Examples for 8th grade - page 117

School yearbook
Bianca sold Php.18,500 worth of advertisements for the school yearbook. If she is given a commision of 8%, how much did she earn for the advertisements?
Sales off
After discounting 40% the goods cost 15 €. How much did the cost of the goods before the discount?
Greg and Bill
Greg is 18 years old. He is 6 less than 4 times Bill's age. How old is Bill?
Fix + percentages
Mrs. Vargas is a car sales agent who earns Php.5,850 monthly plus a 4% commision on all her sales. During a month, she sold a car worth Php.740,000. How much is her total earnings?
Phone plan
Victoria's cell phone plan costs $30.00 a month. If she used 12.5 hours in May, how much did Victoria pay per minute?
Bob traveled
Bob traveled 20 meters to Dave's house. He arrived in 3 minutes. What was his average speed for the trip.
Workers 9
If two workers fix two windows in an hour how many windows can 18 workers fix in the same two windows?
An equilateral
An equilateral triangle with a side 10 m represents a wooden platform standing in a lawn. A goat is tied to a corner with a 15 m rope. What is the maximum amount of grazing area available to the goat?
Nineteenth member
Find the nineteenth member of the arithmetic sequence: a1=33 d=5 find a19
Donuts
Find how many donuts each student will receive if you share 126 donuts in a ratio of 1:5:8
Trip to a city
Lin wants to save $75 for a trip to the city. If she has saved $37.50 so far, what percentage of her goal has she saved? What percentage remains?
Ages 2
A man's age is 4 times his son's age. After 5 years he will be just twice his son's age, find their ages.
The difference
The difference of two numbers is 1375. If their exact quotient is 12. Find the two numbers
Deposit is pesos
Sally deposits Php.22,000 in her savings account. If the bank pays 1.5% interest per year, how much will she receive at the end of the year?
Tickets 4
Stacey is selling tickets to the school play. The tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children. She sells twice as many adult tickets as children's tickets and brings in a total of $342. How many of each kind of ticket did she sell?
The dormitory
The dormitory accommodates 150 pupils in 42 rooms, some of which are triple and some are quadruple. Determine how many rooms are triple and how many quadruples.
1.5 divided
1.5 divided by 1 = w divided by 4
Real estate 2
A real estate agent sold a lot for Php.550,000. If his agency pays at 10% commission, how much commission will he or she receive?
Loan 4
Mr santos borrowed Php.18,000 at 1.5% interest for one year. What was the total amount he paid for the end of the 1-year term?
The sales
The sales tax rate is 4.447% for the city and 4% for the state. Find the total amount paid for 2 boxes of chocolates at $17.96 each.

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