Fractions - 8th grade (13y) - examples

  1. Composite ratio
    penize_49 Jakub, Aneta, and Lenka divided 1342 USD in the ratio 5/2: 3/10: 1/4. How much did Lenka take?
  2. Discount
    saty_1 The dress was discounted by CZK 115, which was 12% of the original price. What is the cost of the dress after the discount?
  3. Square metal sheet
    plech_2 Four squares of 300 mm side were cut out from a square sheet metal plate with a side of 0,7 m. Express the fraction and the percentage of waste from the square metal sheet.
  4. Equilateral triangle ABC
    equliateral In the equilateral triangle ABC, K is the center of the AB side, the L point lies on one-third of the BC side near the point C, and the point M lies in the one-third of the side of the AC side closer to the point A. Find what part of the ABC triangle conta
  5. Sales tax
    penize_49 A sales tax on a Php 10,800 appliance is Php.1,620. What is the rate of sales tax?
  6. Mister
    penize_49 Mister ignacio paid Php.13693.75 for a television set that originally cost Php.15,650 . Find the rate of discount. Please show your solution please please please.
  7. Old laptop
    laptop The sale price of an old laptop is Php.11000. If 33 1/3% discount rate is given how much is the sale price of the laptop without the discount? Plese show your solution please. Php is Philippine peso
  8. Seawater
    ice_cubes Seawater has a density of 1025 kg/m3, ice 920 kg/m3. 8 liters of seawater froze and created a cube. Calculate the size of the cube edge.
  9. Bicycle gear
    bicycle_gears The pedal bicycle wheel has 56 teeth and a rear 20 gear tooth. How many times does the bicycle wheel turn when you make 20 turns of the pedal wheel?
  10. Proportion 2
    car_25 A car is able to travel 210 km in 3 hours. How far can it travel in 5 hours? Put what kind of proportion is this and show your solution.
  11. Apples 14
    jablka_16 Maya bought 18 apples. She used 50% of the apples to make apple pies and 1/3 of the apples was mixed with other fruits to make salad. How many apples were left?
  12. Forestry workers
    forestry_workers In the forest is employed 43 laborers planting trees in nurseries. For 6 hour work day would end job in 35 days. After 11 days, 8 laborers go forth? How many days is needed to complete planting trees in nurseries by others, if they will work 10 hours a da
  13. Bonus
    moeny Gross wage was 527 EUR including 16% bonus. How many EUR were bonuses?
  14. Troops
    regiment Route is long 147 km and the first day first regiment went at an average speed 12 km/h and journey back 21 km/h. The second day went second regiment same route at an average speed 22 km/h there and back. Which regiment will take route longer?
  15. Motion problem
    dragway From Levíc to Košíc go car at speed 81 km/h. From Košíc to Levíc go another car at speed 69 km/h. How many minutes before the meeting will be cars 27 km away?
  16. Logic
    blue-barrel A man drinks a barrel of water for 26 days, woman for 48 days, for how many days they drink barrel together?
  17. Beer
    piva After three 10° beers consumed in a short time there are 5.6 g of alcohol in 6 kg adult human blood. How much is it per mille?
  18. Cube in a sphere
    cube_in_sphere The cube is inscribed in a sphere with volume 3724 cm3. Determine the length of the edges of a cube.
  19. Hands
    soviet_watch The clock shows 12 hours. After how many minutes will agle between hour and minute hand 90°? Consider the continuous movement of both hands hours.
  20. River
    kongo_river Calculate how many promiles river Dunaj average falls, if on section long 957 km flowing water from 1454 m AMSL to 101 m AMSL.

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