Systems of Equations Word Problems

Nyasha collected nickles and dimes. Her piggy bank now holds 37 coins amounting to 310cents. How many nickles does she have?

Ben and Carter together weigh 200 pounds. Carter's weight is 20 pounds less than thrice Ben's weight. Find Carter's weight?

A tennis coach took his team out for lunch and bought 8 hamburgers and 5 fries for $24. The players were still hungry so the coach bought 3 more hamburgers and 5more fries for $11. Find the cost of one hamburger

Bob bought 24 hockey tickets for $83. Adult tickets cost $5.50 and child tickets cost $2. How many adult tickets did he buy?

The perimeter of a rectangular garden is 50 feet. The width is 5 less than the length. Find the area of the rectangular garden.

Mr K's quiz is worth 10 points. The test has 6 questions , some questions are worth 2 points and others 1 point. How many questions are worth 2 points?

A seafood restaurant owner orders perch and salmon. Perch is $4 per pound and Salmon is $3 per pound. He wants to buy 50 pounds of fish with $170. How many pounds of salmons will he order.

Let perch be x and salmon be y

Solve

2x-y=11

6x-3y=15

Solve for x

7x= 3y+45

4x+5y=19

Solve for x

3x+2y=26

x+3=y