Setting Up Word Problems Systems

The Really Awesome Skating Rink was $5 to get in and $3 per hour. The Not As Awesome Skating Rink was $10 at the door and was $6 per hour. Write an equation for this situation.

• y = 3x + 5

  y = 6x + 10

• y = 5x + 3

  y = 10x + 6

• y = 3x + 10

  y = 6x + 5

• y = 5x + 6

  y = 10x + 3

There are 15 animals in a barn. These animals are horses and chickens. There are 44 legs in all.  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

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

Homer sells tickets for admission to your school play and collects a total of $104. Admission prices are $6 for adults and $4 for children. He sold 21 tickets total. To solve, I graphed: x + y = 21 6x + 4y = 104 I got an intersection point at (10,11). What does that mean in context of the problem?

• There are 10 adults and 11 children.

• There are 11 adults and 10 children.

• The adults are $10 and the children are $11.

• There are 104 adults and 21 children.

Flagship Cinemas sells movie tickets that are $4 for matinees and $7 for regular. One night, the theater sells 578 tickets and collects $3365 in total ticket sales.
Which system best represents the situation?

• 4x + 7y = 578
  x + y = 3365

• 4x + 7y = 3365
  x + y = 578

• 4y + 7x = 578
  x + y = 3365

• 4y + 7x = 3365
  x + y = 578

Josh is thinking of two numbers. Their sum is -10 and their difference is -2. Which system of equations represents the situation?

• x - y = -10
  x + y = -2

• x = -2
  y = 5

• x + y = -2
  x - y = -10

• x + y = -10
  x - y = -2

At a school play, children’s tickets cost $3 each and adult tickets cost $7 each. The total amount of money earned from ticket sales equals $210. Write a linear model that relates the number of children’s tickets sold to the number of adult tickets sold. Let x = the number of children’s tickets sold and y = the number of adult tickets sold

• y=10x+210

• 7x+3y=210

• y=7x+210

• 3x+7y=210

You have $28 to spend on Tech-decks and Takis. Tech-decks cost $7 each and jumbo bags of Takis cost $4 each.

Let x = # of Tech-decks

Ley y = # of bags of jumbo Takis

What equation should you use for this word problem?

• 28x+7y=4

• 4x+7y=28

• 7x+4y=28

• 4x+28y=7

You have $18 to spend on Uber Eats credits and hats for Among us. Uber Eats credits are $1 each and hats for Among Us cost $2 each. Let x = # of Uber Eats credits Ley y = # of hats for Among Us What equation should you use for this word problem?

• y+18x=2

• x+2y=18

• 2x+y=18

• 18x+y=2

In a video game, you earn 5 points for each jewel you find. You earn 2 points for each star you find. You've earned 250 total points.

Which equation would represent the total amount of points earned, if x represents jewels and y represents stars?

• 5x+2y=250

• 5x-2y=250

• 2x+5y=250

• 250x+5y=2