MAST Grade 8 Pythagorean Theorem. Practice it free.

Students use the Pythagorean Theorem to find side lengths and distance in the coordinate plane. This Grade 8 reporting domain maps to 5 practice skills and 8 representative questions from the playable bank.

Grade 8Testlet 95 mapped skills
What the test measures

Pythagorean Theorem skills

  1. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find unknown side lengths.

  2. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find distance between two points in a coordinate system.

  3. Standards: 8.G.6, 8.G.7, 8.G.8

Standards basis

Montana PK-12 Mathematics Content Standards / Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-M)-aligned Montana standards — Montana

How the MAST reports it

Montana’s MAST is a state-specific through-year assessment built by New Meridian and aligned to Montana’s academic content standards, not a Smarter Balanced-style claims/targets framework. The math blueprints organize content into grade-level strands/testlets that map directly to CCSS-M-derived Montana standards.

Blueprint & weighting

The blueprint publishes a through-year design of 12 strands/testlets per grade, with 1 strand per testlet, 2 reporting attributes per strand, and 9–13 items per testlet. It also specifies approximate item-type and DOK distributions, but does not publish percentage weighting by domain in the captured blueprint text.

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Practice playeasy

What is the length of the vertical segment from (5,3)(5, -3) to (5,9)(5, 9)?

Both points have x=5x = 5, so the length is 9(3)=12|9 - (-3)| = 12.

Practice playeasy

A right triangle has leg lengths 1616 ft and 3030 ft. Find the length of the hypotenuse.

The legs are 1616 and 3030. By the Pythagorean theorem, 162+302=256+900=1,15616^{2} + 30^{2} = 256 + 900 = 1{,}156, so the hypotenuse is 1,156=34\sqrt{1{,}156} = 34.

Practice playeasy

In a right triangle, the legs have lengths 99 and 1212. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

92+122=81+144=2259^{2} + 12^{2} = 81 + 144 = 225, so the hypotenuse is 225=15.\sqrt{225} = 15\textsf{.}

Practice playeasy

A kite string is 2525 meters long and is staked 77 meters from a point on the ground directly below the kite. How high is the kite?

The string is the hypotenuse: 25272=62549=57625^{2} - 7^{2} = 625 - 49 = 576, so the height is 576=24\sqrt{576} = 24 meters.

Practice playhard

A rectangle has length 88 centimeters and area 120120 square centimeters. What is the length of a diagonal of the rectangle, in centimeters?

Area A=wA = \ell w, so 120=8w120 = 8w and w=15w = 15. The diagonal is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 88 and 1515: 82+152=64+225=289=17 cm.\sqrt{8^2 + 15^2} = \sqrt{64 + 225} = \sqrt{289} = 17\text{ cm}\textsf{.}

Practice playeasy

What is the distance from (0,0)(0, 0) to (3,4)(3, 4)?

32+42=9+16=25=5\sqrt{3^2 + 4^2} = \sqrt{9 + 16} = \sqrt{25} = 5.

Practice playeasy

If a right triangle has a hypotenuse of 3030 yards and one leg of 1818 yards, what is the other leg?

Let the missing leg be xx. Then x2+182=302x^{2} + 18^{2} = 30^{2}, so x2=302182=900324=576x^{2} = 30^{2} - 18^{2} = 900 - 324 = 576 and x=576=24x = \sqrt{576} = 24.

Practice playeasy

A right triangle has legs 33 and 44. What is the hypotenuse?

32+42=9+16=253^{2} + 4^{2} = 9 + 16 = 25, so the hypotenuse is 25=5.\sqrt{25} = 5\textsf{.}

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