Solving Real-World Problems with Graphing Equations

A local bakery sells cupcakes and cookies. Each cupcake costs $2 and each cookie costs $1. If the bakery made $50 from selling 30 items, how many cupcakes and cookies did they sell?

• 10 cupcakes and 20 cookies

• 20 cupcakes and 10 cookies

• 15 cupcakes and 15 cookies

• 25 cupcakes and 5 cookies

A school is organizing a field trip. The cost of a ticket is $10 for students and $15 for adults. If they sold a total of 40 tickets for $500, how many student and adult tickets were sold?

• 30 student tickets and 10 adult tickets were sold.

• 20 student tickets and 20 adult tickets were sold.

• 15 student tickets and 25 adult tickets were sold.

• 25 student tickets and 15 adult tickets were sold.

Two friends, Alex and Jamie, are saving money for a concert. Alex saves $5 a week and Jamie saves $3 a week. If they want to save a total of $50 together, how many weeks will it take for them to reach their goal?

• 7 weeks

• 5 weeks

• 3 weeks

• 10 weeks

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $20 plus $0.50 per mile driven. If a customer paid $45, how many miles did they drive?

• 30 miles

• 70 miles

• 40 miles

• 50 miles

A farmer has chickens and cows. If there are 20 animals in total and there are 50 legs among them, how many chickens and cows does the farmer have?

• 5 chickens and 15 cows

• 10 chickens and 10 cows

• 20 chickens and 0 cows

• 15 chickens and 5 cows

A movie theater sells adult tickets for $12 and child tickets for $8. If they sold 100 tickets and made $960, how many adult and child tickets were sold?

• 40 adult tickets and 60 child tickets

• 20 adult tickets and 80 child tickets

• 50 adult tickets and 50 child tickets

• 30 adult tickets and 70 child tickets

In a fruit market, apples cost $3 each and bananas cost $2 each. If a customer buys a total of 15 fruits for $36, how many apples and bananas did they buy?

• 5 apples and 10 bananas

• 6 apples and 9 bananas

• 7 apples and 8 bananas

• 4 apples and 11 bananas

A gym charges a monthly fee of $30 plus $5 for each class attended. If a member paid $70 this month, how many classes did they attend?

• 10

• 5

• 8

• 12

A bookstore sells novels for $10 and magazines for $5. If a customer bought 12 items for $80, how many novels and magazines did they purchase?

• 4 novels and 8 magazines

• 3 novels and 9 magazines

• 5 novels and 7 magazines

• 6 novels and 6 magazines

A pet store has dogs and cats. If there are 18 pets in total and 50 paws among them, how many dogs and cats are there?

• 8 dogs and 10 cats

• 7 dogs and 11 cats

• 6 dogs and 12 cats

• 5 dogs and 13 cats