Solving and Graphing Systems of Equations in Real Life

A school is selling tickets for a play. Adult tickets cost $10 and student tickets cost $5. If they sold a total of 50 tickets for $400, how many adult and student tickets were sold?

• 20 adult tickets and 30 student tickets

• 40 adult tickets and 10 student tickets

• 30 adult tickets and 20 student tickets

• 25 adult tickets and 25 student tickets

Maria has a total of 30 coins made up of dimes and quarters. If the total value of the coins is $5.50, how many dimes and quarters does she have?

• 13 dimes and 17 quarters

• 10 dimes and 20 quarters

• 15 dimes and 15 quarters

• 5 dimes and 25 quarters

A farmer has chickens and cows. If there are 20 animals in total and they have 56 legs, how many chickens and cows are there?

• 15 chickens and 5 cows

• 5 chickens and 15 cows

• 12 chickens and 8 cows

• 10 chickens and 10 cows

Two friends are saving money for a concert. If one friend saves $5 each week and the other saves $10 each week, and they want to have $100 together, how many weeks will it take for them to reach their goal?

• 15 weeks

• 5 weeks

• 7 weeks

• 10 weeks

A store sells pencils for $0.50 each and erasers for $1.00 each. If a student buys a total of 12 items and spends $7.00, how many pencils and erasers did the student buy?

• 6 pencils and 6 erasers

• 10 pencils and 2 erasers

• 8 pencils and 4 erasers

• 12 pencils and 0 erasers

In a class, there are boys and girls. If there are 24 students in total and the number of girls is twice the number of boys, how many boys and girls are in the class?

• 10 boys and 14 girls

• 8 boys and 16 girls

• 12 boys and 12 girls

• 6 boys and 18 girls

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $20 plus $0.15 per mile driven. If a customer paid $50 for their rental, how many miles did they drive?

• 150 miles

• 250 miles

• 100 miles

• 200 miles

A bakery sells muffins for $2 each and cookies for $1 each. If a customer buys a total of 15 items and spends $24, how many muffins and cookies did they buy?

• 8 muffins and 7 cookies

• 9 muffins and 6 cookies

• 10 muffins and 5 cookies

• 7 muffins and 8 cookies

A local gym offers two membership plans. Plan A costs $30 per month and Plan B costs $20 per month plus a one-time fee of $60. If a customer wants to spend $120, how many months can they afford each plan?

• Plan A: 2 months, Plan B: 5 months

• Plan A: 3 months, Plan B: 4 months

• Plan A: 5 months, Plan B: 2 months

• Plan A: 4 months, Plan B: 3 months

A bookstore sells novels for $12 each and magazines for $5 each. If a customer buys a total of 10 items and spends $80, how many novels and magazines did they buy?

• 5 novels and 5 magazines

• 3 novels and 7 magazines

• 2 novels and 8 magazines

• 4 novels and 6 magazines