Real-Life Word Problems: Solving Systems of Equations

A school is planning a field trip. The cost for a bus is $200 and the cost for each student is $10. If the total cost is $500, how many students are going on the trip?

• 25

• 35

• 30

• 20

Maria has twice as many apples as John. Together, they have 36 apples. How many apples does each person have?

• John has 12 apples and Maria has 24 apples.

• John has 10 apples and Maria has 26 apples.

• John has 18 apples and Maria has 18 apples.

• John has 15 apples and Maria has 21 apples.

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

• 15 chickens and 5 cows

• 10 chickens and 10 cows

• 12 chickens and 8 cows

• 5 chickens and 15 cows

A concert sells tickets for $15 for adults and $10 for children. If 200 tickets were sold for a total of $2,500, how many adult and child tickets were sold?

• 80 adult tickets and 120 child tickets were sold.

• 150 adult tickets and 50 child tickets were sold.

• 120 adult tickets and 80 child tickets were sold.

• 100 adult tickets and 100 child tickets were sold.

In a class, the ratio of boys to girls is 3:2. If there are 25 students in total, how many boys and girls are in the class?

• 12 boys and 13 girls

• 20 boys and 5 girls

• 15 boys and 10 girls

• 10 boys and 15 girls

A store sells pencils for $0.50 each and erasers for $0.75 each. If a student buys a total of 20 items and spends $12, how many pencils and erasers did the student buy?

• 5 pencils and 15 erasers

• 15 pencils and 5 erasers

• 10 pencils and 10 erasers

• 12 pencils and 8 erasers

Two friends are saving money for a video game. If one friend saves $5 a week and the other saves $8 a week, and together they want to save $50, how many weeks will it take them to reach their goal?

• 5 weeks

• 3 weeks

• 4 weeks

• 6 weeks

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

• 18 cups of sugar

• 24 cups of sugar

• 12 cups of sugar

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $30 plus $0.20 per mile driven. If a customer pays $50, how many miles did they drive?

• 75 miles

• 120 miles

• 100 miles

• 50 miles

In a garden, there are twice as many roses as tulips. If the total number of flowers is 36, how many roses and tulips are there?

• Roses: 24, Tulips: 12

• Roses: 20, Tulips: 16

• Roses: 18, Tulips: 18

• Roses: 30, Tulips: 6