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Life Skills — Grade 8

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  1. 1. A group wants to collect 200 cans in 4 weeks. How many cans should it collect each week?
    1. A. 50 cans ← Answer
    2. B. 100 cans
    3. C. 60 cans
    4. D. 196 cans
  2. 2. A loan is repaid at $50 per month for 12 months. What is the total repaid?
    1. A. $1,200
    2. B. $600 ← Answer
    3. C. $300
    4. D. $650
  3. 3. What is a digital footprint?
    1. A. The lasting record of what you post, search, share and what others post ← Answer
    2. B. A map that shows the roads around your school
    3. C. The weight of the devices that you carry in a backpack
    4. D. A list of the files that are saved on your own phone
  4. 4. A student needs $600 for a trip in 10 months. How much must be saved each month?
    1. A. $70
    2. B. $120
    3. C. $60 ← Answer
    4. D. $50
  5. 5. Gwen works 20 hours at $15 an hour. What is her gross pay?
    1. A. $285
    2. B. $600
    3. C. $300 ← Answer
    4. D. $315
  6. 6. What is respect in a relationship?
    1. A. Staying quiet so that no disagreement can start
    2. B. Valuing another person's feelings, rights and limits ← Answer
    3. C. Doing whatever the other person asks without question
    4. D. Agreeing with every opinion that the other person has
  7. 7. What is nicotine?
    1. A. A highly addictive drug found in tobacco and many vaping products ← Answer
    2. B. A medicine that doctors give to treat common seasonal allergies and colds in teens
    3. C. A vitamin that helps the growing brain build memory and focus
    4. D. A harmless flavoring added to most fruit drinks and snacks
  8. 8. A group wants to collect 120 cans in 6 weeks. How many cans should it collect each week?
    1. A. 30 cans
    2. B. 114 cans
    3. C. 20 cans ← Answer
    4. D. 40 cans
  9. 9. A loan is repaid at $100 per month for 24 months. What is the total repaid?
    1. A. $2,500
    2. B. $2,400 ← Answer
    3. C. $4,800
    4. D. $1,200
  10. 10. What is an active digital footprint?
    1. A. Data that an app collects without you doing anything
    2. B. What you choose to post, comment or share online ← Answer
    3. C. The speed of your home internet connection
    4. D. The battery level on your phone at night
  11. 11. A student needs $240 for a trip in 6 months. How much must be saved each month?
    1. A. $40 ← Answer
    2. B. $50
    3. C. $30
    4. D. $80
  12. 12. Gwen works 10 hours at $12 an hour. What is her gross pay?
    1. A. $132
    2. B. $120 ← Answer
    3. C. $240
    4. D. $108
  13. 13. What is consent?
    1. A. A silent look that people can take to mean yes
    2. B. A promise that cannot be changed once it is made, even if things change
    3. C. Clear, freely given permission that can be withdrawn at any time ← Answer
    4. D. Permission that comes from pressure by a friend
  14. 14. In health class, what does the word substance mean?
    1. A. A rule that a school sets about what can be brought to class
    2. B. A school subject that covers the study of matter and energy
    3. C. A drug or chemical that changes how the body or mind works ← Answer
    4. D. Any food that has a lot of sugar or salt added to it
  15. 15. A group wants to collect 300 cans in 5 weeks. How many cans should it collect each week?
    1. A. 295 cans
    2. B. 120 cans
    3. C. 70 cans
    4. D. 60 cans ← Answer
  16. 16. A loan is repaid at $40 per month for 10 months. What is the total repaid?
    1. A. $440
    2. B. $200
    3. C. $400 ← Answer
    4. D. $800
  17. 17. What is a passive digital footprint?
    1. A. Data collected about you, such as location and searches ← Answer
    2. B. A comment that you write under a friend's video
    3. C. A message that you send to a close relative
    4. D. A photo that you choose to post on a public page
  18. 18. A student needs $900 for a trip in 12 months. How much must be saved each month?
    1. A. $65
    2. B. $75 ← Answer
    3. C. $85
    4. D. $150
  19. 19. Gwen works 15 hours at $10 an hour. What is her gross pay?
    1. A. $140
    2. B. $160
    3. C. $150 ← Answer
    4. D. $300
  20. 20. What is a boundary?
    1. A. A rule that only adults are allowed to make
    2. B. A wall that blocks every friend from visiting
    3. C. A secret that must be kept from everyone
    4. D. A limit you set to protect yourself ← Answer
  21. 21. What is addiction?
    1. A. When a person cannot stop using something even though it causes harm ← Answer
    2. B. When a person feels tired after a long day of school and sports
    3. C. When a person tries something once and decides never to do it again
    4. D. When a person enjoys a hobby and spends time on it each week
  22. 22. A group wants to collect 150 cans in 3 weeks. How many cans should it collect each week?
    1. A. 100 cans
    2. B. 147 cans
    3. C. 50 cans ← Answer
    4. D. 60 cans
  23. 23. A loan is repaid at $75 per month for 6 months. What is the total repaid?
    1. A. $225
    2. B. $450 ← Answer
    3. C. $900
    4. D. $525
  24. 24. Can other people add to your digital footprint?
    1. A. Yes, but only if you are over the age of 18
    2. B. Yes, by tagging you or posting about you ← Answer
    3. C. No, only you can add to your own record
    4. D. No, tags and photos never count as part of a footprint
  25. 25. A student needs $300 for a trip in 5 months. How much must be saved each month?
    1. A. $120
    2. B. $50
    3. C. $70
    4. D. $60 ← Answer
  26. 26. Gwen works 25 hours at $8 an hour. What is her gross pay?
    1. A. $400
    2. B. $208
    3. C. $200 ← Answer
    4. D. $192
  27. 27. What is coercion?
    1. A. Waiting for a person to make up their own mind
    2. B. Asking someone politely and then accepting whatever answer they give
    3. C. Pressuring or tricking someone into doing something ← Answer
    4. D. Offering to help a friend with homework
  28. 28. What is vaping?
    1. A. Breathing in an aerosol made by heating a liquid, often with nicotine ← Answer
    2. B. Breathing in only clean water vapor from a cool mist machine at home, with nothing else in it
    3. C. Breathing in smoke from a campfire during a weekend trip
    4. D. Breathing in steam from a hot shower after a long practice
  29. 29. A group wants to collect 240 cans in 8 weeks. How many cans should it collect each week?
    1. A. 232 cans
    2. B. 60 cans
    3. C. 30 cans ← Answer
    4. D. 40 cans
  30. 30. Sam borrows $1,000 and repays $50 per month for 24 months. What is the cost of the loan?
    1. A. $400
    2. B. $200 ← Answer
    3. C. $1,200
    4. D. $1,000
  31. 31. Who sometimes looks at public posts?
    1. A. Nobody, since posts disappear in a day
    2. B. Colleges, employers and coaches ← Answer
    3. C. Only the person who posted them
    4. D. Only people who live in the same house
  32. 32. A student saves $25 a week to buy a $400 item. How many weeks does it take?
    1. A. 32 weeks
    2. B. 20 weeks
    3. C. 16 weeks ← Answer
    4. D. 12 weeks
  33. 33. Gwen works 12 hours at $14 an hour. What is her gross pay?
    1. A. $182
    2. B. $336
    3. C. $168 ← Answer
    4. D. $154
  34. 34. What is communication in a relationship?
    1. A. Guessing what the other person wants and never asking them about it
    2. B. Sending many messages to check on the other person
    3. C. Sharing thoughts and feelings clearly and listening to others ← Answer
    4. D. Talking only when you feel angry or upset
  35. 35. What does impairment mean?
    1. A. A reduced ability to think, move or react normally ← Answer
    2. B. A feeling of being rested after a full night of good sleep
    3. C. A skill that a person learns after practicing it for years
    4. D. An increased ability to focus and remember new facts quickly
  36. 36. A group wants to collect 90 cans in 3 weeks. How many cans should it collect each week?
    1. A. 30 cans ← Answer
    2. B. 60 cans
    3. C. 87 cans
    4. D. 40 cans
  37. 37. Sam borrows $500 and repays $45 per month for 12 months. What is the cost of the loan?
    1. A. $40 ← Answer
    2. B. $500
    3. C. $540
    4. D. $80
  38. 38. Why can a post last a long time online?
    1. A. It is always deleted by the next morning
    2. B. It cannot be seen by anyone but the author
    3. C. It can be copied, screenshotted and shared ← Answer
    4. D. It is stored only on the phone that posted it
  39. 39. A student saves $10 a week to buy a $120 item. How many weeks does it take?
    1. A. 8 weeks
    2. B. 16 weeks
    3. C. 12 weeks ← Answer
    4. D. 24 weeks
  40. 40. Gwen works 20 hours at $11 an hour. What is her gross pay?
    1. A. $220 ← Answer
    2. B. $231
    3. C. $440
    4. D. $209
  41. 41. What is a red flag?
    1. A. A warning sign of unhealthy behavior ← Answer
    2. B. A color that means a person is happy
    3. C. A sign that a relationship is going well
    4. D. A flag that is flown at a school game
  42. 42. What is a refusal skill?
    1. A. A way to ignore the question and walk off in silence
    2. B. A way to say yes now and decide the answer later
    3. C. A way to argue until the other person gives in
    4. D. A way to say no and stay firm ← Answer
  43. 43. A team volunteers 3 hours a week for 10 weeks. How many hours of service is that?
    1. A. 13 hours
    2. B. 33 hours
    3. C. 15 hours
    4. D. 30 hours ← Answer
  44. 44. A card has a $2,000 limit and a $500 balance. What is the credit utilization?
    1. A. 50 percent
    2. B. 75 percent
    3. C. 45 percent
    4. D. 25 percent ← Answer
  45. 45. What does it mean to pause before posting?
    1. A. Post as fast as possible to get more likes
    2. B. Wait for a friend to post first
    3. C. Stop and think before you share something ← Answer
    4. D. Delete your account every night
  46. 46. A student saves $20 a week to buy a $300 item. How many weeks does it take?
    1. A. 30 weeks
    2. B. 19 weeks
    3. C. 11 weeks
    4. D. 15 weeks ← Answer
  47. 47. Payroll taxes are 7.65 percent of wages. How much payroll tax is taken from a $200 paycheck?
    1. A. $7.65
    2. B. $15.30 ← Answer
    3. C. $153
    4. D. $184.70
  48. 48. What is digital abuse?
    1. A. Using a phone to call a friend for help
    2. B. Sharing a fun photo with the other person's full permission and a laugh
    3. C. Playing a game together online
    4. D. Using technology to control, threaten or embarrass a partner or friend ← Answer
  49. 49. What is a risk factor?
    1. A. Something that only matters for adults and never for teens
    2. B. Something that has no link to any problem at all
    3. C. Something that makes a problem more likely ← Answer
    4. D. Something that makes a problem less likely to happen
  50. 50. A team volunteers 2 hours a week for 6 weeks. How many hours of service is that?
    1. A. 6 hours
    2. B. 8 hours
    3. C. 12 hours ← Answer
    4. D. 14 hours
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What 8th grade life skills covers

8th grade life skills at UpOnly Learning is 7 topics, taught in this order: credit, loans and debt, jobs, paychecks and taxes, digital footprint, privacy and spotting misinformation, setting long-term goals and planning for high school, respect, consent and healthy teen relationships, making healthy choices about vaping, alcohol and drugs, and advocacy and community service. The 50 questions above are drawn from those topics, with the answer marked beside each one, so you can see what has stuck and what needs another lesson. The workbook teaches each topic with a 40-minute lesson; the free PDF sample has one full topic.

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  • Credit, loans and debt: Compare loan costs using interest and fees, understand credit cards and credit scores and avoid debt traps
  • Jobs, paychecks and taxes: Read a pay stub, calculate gross and net pay and explain how taxes and deductions fund public services
  • Digital footprint, privacy and spotting misinformation: Manage a digital footprint, adjust privacy settings and check sources before believing or sharing information
  • Setting long-term goals and planning for high school: Write SMART goals, map steps toward them and choose classes and activities that fit those goals
  • Respect, consent and healthy teen relationships: Describe respect, consent and communication in relationships and recognize warning signs of unhealthy behavior
  • Making healthy choices about vaping, alcohol and drugs: Explain how substances affect a growing brain and practice refusal skills and supportive responses
  • Advocacy and community service: Choose an issue you care about, plan a respectful action and work with others to help your community

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Advocacy and Community Service

The student will choose an issue they care about, research it using reliable sources, plan a respectful action with measurable goals and reflect on what the action achieved. · 40 min

Warm-up — say this

“Young people can make real changes. It starts with a clear issue and a good plan.”

Worked example

A group wants to collect 200 cans in 4 weeks. How many per week?

Answer: 50 per week.

A mistake students make

Only adults can change things.

How the book fixes it

Explain that students have influenced school rules, local parks and laws by organizing, writing and speaking respectfully.

Note to the parent

Support the student's chosen cause even if it is not yours. Help with logistics and safety but let the student lead, and ask what they learned afterward.

That is one topic of many. The free questions above check a skill; this is the part that teaches it.

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These questions check a skill. The workbook teaches it.

  • TeachesA 40-minute lesson per topic that tells you what to say.
  • ExplainsWorked examples and the common mistakes, with fixes.
  • ReviewsAnswers with short explanations, and fresh questions.
  • PlansEvery topic in teaching order, matched to the standards.
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What grade are these for?

Grade 8. Every other grade from kindergarten to grade 8 has its own page, linked at the foot of this one. If your student finds these hard, try the grade below — that is normal and it is not a problem.

What do the paid workbooks add?

These questions check a skill. The workbook teaches it: a forty-minute lesson that tells you what to say, two or three worked examples, the mistakes students actually make on that skill and how to correct each one, and an explanation beside every answer rather than a bare key.