Goals of the Unit
- relate the area of a square to the side length
- estimate the values of square roots of whole numbers
- locate irrational numbers on a number line
- develop strategies for finding the distance between two points on a coordinate grid
- understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem
- use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve everyday problems
Vocabulary
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hypotenuse
legs Pythagorean Theorem real numbers conjecture |
irrational number
isosceles triangle rational number repeating decimal terminating decimal 30-60-90 right triangle |