Worksheet directions

Grade 8 • Review • Choose a strategy for each problem. Explain or check your thinking where requested.

Sample questions

1. A 10 m by 24 m rectangular path is replaced by a diagonal. What is the shortest distance across? Answer: ___
2. A 7 m by 24 m rectangular path is replaced by a diagonal. What is the shortest distance across? Answer: ___
3. A 9 m by 12 m rectangular path is replaced by a diagonal. What is the shortest distance across? Answer: ___
4. A 20 m by 21 m rectangular path is replaced by a diagonal. What is the shortest distance across? Answer: ___
5. A 12 m by 16 m rectangular path is replaced by a diagonal. What is the shortest distance across? Answer: ___
6. A 11 m by 60 m rectangular path is replaced by a diagonal. What is the shortest distance across? Answer: ___

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Common Core connections

Source labels: 8.G.B.6–9, 8.G.C.9. Review the learning goals below to check the fit for your class.

• 8.G.B.7 — Apply the Pythagorean theorem
• 8.G.B.8 — Distance between two points on the plane

Bring it into your lesson

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