hypotenuse ~ A Maths Dictionary for Kids Quick Reference by Jenny Eather

Quick Reference ~ A maths Dictionary for Kids by Jenny Eather

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hypotenuse • longest side on a right-angled triangle. Pythagoras Pythagoras was a renowned Greek philosopher and mathematician who lived around 550 BC. He is famous for proving a theorem about the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle. EXAMPLES:

hypotenuse

• longest side on a right-angled triangle.

Pythagoras

Pythagoras was a renowned Greek philosopher and
mathematician who lived around 550 BC.
He is famous for proving a theorem about the
hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle.

EXAMPLES:
hypotenuse


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