Real-Life Word Problems: Translate & Solve Equations

A school is selling tickets for a play. Adult tickets cost $10 each and student tickets cost $5 each. If they 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

• 60 adult tickets and 90 student tickets

• 100 adult tickets and 50 student tickets

Maria and John are saving money for a new bike. Maria has $20 more than John. Together, they have $140. How much money does each person have?

• John has $60 and Maria has $80.

• John has $40 and Maria has $100.

• John has $70 and Maria has $70.

• John has $50 and Maria has $90.

A farmer has chickens and cows. If there are 30 animals in total and the total number of legs is 100, how many chickens and cows does the farmer have?

• 20 chickens and 10 cows

• 15 chickens and 15 cows

• 10 chickens and 20 cows

• 5 chickens and 25 cows

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

• 30 girls and 6 boys

• 18 girls and 18 boys

• 24 girls and 12 boys

• 12 girls and 24 boys

A bookstore sells fiction and non-fiction books. If the total number of books sold is 200 and the fiction books sold are 50 more than the non-fiction books, how many of each type of book were sold?

• Fiction: 100, Non-Fiction: 100

• Fiction: 150, Non-Fiction: 50

• Fiction: 80, Non-Fiction: 120

• Fiction: 125, Non-Fiction: 75

Two friends, Alex and Sam, are collecting baseball cards. Alex has 10 more cards than Sam. Together, they have 70 cards. How many cards does each friend have?

• Alex has 20 cards, Sam has 50 cards.

• Alex has 40 cards, Sam has 30 cards.

• Alex has 50 cards, Sam has 20 cards.

• Alex has 30 cards, Sam has 40 cards.

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?

• 75 miles

• 100 miles

• 120 miles

• 50 miles

A concert hall has two types of seating: regular and VIP. Regular seats cost $50 each, and VIP seats cost $100 each. If the total revenue from 200 seats sold was $12,000, how many of each type of seat were sold?

• 180 regular seats and 20 VIP seats

• 160 regular seats and 40 VIP seats

• 100 regular seats and 100 VIP seats

• 150 regular seats and 50 VIP seats

In a fruit market, apples cost $2 each and oranges cost $3 each. If a customer bought a total of 10 fruits for $24, how many apples and oranges did they buy?

• 5 apples and 5 oranges

• 4 apples and 6 oranges

• 6 apples and 4 oranges

• 7 apples and 3 oranges

A gym has two types of memberships: monthly and yearly. A monthly membership costs $30, while a yearly membership costs $300. If the gym has 100 members and collects $2,400 in membership fees, how many monthly and yearly members are there?

• 90 monthly members and 10 yearly members

• 80 monthly members and 20 yearly members

• 70 monthly members and 30 yearly members

• 50 monthly members and 50 yearly members