Real-Life Systems of Equations: Solve and Graph!

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?

• 100 adult tickets and 50 student tickets

• 90 adult tickets and 60 student tickets

• 60 adult tickets and 90 student tickets

• 80 adult tickets and 70 student tickets

Maria and John are saving money for a new bike. Maria saves $15 a week, while John saves $10 a week. If Maria has already saved $60 and they want to save a total of $300 together, how many weeks will it take for them to reach their goal?

• 12 weeks

• 8 weeks

• 15 weeks

• 10 weeks

A farmer has chickens and cows. If there are 20 animals in total and there are 56 legs, how many chickens and cows does the farmer have?

• 10 chickens and 10 cows

• 15 chickens and 5 cows

• 12 chickens and 8 cows

• 5 chickens and 15 cows

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

• Alex has 40 stickers and Jamie has 40 stickers.

• Alex has 70 stickers and Jamie has 10 stickers.

• Alex has 50 stickers and Jamie has 30 stickers.

• Alex has 60 stickers and Jamie has 20 stickers.

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?

• 200 miles

• 150 miles

• 100 miles

• 50 miles

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

• 4 apples and 6 bananas

• 7 apples and 3 bananas

• 6 apples and 4 bananas

• 5 apples and 5 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?

• 2 novels and 6 magazines

• 4 novels and 4 magazines

• 3 novels and 5 magazines

• 5 novels and 3 magazines

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

• 40 VIP tickets and 160 regular tickets

• 50 VIP tickets and 150 regular tickets

• 30 VIP tickets and 170 regular tickets

• 60 VIP tickets and 140 regular tickets

A local gym offers two membership plans. Plan A costs $30 per month and Plan B costs $20 per month. If 100 members signed up and the total revenue was $2,200, how many members chose each plan?

• 30 members chose Plan A and 70 members chose Plan B.

• 20 members chose Plan A and 80 members chose Plan B.

• 10 members chose Plan A and 90 members chose Plan B.

• 50 members chose Plan A and 50 members chose Plan B.

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?

• 4 cupcakes and 11 cookies

• 7 cupcakes and 8 cookies

• 6 cupcakes and 9 cookies

• 5 cupcakes and 10 cookies