CORAL SECONDARY SCHOOL

SECONDARY 2 NORMAL TECHNICAL

REVISION WORKSHEET 1: PYTHAGORAS THEOREM

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Chapter 5: Pythagoras Theorem

Objectives of Lesson:
• Calculate the area and perimeter or a right-angled triangle
• Identify the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
• State the relationship between all 3 sides of a right-angled triangle / state the Pythagoras
Theorem
• Find the unknown side of a right-angled triangle using the Pythagoras Theorem

Relationship bet. All 3 sides of a right-angle triangle/ Pythagoras Theorem

c 2  a 2  b2

c
a

Area of Triangle = Amount of Space Covered in the Triangle

Area of a rectangle = length x breadth length

1
Area of a triangle = x Area of a rectangle
2
breadth
1
= x length x breadth
2

Perimeter = Outline of the Triangle

Perimeter of a triangle = Sum of all 3 sides of a triangle

1
Practice
1. Find the length of the unknown side in each of the following triangles. Also find its area and perimeter.
All dimensions are in cm.

Triangle Unknown Side Area Perimeter

(a)
4

3
x

(b) y

5
13

2
Triangle Unknown Side Area Perimeter
(c)

2 x

(d)

y
3