This assessment problem has students apply the Pythagorean Theorem in a real life scenario that is applicable to them. It requires students to find distances from one point of interests to the next, such as school or the movies. Students must find the distance of different locations that represent the legs or the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
The problem is aligned to common core standard 8.G.7:
Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to determine unknown side lengths in right triangles in real-world and mathematical problems in two and three dimensions.
However this specific assessment only evaluates students capability of solving two dimensional real world problems.
Applying the Pythagorean Theorem