Use patterns to your advantage! The Pythagorean Theorem allows learners to find missing sides of right triangles. Problems include those with both rational and irrational lengths. 

Concepts

pythagorean theorem, problem solving strategies

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Have a substitute use the video to aid instruction
• Use practice problems as checkpoints during the video to check for understanding

Classroom Considerations

• Requires Internet access to view the video resource
• The resource builds on the previous lesson in the series, which applies the Pythagorean Theorem Converse

Pros

• Provides an extensive set of practice problems with an answer key

Cons

• Video resource does not show any examples of application problems

Common Core

8.G.B.7