Grade 8

Worksheet Description

This worksheet features a set of decimal word problems tailored for Grade 8 students, incorporating a variety of scenarios that require the application of decimals in calculations. The problems include adjusting a cookie recipe, determining a car’s fuel efficiency, calculating the final price of discounted items, figuring out population growth percentages, and computing the area of a circle. Additional tasks cover applying tax rates to a laptop purchase, expressing a number in scientific notation, using scale drawings to find room dimensions, calculating compound interest, and adjusting class averages based on new test scores.

The worksheet aims to solidify students’ understanding and manipulation of decimals in more complex mathematical situations, such as recipe adjustments, efficiency calculations, and financial estimations. It teaches them to convert between percentages and decimals, apply percentages to determine increases and discounts, and work with scientific notation. The exercises also help students understand geometric calculations and basic algebra. Through these problems, the goal is to enhance the students’ practical math skills, preparing them for real-life applications and more advanced mathematical concepts.