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Year 9 Maths

Pythagoras Test- 45 minutes

Name………………………………………………………………………………..

Section A – Multiple Choice


Circle the correct answer
1.

What is the length of the hypotenuse in the


The value of b is:
figure?
A 6.95
A 17.4 cm
B 8.4
B 15.1 cm
C 9.31
C 13.2 cm
D 10.2
D 12.8 cm
E 11.55
E 11.5 cm
5. Triangle ABC is shown below. Which
2.
of the following is the closest to the perimeter
of triangle ABC?

How long is the diagonal of this square?


A 3.2 m
B 4.2 m
C 5.9 m
D 6.1 m A 21.0 cm
E 8.5 m B 17.5 cm
C 16.3 cm
3. D 12.6 cm
E 9.4 cm

The value of x correct to 2 decimal places is:


9A.59
1B0.32
1C2.16
1D3.73
14.51
E

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

Section B – Skills Section


Show all working
1. Are the following statements true or false? (circle the correct answer – no need to show working)

a. Pythagoras' theorem only applies to right-angled triangles. True/False

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
Show all working

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)

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