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?
Esme fills 2 shelves, each with x books and 5 comics. That equals one cart of x books and 18 comics. What equation fits, with x for the books?
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?
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?
- After 0 days: the d pieces cancel.
- After 25 days: the gap is 25.
- Never: they stay 25 pages apart.
- Always: they change at the same rate.
Two block towers by Zee's window are 30 and 24 blocks tall, and both gain 3 blocks a day. Zee writes 3d + 30 = 3d + 24. When are they equal?
- After 0 days: the d pieces cancel.
- Always: they change at the same rate.
- After 6 days: the gap is 6.
- Never: they stay 6 blocks apart.