Write an equation for a story, and a story for an equation
Grade 8 Math Worksheet - Challenge Me
Circle the best answer, or write your answer on the line.
Ari has 3 gift packs, each with x stickers and 2 bonus stickers. That equals 2 sheets of x stickers and 9 loose ones. What equation fits, with x for the stickers?
Bo fills 4 boxes, each with x crayons and 3 pencils. That equals 2 tubs of x crayons and 30 loose crayons. What equation fits, with x for the crayons in a box or tub?
Jun's bean plant is 4 cm and grows 2.5 cm a week; the pea plant is 13 cm and grows 1 cm. When are they equal, and how tall? Type: weeks, cm.
Kira is on page 15 of a comic, reading 9 a day, and page 50 of a novel, reading 4 a day. When do the pages match, and at what page? Type: days, page.
Luz's red kite is at 7 m, climbing 3 m a minute; the blue one is at 16 m, climbing 1.5 m. When are they level, and how high? Type: minutes, m.
Milo's sprout is 14 cm and grows 1/2 cm a week; a bean plant is 2 cm and grows 2 cm a week. What is w?
Two buckets sit under dripping taps in Noah's garden: one has 2 L and gains 5/2 L a day; the other has 12 L and gains 1/2 L a day. What is d?
Pia's red kite is at 4 m, climbing 3/2 m a minute; the blue kite is at 11 m, climbing 1/3 m. What is x?
Ren's two bean plants are 5 cm and 11 cm, and both grow 2 cm a week. Ren writes 2w + 5 = 2w + 11. When are they the same height?
- Always: they change at the same rate.
- Never: they stay 6 cm apart.
- After 6 weeks: the gap is 6.
- After 0 weeks: the w pieces cancel.
Tala is on page 15 of one book and page 40 of another, reading 10 pages a day in each. Tala writes 10d + 15 = 10d + 40. When do the pages match?
- Never: they stay 25 pages apart.
- After 25 days: the gap is 25.
- After 0 days: the d pieces cancel.
- Always: they change at the same rate.