Solving Real-World Systems: Equations & Elimination Quiz

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

• 12 chickens and 8 cows

• 5 chickens and 15 cows

• 15 chickens and 5 cows

• 10 chickens and 10 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 have?

• Alex has 70 stickers, Jamie has 10 stickers.

• Alex has 60 stickers, Jamie has 20 stickers.

• Alex has 50 stickers, Jamie has 30 stickers.

• Alex has 40 stickers, Jamie has 40 stickers.

A school is selling tickets for a play. Adult tickets cost $10 and student tickets cost $5. If they sold 150 tickets for a total of $1,200, how many of each type were sold?

• 80 adult tickets and 70 student tickets

• 90 adult tickets and 60 student tickets

• 100 adult tickets and 50 student tickets

• 60 adult tickets and 90 student tickets

In a fruit basket, there are apples and oranges. If there are 30 fruits in total and 80 seeds (apples have 4 seeds each and oranges have 2), how many apples and oranges are there?

• 12 apples and 18 oranges

• 15 apples and 15 oranges

• 10 apples and 20 oranges

• 5 apples and 25 oranges

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

• 50 miles

• 100 miles

• 150 miles

• 200 miles

A bookstore sells novels for $12 each and magazines for $5 each. If a customer bought 10 items for a total of $90, how many novels and magazines did they buy?

• 5 novels and 5 magazines

• 3 novels and 7 magazines

• 6 novels and 4 magazines

• 4 novels and 6 magazines

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

• 24 girls and 12 boys

• 18 girls and 18 boys

• 12 girls and 24 boys

A concert sold 200 tickets. Adult tickets were $15 and child tickets were $10. If the total sales were $2,500, how many adult and child tickets were sold?

• 150 adult tickets and 50 child tickets

• 200 adult tickets and 0 child tickets

• 100 adult tickets and 100 child tickets

• 50 adult tickets and 150 child tickets

A gardener is planting flowers and shrubs. If the total number of plants is 50 and the number of flowers is 3 times the number of shrubs, how many flowers and shrubs are there?

• 30 flowers and 10 shrubs

• 20 flowers and 30 shrubs

• 40 flowers and 5 shrubs

• 25 flowers and 25 shrubs

A bakery sells cupcakes for $3 each and cookies for $2 each. If a customer bought 20 items for a total of $50, how many cupcakes and cookies did they buy?

• 12 cupcakes and 8 cookies

• 5 cupcakes and 15 cookies

• 10 cupcakes and 10 cookies

• 15 cupcakes and 5 cookies