Step 10 Objective

Understand and apply Pythagoras' theorem when solving problems in two dimensions.


What if pupils find this a barrier?

Focus on the strategies that pupils need to identify the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle.

Devise a card-matching activity with sets of cards giving the problem in words, the diagram and the steps to the solution.

Include inaccurate diagrams and solutions.

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