Examples for 8th grade - page 85

Scale of map
James travels one kilometer in 12 minutes. The route walked for half an hour measured on the map 5 cm. Calculate how many kilometers James walked for half an hour. Find the scale of the map.
Summerjobs
The agency give summerjobs for 2352 students in 2018. The eighth was high-school students, the rest was undergraduates. How many undergraduates works via agency in 2018?
Square
Calculate the perimeter and the area of square with a diagonal length 30 cm.
Two aircraft
Two planes fly to the airport. At some point, the first airplane is away from the airport 98 km and the second 138 km. The first aircraft flies at an average speed of 420 km/h, the second average speed is 360 km/h, while the tracks of both planes are perpe
Contract
8 employees complete the contract for 65 hours. After 17 hours, 3 employees had to leave for another job. How many more hours will the job on contract be fulfilled?
Chocolate roll
The cube of 5 cm chocolate roll weighs 30 g. How many calories will contain the same chocolate roller of a prism shape with a length of 0.5 m whose cross section is an isosceles trapezoid with bases 25 and 13 cm and legs 10 cm. You know that 100 g of this.
Workers
9 workers dig a canal 120 meters long for eight hours. For how long would be dig five workers canal 200 meters long?
Three workers
Three workers got paid for work. First earn € 50, the second € 100 and third € 60. For further work should receive together € 735. How do you divide that amount in order to be distributed in the same proportion as the first job?
Candies
The price for 1 kg of more expensive candies is 125 CZK. The price for 1 kg of cheaper candy is 100 CZK. We mix two different mixtures of candy. A) The first mixture contains 2 kg more expensive and 0.5 kg cheaper candy. Calculate the price for 1 kg of t
Liquid soap
Liquid soap lasted two weeks to one member of the family. How many days will last, if it use: a) two members b) 4 members c) seven members?
Price saleoff
Shoes standing y euros. At first they were discounted by 12% and then 50% of the new amount. After this double cheapening the cost was exactly 22 euros. Determine the original price of shoes.
Alcohol mixture
Three liters of 96 percent alcohol we set up a certain amount of distilled water to form a 54-percent alcohol. How many liters of distilled water were used?
Tailor master
There are less than 50m of textile in the tailoring workshop. When cutting on a blouse (consumption 1.5m), no textile is left. When using a cloth (consumption of 3.2m), no textile is left. How many meters of textile are in a tailor's workshop?
Pyramid four sides
In a regular tetrahedral pyramid is a body height 38 cm and a wall height 42 cm. Calculate the surface area of the pyramid; the result round to square centimeters.
Two trains
There are two trains running the same distance. 1st train will travel it in 7 hours 21minutes. 2nd the train will travel 5 hours 57minutes and 34 seconds and it is 14 km/h faster than the first train. What are speeds of trains and how long is this railway
Quadrangular pyramid
Calculate the surface area and volume of a regular quadrangular pyramid: sides of bases (bottom, top): a1 = 18 cm, a2 = 6cm angle α = 60 ° (Angle α is the angle between the side wall and the plane of the base.) S =? , V =?
Linear system
Solve this linear system (two linear equations with two unknowns): x+y =36 19x+22y=720
Comparing salaries
Spouses compared salaries. Mrs. Janka found that a 20% higher salary than Mr Jaroslav. Together earned € 1,430. How much they earn each of them?
Wall diagonal
Calculate the length of wall diagonal of the cube whose surface is 384 cm square.
Unknown number
Determine the unknown number, which double of its fourth square is equal the fifth its square.

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