Grade 8 Algebra: Solving Systems of Equations Fun!

A store sells pencils for $0.50 each and erasers for $0.75 each. If a student buys a total of 10 items and spends $6.00, how many pencils and erasers did they buy?

• 5 pencils and 5 erasers

• 7 pencils and 3 erasers

• 6 pencils and 4 erasers

• 4 pencils and 6 erasers

The sum of two numbers is 30. If one number is twice the other, what are the two numbers?

• 15 and 15

• The two numbers are 20 and 10.

• 25 and 5

• 12 and 18

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $20 plus $0.15 per mile driven. If a customer pays $35, how many miles did they drive?

• 100 miles

• 120 miles

• 50 miles

• 75 miles

In a school, the number of boys is three times the number of girls. If there are 48 students in total, how many boys and girls are there?

• 24 boys and 24 girls

• 40 boys and 8 girls

• 30 boys and 18 girls

• 36 boys and 12 girls

A farmer has chickens and cows. If there are 20 animals in total and the number of legs is 56, how many chickens and cows does the farmer have?

• 12 chickens and 8 cows

• 5 chickens and 15 cows

• 10 chickens and 10 cows

• 15 chickens and 5 cows

A movie theater sells adult tickets for $12 and child tickets for $8. If a family buys 5 tickets and spends $52, how many adult and child tickets did they buy?

• 2 adult tickets and 3 child tickets

• 5 adult tickets and 0 child tickets

• 4 adult tickets and 1 child ticket

• 3 adult tickets and 2 child tickets

Two friends are collecting stamps. If one friend has 3 times as many stamps as the other and together they have 80 stamps, how many stamps does each friend have?

• First friend: 30 stamps, Second friend: 50 stamps

• First friend: 10 stamps, Second friend: 70 stamps

• First friend: 20 stamps, Second friend: 60 stamps

• First friend: 40 stamps, Second friend: 40 stamps

A recipe requires 2 cups of flour and 3 cups of sugar. If you want to make a batch that uses 12 cups of flour, how many cups of sugar will you need?

• 6 cups of sugar

• 12 cups of sugar

• 18 cups of sugar

• 24 cups of sugar

A school is selling tickets for a play. Adult tickets are $10 and student tickets are $5. If they sold 100 tickets and made $800, how many adult and student tickets were sold?

• 60 adult tickets and 40 student tickets

• 70 adult tickets and 30 student tickets

• 50 adult tickets and 50 student tickets

• 80 adult tickets and 20 student tickets

A gardener is planting flowers in two types of pots. If the total number of pots is 50 and the number of large pots is twice the number of small pots, how many of each type of pot does the gardener have?

• 20 small pots and 30 large pots

• 10 small pots and 40 large pots

• 25 small pots and 25 large pots

• 16 small pots and 34 large pots