Class 8 Maths · Part 2 Chapter 2 · CBSE / NCERT

The Baudhayana Pythagoras Theorem

The rule linking the three sides of a right triangle. You’ll learn to use it to find a missing side, meet √2, and find and make whole-number triples like 3, 4, 5.

9 short lessons · about 43 minutes in all

What you’ll learn

  1. 1Doubling a square4 min
  2. 2The long side of a half-square triangle4 min
  3. 3The number that never ends5 min
  4. 4Joining two squares into one5 min
  5. 5Finding a missing side5 min
  6. 6Right triangles with whole-number sides5 min
  7. 7Bigger copies of a triple5 min
  8. 8Making triples from odd numbers5 min
  9. 9Right triangles hiding in shapes5 min

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