It takes Paul 2 hours to hike 5 miles, how long will it take him to hike 8 miles?

A truck contained 35 boxes, some weighing 6 pounds and the rest weighing 10 pounds. If the total weight of the boxes was 262 pounds, find the number of each type of box in the truck.

On a certain trip, Edgar drives 231 km in exactly the same time as Erwin drives 308 km. If Erwin's rate exceeded that of Edgar by 13 kph. Determine the rate of Erwin.

The cost for a taxi is $2.50 plus $2.00 per mile.  If the total for a taxi ride was $32.50, how many miles did the customer travel?

An ice cream sundae costs $1.75 plus an additional $0.35 for each topping.  If the total cost is $2.80, how many toppings did the sundae have?

Five times the price of a pen is $17 more than three times its price. Find the price of the pen.

Geri  ran in a marathon race. It took her 3 hours and 28 minute to run 26 miles.  How many minutes did it take her to run 1 mile if she ran at the same rate for the whole race?

There are 5 times as many oranges as apples, 8 more bananas than apples, and 3 times as many pears as bananas. If the sum of the apples and oranges is equal to the sum of the bananas and pears, then how many of each fruit is there?

If there were 32 people at a performance and the theater collected $474 from ticket sales, how many children attended the play? 

A baseball diamond is a square 30 yd on a side. If you were on second base and you wanted to throw the ball to the catcher, who stands at home plate, How far would you have to throw the ball?