System Word Problems STND

Erin is 3 years younger than twice Alex's age. Their ages combined are 33 years. How old are Alex and Erin. If x=Erin's age and y=Alex's age, choose the system that matches the situation.

• x + y = 33
  y = 2x - 3
• x + y = 33
  x = 2y - 3
• x + y = 33
  x = 3 - 2y
• x + y = 3
  x = 33 - 2y

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There are 15 animals in a barn.  These animals are horses and chickens.  There are 44 legs in all.  If horses are x and chickens are y, which system of equations represents the situation?

• x + y = 15

  4x + 2y = 44

• 4x + 2y = 15

  x + y = 44

• x = 2y + 44

  4x = y + 15

• 2x - 4y = 44

  x - y = 15

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Nancy went to the grocery story.  On Monday she purchased 4 apples and 6 bananas for a total of $13.  On Wednesday she purchased 3 apples and 7 bananas for a total of $13.50.  If apples are x and bananas are y, which system of equations represents the situation?

• 4x + 6y = 3

  13.5x - 13y = 6

• x + y = 4

  x - y = 6

• 4x + 6y = 13

  3x + 7y = 13.5

• 4x - 6y = 13

  3x - 7y = 13.5

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The talent show committee sold a total of 530 tickets in advance. Student tickets cost $3 each and the adult tickets cost $4 each. The total receipts were $1740. If student tickets are S and adult tickets are A, which system could be used to find how many of each type of ticket were sold?

• S + A = 530

  3S + 4A = 1740

• S + A = 530

  4S + 3A = 1740

• S + A = 1740

  3S + 4A = 530

• S + A = 1740

  4S + 3A = 530

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Your family goes to a restaurant for dinner. There are 6 people in your family. Some order the chicken dinner for $14.80, and some order steak for $17. The total bill was $91. If chicken dinner was x and steak was y, which system best represents the situation? 

• x + y = 6

  14.80x + 17y = 91

• x + y = 91

  14.80x + 17y = 6

• x + y = 6

  14.80y + 17x = 91

• x + y = 91

  14.80x+ 17y = 6

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Caitlin won a bag full of money! She has 49 bills in all. She counts $1430. There are twenty dollar bills and fifty dollar bills. How many of each bill does Caitlin have?  Which system best represents the situation? X represents $20s and Y represents $50s.

• x + y = 1430

  20x + 50y = 49

• x + y = 49

  10x + 5y = 1430 

• x + y = 49

  20x + 50y = 1430

• x + y = 49

  x + y = 1430

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The sum of Mr. Micklow and Ms. Craft's age is 55.  The difference is 3.  Which system of equations represents the situation? X represents Mr. Micklow's age and Y represnets Ms. Craft's age.

• 2x + 3y = 55

  2x + 5y = 3

• x + y = 55

  x - y = 3

• x + y = 3

  x - y = 55

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The school that Stefan goes to is selling tickets to a choral performance. On the first day of ticket sales the school sold 3 senior citizen tickets and 1 child ticket for a total of $38. The school took in $52 on the second day by selling 3 senior citizen tickets and 2 child tickets. Which equations represents the system that could be used? S is senior tickets and C is child tickets.

• 1s + 3c = 38

  2s + 3c = 52

• 3s + 1c = 38

  3s + 2c = 52

• s + c = 38

  s + c = 52

• 3s + 3c = 38

  1s + 2c = 52

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Dennis mowed his next door neighbor’s lawn for a handful of dimes and nickels, 80 coins in all.  Upon completing the job he counted out the coins and it came to $6.60.  Which system of equations could be used to find the exact number of dimes and nickels? d represents dimes and n represents nickels.

• d + n = 6.60

  .10d + .05n = 80

• d + n = 80

  d + n = 6.60

• d + n = 80

  .10d + .05n = 6.60

• d + n = 80

  .05d + .10n = 6.60

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On Monday Joe bought 10 cups of coffee and 5 doughnuts for his office at the cost of $16.50.  It turns out that the doughnuts were more popular than the coffee.  On Tuesday he bought 5 cups of coffee and 10 doughnuts for a total of $14.25.  Which equations could be used to determine the cost of the coffee? c represents coffee and d represents doughnuts.

• 10c + 5d = 14.25

  5c + 10d = 16.50

• 10c + 5d = 16.50

  5c + 10d = 14.25

• c + d = 10

  5c + 10d = 16.50

• c + d = 5

  5c + 10d = 16.50

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