Math Goodies

In this activity students will cut out 24 right triangle problems and sort them into four categories according to which method would be best for solving the problem: SOHCAHTOA, Pythagorean Theorem, 45-45-90, and 30-60-90. I did this activity with my students on the 2nd day of unit review for special right triangles. With the test the next day, I felt it was important for them to understand how to distinguish which method of solving to use for each right triangle problem, since the test would in