This math puzzle asks students to cut out five shapes numbered 1-5 and rearrange them around a hypotenuse so that they fit together based on Pythagoras' theorem, which states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Students are then asked to create a formula that proves the puzzle and reflect on what the puzzle is teaching them about Pythagoras' theorem.

1. When you are finished: Try to create a formula
that would prove your puzzle. What is this puzzle
telling you?
Lingley 8 Math
Puzzling Pythagoras
Try my
puzzle! Bet you can’t
solve my theorem!
Pythagoras says that it is all about the
hypotenuse! Cut out the shapes
numbered 1-5. Rearrange them so that
they fit together around the hypotenuse.
1
2
3
5
4