Pythagorean triples from fractions

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: David Benjamin 🐝
Pythagorean triples from fractions
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
Geometry and measures: Pythagoras' theorem
Resource type
Worksheet
Student activity
Maths
Reasoning

Two step-by-step methods are shown for finding Pythagorean triples. These involve finding reciprocals and adding, multiplying and dividing fractions.

The teaching notes include a lovely extension asking students to find the general rule for the first method of finding the triples.

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25/11/2018

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