8th Grade Vocabulary Practice 11/7
  • 1. The side of a right triangle that is directly across from the right angle.
A) Leg of a Triangle
B) Perfect Square
C) Hypotenuse
D) Right Triangle
  • 2. Either of the two shorter sides of a right triangle. These two sides together form the right angle in the right triangle.
A) Pythagorean Triple
B) Right Triangle
C) Hypotenuse
D) Leg of a Triangle
  • 3. An equation with more than one variable.
A) Pythagorean Theorem
B) Literal Equation
C) Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem
D) Pythagorean Triple
  • 4. A set of positive integers, a, b, and c that fit the rule a 2 + b2 = c 2 .
A) Pythagorean Triple
B) Pythagorean Theorem
C) Right Triangle
D) Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem
  • 5. The product of a rational number multiplied by itself
A) Radical
B) Square Root
C) Perfect Square
D) Pythagorean Theorem
  • 6. A theorem that states that in a right triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the lengths of the legs.
A) Literal Equation
B) Pythagorean Theorem
C) Pythagorean Triple
D) Converse of Pythagorean Theorem
  • 7. A symbol that is used to indicate square roots.
A) Perfect Square
B) Literal Equation
C) Radical
D) Square Root
  • 8. A triangle with exactly one right angle.
A) Perfect Square
B) Hypotenuse
C) Square Root
D) Right Triangle
  • 9. If the square of the length of the longest side of a triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides, the triangle is a right triangle.
A) Converse of Pythagorean Theorem
B) Deductive Reasoning
C) Pythagorean Theorem
D) Literal Equation
  • 10. The process by which one makes conclusions using known facts, definitions, rules, or properties.
A) Pythagorean Theorem
B) Deductive Reasoning
C) Converse of Pythagorean Theorem
D) Literal Equation
  • 11. The square root of a number is a special value that, when multiplied by itself, gives the number.
A) Hypotenuse
B) Perfect Square
C) Square Root
D) Radical
Students who took this test also took :

Created with That Quiz — where test making and test taking are made easy for math and other subject areas.