Solving Real-Life Problems with Graphing 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

Maria and John are collecting stamps. Maria has 3 times as many stamps as John. Together, they have 64 stamps. How many stamps does each person have?

• John has 32 stamps and Maria has 32 stamps.

• John has 16 stamps and Maria has 48 stamps.

• John has 24 stamps and Maria has 40 stamps.

• John has 20 stamps and Maria has 44 stamps.

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 cows does the farmer have?

• 15 chickens and 5 cows

• 12 chickens and 8 cows

• 5 chickens and 15 cows

• 10 chickens and 10 cows

In a bookstore, the price of a novel is $15 and a magazine is $5. If a customer buys a total of 10 items for $90, how many novels and magazines did they buy?

• 5 novels and 5 magazines

• 3 novels and 7 magazines

• 2 novels and 8 magazines

• 4 novels and 6 magazines

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $30 plus $0.20 per mile driven. If a customer paid $50, how many miles did they drive?

• 100 miles

• 120 miles

• 75 miles

• 50 miles

Two friends, Alex and Sam, are saving money for a concert. Alex saves $5 each week, while Sam saves $8 each week. If they want to have a total of $100 together, how many weeks will it take for them to reach their goal?

• 10 weeks

• 6 weeks

• 12 weeks

• 8 weeks

A bakery sells muffins and cookies. Muffins cost $2 each and cookies cost $1 each. If a customer buys a total of 30 items for $50, how many muffins and cookies did they buy?

• 15 muffins and 15 cookies

• 20 muffins and 10 cookies

• 25 muffins and 5 cookies

• 10 muffins and 20 cookies

In a fruit market, apples cost $2 each and bananas cost $1 each. If a customer buys a total of 25 fruits for $40, how many apples and bananas did they buy?

• 15 apples and 10 bananas

• 10 apples and 15 bananas

• 20 apples and 5 bananas

• 5 apples and 20 bananas

A gym has two types of memberships: monthly and yearly. The monthly membership costs $30, and the yearly membership costs $300. If a total of 50 memberships were sold for $1,200, how many monthly and yearly memberships were sold?

• 46 monthly and 4 yearly memberships

• 50 monthly and 0 yearly memberships

• 40 monthly and 10 yearly memberships

• 30 monthly and 20 yearly memberships

A concert hall has two types of seats: regular and VIP. Regular seats cost $50, and VIP seats cost $100. If a total of 200 seats were sold for $12,000, how many regular and VIP seats were sold?

• 160 regular seats and 40 VIP seats

• 180 regular seats and 20 VIP seats

• 150 regular seats and 50 VIP seats

• 100 regular seats and 100 VIP seats