Systems of Equations Quiz

Sumalee and Rob each improved their yards by planting daylilies and ornamental grass. They

bought their supplies from the same store. Sumalee spent $29 on 1 daylily and 8 bunches of

ornamental grass. Rob spent $23 on 1 daylily and 6 bunches of ornamental grass. What is the

cost of one daylily?

• $5

• $3

• $6

• $2.56

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Huong and Amanda each improved their yards by planting rose bushes and geraniums. They bought their supplies from the same store. Huong spent $19 on 1 rose bush and 5 geraniums. Amanda spent $23 on 1 rose bush and 7 geraniums. What is the cost of one geranium?

Answer explanation

$2

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The school that Jill goes to is selling tickets to the annual talent show. On the first day of ticket sales the school sold 7 adult tickets and 10 student tickets for a total of $162.20. The school took in $58.20 on the second day by selling 6 adult tickets and 2 student tickets. What is the price of one adult ticket and one student ticket?

• $12.30

• $5.60

• $17.90

• $6.70

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Stefan and Jenny each improved their yards by planting grass sod and ornamental grass. They bought their supplies from the same store. Stefan spent $202.81 on 11 ft^2 of grass sod and 10 bunches of ornamental grass. Jenny spent $133.76 on 12 ft^2 of grass sod and 2 bunches of ornamental grass.

Which two equations represent this situation?

• 11x+10y=202.81

  12x+2y=133.76

• 11x-10y=202.81

  12x+2y=133.76

• 11x+10y=202.81

  12x-2y=133.76

• 121x+10y=202.81

  144x+2y=133.76

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The school that Mark goes to is selling tickets to a choral performance. On the first day of ticket sales the school sold 5 senior citizen tickets and 12 child tickets for a total of $200.40. The school took in $163.20 on the second day by selling 10 senior citizen tickets and 6 child tickets.

Which two equations represent this situation.

• 5s+12c=200.40

  6s+10c=163.20

• 5s+12c=200.40

  10s+6c=163.20

• 5c+12s=200.40

  6c+10s=163.20

• 5c+12s=200.40

  10c+6s=163.20

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Lisa and Bill are selling fruit for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy small boxes of

grapefruit and large boxes of grapefruit. Lisa sold 11 small boxes of grapefruit and 10 large

boxes of grapefruit for a total of $179.50. Bill sold 7 small boxes of grapefruit and 5 large boxes of grapefruit for a total of $102.50. Find the cost each of one small box of grapefruit.

• $8.60

• $4.30

• $8.50

• $4.25

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Stefan and Jacob are selling wrapping paper for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy rolls of

plain wrapping paper and rolls of holiday wrapping paper. Stefan sold 9 rolls of plain wrapping

paper and 8 rolls of holiday wrapping paper for a total of $262.60. Jacob sold 1 roll of plain

wrapping paper and 4 rolls of holiday wrapping paper for a total of $88.60. Find the cost each of

one roll of plain wrapping paper and one roll of holiday wrapping paper.

• $12.20 and $19.10

• $12.10 and $19.20

• $7.10 and $21.30

• $17.72 and $15.45

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The senior classes at High School A and High School B planned separate trips to the water park. The senior class at High School A rented and filled 6 vans and 12 buses with 708 students. High School B rented and filled 2 vans and 3 buses with 180 students. Each van and each bus carried

the same number of students. Find the number of students in each van and in each bus.

• van 4, bus 39

• van 10, bus 58

• van 4, bus 81

• van 6, bus 56

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Stephanie and Molly each improved their yards by planting rose bushes and ivy. They bought

their supplies from the same store. Stephanie spent $44 on 6 rose bushes and 2 pots of ivy.

Molly spent $36 on 2 rose bushes and 6 pots of ivy. Find the cost of one rose bush and the cost

of one pot of ivy.

• rose bush: $3

  ivy $3

• rose bush $4

  ivy $6

• rose bush $10

  ivy $3

• rose bush $6

  ivy $4

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A plane traveled 720 miles each way to Warsaw and back. The trip there was with the wind. It took 6 hours. The trip back was into the wind. The trip back took 12 hours. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind

• plane: 72mph

  wind: 42mph

• plane: 76mph

  wind: 22mph

• plane: 90mph

  wind: 30mph

• plane: 36mph

  wind: 44mph

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