9 mm long, and a base equal to 6 mm. Calculate
the perpendicular height of the triangle, to the nearest mm. (You must draw a neat
diagram using a ruler)
(3 marks)
6. A ladder 12 m long leans against a wall. The foot of the ladder is 190 cm from the wall.
How far up the wall does the ladder reach? Give you answer in cm, rounded to 2 decimal
places. (You must draw a neat diagram using a ruler)
(3marks)
Section C – Application Question
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1. Liam looks out towards the sea from the top of a cliff and notices two cruise liners as
shown. What is the distance between the two cruise liners? Give your answer in
kilometres correct to 2 decimal places.
(4 marks)
2. The figure below shows a parcel of land that is to be enclosed with a fence. Fencing material
is sold in metre lots for a price of $36 per metre. The total cost will be:
(4 marks)