Solving Real-World Problems: Systems of Equations Quiz

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 of each type of ticket did they sell?

• 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 and John are saving money for a concert. Maria saves $15 a week, while John saves $10 a week. If Maria has $30 more than John after a certain number of weeks, how many weeks have they been saving?

• 6

• 10

• 8

• 4

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 how many cows does the farmer have?

• 5 chickens and 15 cows

• 15 chickens and 5 cows

• 10 chickens and 10 cows

• 12 chickens and 8 cows

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

• Alex has 50 cards, Jamie has 30 cards.

• Alex has 70 cards, Jamie has 10 cards.

• Alex has 40 cards, Jamie has 40 cards.

• Alex has 60 cards, Jamie has 20 cards.

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

• 50 miles

• 150 miles

• 200 miles

• 100 miles

In a fruit market, apples cost $2 each and bananas cost $1 each. If a customer buys a total of 10 fruits and spends $16, how many apples and bananas did they buy?

• 7 apples and 3 bananas

• 5 apples and 5 bananas

• 4 apples and 6 bananas

• 6 apples and 4 bananas

A bookstore sells novels for $12 each and magazines for $5 each. If a customer buys a total of 8 items and spends $66, how many novels and magazines did they purchase?

• 4 novels and 4 magazines

• 2 novels and 6 magazines

• 5 novels and 3 magazines

• 3 novels and 5 magazines

A gym offers two types of memberships. A monthly membership costs $30, and an annual membership costs $300. If a customer buys a total of 12 memberships for $840, how many of each type did they buy?

• 12 monthly memberships and 0 annual memberships

• 10 monthly memberships and 2 annual memberships

• 6 monthly memberships and 6 annual memberships

• 8 monthly memberships and 4 annual memberships

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

• 20 boys and 5 girls

• 12 boys and 13 girls

• 15 boys and 10 girls

• 10 boys and 15 girls

A bakery sells cupcakes for $3 each and cookies for $2 each. If a customer buys a total of 15 items and spends $36, how many cupcakes and cookies did they buy?

• 6 cupcakes and 9 cookies

• 5 cupcakes and 10 cookies

• 7 cupcakes and 8 cookies

• 4 cupcakes and 11 cookies