Division - 8th grade (13y) - math problems

  1. Dividing money
    penize Janka and Silvia are to divide 1200 euros in a ratio of 19:11. How many euros does the Janka have?
  2. Forestry workers
    forestry_workers In the forest is employed 56 laborers planting trees in nurseries. For 8 hour work day would end job in 37 days. After 16 days, 9 laborers go forth? How many days are needed to complete planting trees in nurseries by others, if they will work 10 hours a d
  3. Bonus
    moeny Gross wage was 527 EUR including 16% bonus. How many EUR were bonuses?
  4. Logic
    blue-barrel A man can drink a barrel of water for 26 days, woman for 48 days. How many days will a barrel last between them?
  5. Beer
    piva After three 10° beers consumed in a short time, there is 5.6 g of alcohol in 6 kg adult human blood. How much is it per mille?
  6. Cube in a sphere
    cube_in_sphere_1 The cube is inscribed in a sphere with volume 9067 cm3. Determine the length of the edges of a cube.
  7. Root
    root_quadrat The root of the equation ? is: ?
  8. Monkey
    monkey Monkey fell in 38 meters deep well. Every day it climbs 3 meters, at night it dropped back by 2 m. On what day it gets out from the well?
  9. Coffee
    coffe In stock are three kinds of branded coffee prices: I. kind......248 Kč/kg II. kind......134 Kč/kg III. kind.....270 Kč/kg Mixing these three species in the ratio 10:7:7 create a mixture. What will be the price of 1100 grams of this mixture?
  10. Motion
    cyclist_1 If you go at speed 3.7 km/h, you come to the station 42 minutes after leaving the train. If you go by bike to the station at speed 27 km/h, you come to the station 56 minutes before its departure. How far is the train station?
  11. Store
    pave One meter of the textile was discounted by 2 USD. Now 9 m of textile cost as before 8 m. Calculate the old and new price of 1 m of the textile.
  12. Hands
    soviet_watch The clock shows 12 hours. After how many minutes will angle between the hour and minute hand 90°? Consider the continuous movement of both hands hours.
  13. Clock
    hodiny How many times a day hands on a clock overlap?
  14. Blood
    krv In human body the blood is about 7.3% body weight. How many kilograms of blood is in the human body with weight 109 kg?
  15. Chickens and rabbits
    pipky In the yard were chickens and rabbits. Together they had 45 heads and 110 legs. How many chickens and how many rabbits was in the yard?
  16. Bus vs. train
    bus_vs_train Bus started from point A 10 minutes before the train started from the same place. The bus went an average speed of 49 km/h, train 77 km/h. To point B train and bus arrived simultaneously. Calculate time of train journey, if train and bus travelled the.
  17. Movement
    peleton From the crossing of two perpendicular roads started two cyclists (each at different road). One runs at average speed 28 km/h, the second at average speed 24 km/h. Determine the distance between them after 45 minutes cycling.
  18. Discount
    pulover Ladies sweater was twice discounted. First by 11%, then by 11% of the new price. Its final price was 100 €. Determine the original price of sweater.
  19. Gimli Glider
    gimli_glider Aircraft Boeing 767 lose both engines at 42000 feet. The plane captain maintain optimum gliding conditions. Every minute, lose 1910 feet and maintain constant speed 211 knots. Calculate how long it takes to plane from engine failure to hit the ground. Ca
  20. Scale
    pool_1 Swimming pool is long 110 m and 30 m wide. The plan of the city is shown as a rectangle with area 8.25 cm2. What scale is the city plan?

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