You may think of the Pythagorean theorem as useful only to geeky college freshmen who want to calculate how many steps they are saving by walking across the grass. Recently I learned of a very practical use of this theorem in a very unexpected place.
Grade Level: Middle School (6-8)
Curriculum Topic Benchmarks:
M5.3.7, M5.4.2, M5.4.8, M5.4.11
Subject Keywords: Pythagoras, Geometry, Hands-on, Right angle
Author(s): Lin Chambers
PUMAS ID: 07_10_98_1
Date Received: 1998-07-10
Date Revised: 1998-08-31
Date Accepted: 1998-08-31
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