Solving Real-World Word Problems with Equations

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

• 60 adult tickets and 90 student tickets

• 90 adult tickets and 60 student tickets

• 100 adult tickets and 50 student tickets

• 80 adult tickets and 70 student tickets

A farmer has chickens and cows. If there are 20 animals in total and they have 60 legs, how many chickens and cows does the farmer have?

• 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. One saves $15 a week and the other saves $10 a week. If together they want to save $150, how many weeks will it take them to reach their goal?

• 5 weeks

• 6 weeks

• 8 weeks

• 7 weeks

A store sells pencils for $0.50 each and erasers for $1.00 each. If a customer buys a total of 30 items for $20, how many pencils and erasers did they buy?

• 20 pencils and 10 erasers

• 25 pencils and 5 erasers

• 15 pencils and 15 erasers

• 10 pencils and 20 erasers

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $50 plus $0.20 per mile driven. If a customer paid $70, how many miles did they drive?

• 150 miles

• 200 miles

• 50 miles

• 100 miles

In a class, there are twice as many girls as boys. If there are 36 students in total, how many boys and girls are in the class?

• 18 boys and 18 girls

• 12 boys and 24 girls

• 15 boys and 21 girls

• 10 boys and 26 girls

A bakery sells muffins for $2 each and cookies for $1 each. If they sold a total of 100 items for $150, how many muffins and cookies were sold?

• 60 muffins and 40 cookies

• 30 muffins and 70 cookies

• 50 muffins and 50 cookies

• 40 muffins and 60 cookies

A concert hall has two types of seating: regular seats for $30 and VIP seats for $50. If they sold 200 seats for a total of $8,000, how many regular and VIP seats were sold?

• 50 regular seats and 150 VIP seats

• 100 regular seats and 100 VIP seats

• 200 regular seats and 0 VIP seats

• 150 regular seats and 50 VIP seats

A bookstore sells novels for $12 and magazines for $5. If a customer bought a total of 25 items for $200, how many novels and magazines did they purchase?

• 10 novels and 15 magazines

• 5 novels and 20 magazines

• 15 novels and 10 magazines

• 12 novels and 13 magazines

A gym has two types of memberships: monthly for $40 and yearly for $400. If they have 100 members and collected $3,000 in membership fees, how many monthly and yearly members are there?

• 93 monthly members and 7 yearly members

• 90 monthly members and 10 yearly members

• 100 monthly members and 0 yearly members

• 80 monthly members and 20 yearly members