Examples for 8th grade

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  • Work at plant
    workers_4 Handyman has vowed to do repair work at the plant for 25 days. However, work had to be shortened and therefore gained helper. Together they made all the corrections for 13 1/3 days. How long the work would take helper himself?
  • Equations
    p1110617 Solve following system of equations: 6(x+7)+4(y-5)=12 2(x+y)-3(-2x+4y)=-44
  • Rectangular trapezoid
    rt_licho The rectangular trapezoid ABCD is: /AB/ = /BC/ = /AC/. The length of the median is 6 cm. Calculate the circumference and area of a trapezoid.
  • Water well
    studna Drilled well has a depth 20 meters and 0.1 meters radius. How many liters of water can fit into the well?
  • Cars 2
    car_2 Opava is 360 km distance from Prešov. At 8:00 hour two cars started against each other from this cities at average speeds 88 km/h and 121 km/h. At what hour its will meet and what distance its travel if car started from Prešov is faster?
  • Midpoint of segment
    midpoint-segment Point A has coordinates [-16; 23] and the midpoint of the segment AB is the point [2; 12]. What are the coordinates of point B?
  • Segment in a triangle
    priecka In a triangle ABC with the side/AB/ = 24 cm is constructed middle segment/DE/ = 18 cm parallel to the side AB at a distance 1 cm from AB. Calculate the height of the triangle ABC to side AB.
  • Map scale
    garden_5 Garden has on plan on a scale of 1: 150 width 22 cm and length 35 cm. What is the real area of the garden?
  • Volume of three cuboids
    image10 Calculate the total volume of all cuboids for which the the size of the edges are in a ratio of 1:2:3, and one of the edges has a size 6 cm.
  • Two workers
    mame_nizke_mzdy The first worker completed the task by himself in 9 hours, the second in 15 hours. After two hours of joint work left first worker to a doctor and the second finished the job himself. How many hours worked second worker himself?
  • PC disks
    diskette Peter has 45 disks in three colors. One-fifth of the disks are blue, red are twice more than the white. How much is blue, red and white disks?
  • Two pumps
    nadrz_4 The first pump fills the tank in 24 hours second pump in another 40 hours. For how long will take fill the tank if operate both pumps at the same time?
  • Right triangle eq2
    rt_2 Hypotenuse of a right triangle is 9 cm longer than one leg and 8 cm longer than the second leg. Determine the circumference and area of a triangle.
  • Euros
    bicycles Peter, Jane and Thomas have together € 550. Tomas has 20 euros more than Jane, Peter € 150 less than Thomas. Determine how much has each of them.
  • Prism
    prism_rhombus_1 Calculate the volume of the rhombic prism. Base of prism is rhombus whose one diagonal is 47 cm and the edge of the base is 28 cm. The edge length of the base of the prism and height is 3:5.
  • Three piles
    sugar 100 kg of sugar we divide into three piles. The first pile is small. If we added to second 2 kg of sugar it would have 25% more sugar than the first pile. If we added to third pile 3 kg of sugar it would have 20% more sugar than the 2nd pile. How many kil
  • Probably member
    math_series Look at the series 2,6,25,96,285, ? What number should come next?
  • Slope RR
    slope_rise_run A line has a rise of 2 and a run of 11. What is the slope?
  • Family
    sediny Mom is 39 years old. Karl is eight years and Paul 4 years. For many years mother would old just like two children together?
  • Lathe
    sustruh Calculate the percentage of waste if the cube with 53 cm long edge is lathed to cylinder with a maximum volume.

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