Grade 8 Problem Solving Worksheet

Grade 8 Problem Solving Challenge

Read each problem carefully and solve it to the best of your ability. Show all your work where applicable. Good luck!

1. A rectangular garden has a length of 25 feet and a width of 15 feet. If a fence is to be built around the garden, and fencing costs $3.50 per foot, how much will it cost to fence the entire garden?

2. If a car travels at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour, it will travel   miles in 3.5 hours.

3. The sum of three consecutive integers is 120. The smallest integer is  .

4. A store is offering a 20% discount on all items. If a shirt originally costs $45, what is the discounted price?

5. A right triangle has legs measuring 6 cm and 8 cm. What is the length of its hypotenuse?

6. The Pythagorean theorem states that in a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.