Solving Systems of Equations with Vicente's Challenges

Vicente has 3 times as many apples as oranges. If he has a total of 48 fruits, how many apples and oranges does he have?

• 30 apples and 18 oranges

• 24 apples and 24 oranges

• 40 apples and 8 oranges

• 36 apples and 12 oranges

In a school, Vicente and his friends collected 120 cans for recycling. If Vicente collected twice as many cans as his friend, how many cans did each collect?

• Vicente collected 60 cans and his friend collected 60 cans.

• Vicente collected 40 cans and his friend collected 80 cans.

• Vicente collected 80 cans and his friend collected 40 cans.

• Vicente collected 100 cans and his friend collected 20 cans.

Vicente is saving money for a video game. He saves $5 each week, while his brother saves $3 each week. If they want to save a total of $50 together, how many weeks will it take?

• 3 weeks

• 10 weeks

• 5 weeks

• 7 weeks

Vicente and his sister are selling lemonade and cookies. They sold a total of 50 items. If Vicente sold 10 more cookies than lemonade, how many of each did they sell?

• 20 lemonades and 30 cookies

• 15 lemonades and 35 cookies

• 30 lemonades and 20 cookies

• 25 lemonades and 25 cookies

Vicente's bike costs $120, and he has saved $40. If he saves $10 each week, how many weeks will it take him to afford the bike?

• 12 weeks

• 8 weeks

• 6 weeks

• 10 weeks

Vicente and his friend are running a race. Vicente runs 2 miles for every mile his friend runs. If they run a total of 15 miles together, how far did each run?

• Vicente runs 5 miles, his friend runs 10 miles.

• Vicente runs 10 miles, his friend runs 5 miles.

• Vicente runs 12 miles, his friend runs 3 miles.

• Vicente runs 8 miles, his friend runs 7 miles.

Vicente bought 5 notebooks and 3 pens for $20. If each notebook costs $3, how much does each pen cost?

• $1.50

• $3.50

• $2.00

• 1.67

In a garden, Vicente planted twice as many tomato plants as pepper plants. If he planted a total of 36 plants, how many of each type did he plant?

• 15 pepper plants and 21 tomato plants

• 18 pepper plants and 18 tomato plants

• 12 pepper plants and 24 tomato plants

• 10 pepper plants and 26 tomato plants

Vicente is making gift bags. He has 4 times as many candies as toys. If he has 60 items in total, how many candies and toys does he have?

• Candies: 30, Toys: 30

• Candies: 48, Toys: 12

• Candies: 36, Toys: 24

• Candies: 60, Toys: 0

Vicente and his dad are building a fence. Vicente can build 3 feet of fence in an hour, while his dad can build 5 feet in an hour. If they work together for 2 hours, how much fence will they have built?

• 16 feet

• 12 feet

• 10 feet

• 14 feet