About This Lesson
<p>A tilted square is a square with no horizontal sides. Can you devise a general instruction for the construction of a square when you are given just one of its sides?</p>Aligned to Common Core State Standard: 8.G.7
Resources
Files
Square_coordinatessheet_2.pdf
Standards
Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to determine unknown side lengths in right triangles in real-world and mathematical problems in two and three dimensions.
Reviews
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SML Member
January 09, 2012
cboutin
June 12, 2013
I introduce my students to the Pythagorean Theorem using tilted squares. This is a nice resource to accompany my lesson.
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The webpages offer a useful tool to accompany work on making shapes using co-ordinates. The worksheet provides a lot of scope for confusion and so maybe the webpage is best used on its own as a wrap up.