Missing Sides and Square Roots Worksheet
📝 Worksheet medium ⏱️ 20 minutes 8 problems
Missing Sides and Square Roots Worksheet
Grade 8 Mathematics LearnCrux.com
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Directions
- Fill in each blank carefully.
- Circle or mark the best answer for each multiple-choice question.
- Match each prompt to the best option before writing your answer.
- Use the larger space to show your thinking on word problems.
1. If a squared = 36, then a = __.
2. Which value is between 6 and 7?
3. Match the result to the interpretation: square root of 20
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4. If the hypotenuse is 10 and one leg is 6, the other leg is __.
5. Why do some Pythagorean answers stay in square-root form?
6. Which statement is always true about the hypotenuse?
7. If 9 squared plus 12 squared equals c squared, then c = __.
8. Why should students check whether an answer is reasonable?
📋 Teacher Answer Key
1. 6
2. square root of 40
3. a length a little more than 4
4. 8
5. Some side lengths are not whole numbers, so square-root form keeps the exact value before any estimate
6. It is the longest side.
7. 15
8. Reasonableness helps confirm that the side lengths fit a right triangle and that the hypotenuse is still the longest side