Contextual Problems: Solving & Verifying Equations

A school is selling tickets for a play. Adult tickets cost $10 each and student tickets cost $5 each. If the school sold a total of 150 tickets for $1,200, how many adult and student tickets were sold?

• 80 adult tickets and 70 student tickets

• 90 adult tickets and 60 student tickets

• 100 adult tickets and 50 student tickets

• 60 adult tickets and 90 student tickets

Maria and John are saving money for a concert. Maria saves $15 each week, while John saves $10 each week. If Maria has saved $90 more than John after a certain number of weeks, how many weeks have they been saving?

• 15 weeks

• 24 weeks

• 12 weeks

• 18 weeks

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?

• 12 chickens and 8 cows

• 5 chickens and 15 cows

• 15 chickens and 5 cows

• 10 chickens and 10 cows

In a bookstore, the price of a novel is $12 and the price of a magazine is $5. If a customer buys a total of 10 items for $80, how many novels and magazines did they buy?

• 3 novels and 7 magazines

• 5 novels and 5 magazines

• 4 novels and 6 magazines

• 2 novels and 8 magazines

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

• 100 miles

• 50 miles

• 75 miles

• 120 miles

Two friends, Alex and Jamie, are collecting baseball cards. Alex has 3 times as many cards as Jamie. If together they have 80 cards, how many cards does each friend have?

• Alex has 50 cards and Jamie has 30 cards.

• Alex has 70 cards and Jamie has 10 cards.

• Alex has 40 cards and Jamie has 40 cards.

• Alex has 60 cards and Jamie has 20 cards.

A local gym offers two membership plans. Plan A costs $25 per month and Plan B costs $15 per month plus a one-time fee of $50. If a customer pays $125 for their membership, which plan did they choose and how many months did they sign up for?

• Plan B, 4 months

• Plan A, 5 months

• Plan B, 5 months

• Plan A, 3 months

A bakery sells cupcakes and cookies. Each cupcake costs $2 and each cookie costs $1. If a customer buys a total of 30 items for $50, how many cupcakes and cookies did they buy?

• 25 cupcakes and 5 cookies

• 10 cupcakes and 20 cookies

• 20 cupcakes and 10 cookies

• 15 cupcakes and 15 cookies

In a fruit market, apples cost $3 per pound and bananas cost $2 per pound. If a customer buys a total of 10 pounds of fruit for $24, how many pounds of apples and bananas did they buy?

• 2 pounds of apples and 8 pounds of bananas

• 5 pounds of apples and 5 pounds of bananas

• 4 pounds of apples and 6 pounds of bananas

• 3 pounds of apples and 7 pounds of bananas

A theater has two types of seats: regular seats and VIP seats. Regular seats cost $15 each and VIP seats cost $25 each. If the theater sold 200 seats for a total of $3,500, how many regular and VIP seats were sold?

• 200 regular seats and 0 VIP seats

• 150 regular seats and 50 VIP seats

• 50 regular seats and 150 VIP seats

• 100 regular seats and 100 VIP seats