Real-Life Equations: Identify Variables & Write Equations

A school is selling tickets for a play. Adult tickets cost $10 and student tickets cost $5. If they sold a total of 50 tickets for $400, how many adult and student tickets were sold?

• 35 adult tickets and 15 student tickets

• 40 adult tickets and 10 student tickets

• 30 adult tickets and 20 student tickets

• 25 adult tickets and 25 student tickets

Maria and John are saving money for a new bike. Maria has $20 more than John. Together, they have $120. How much money does each person have?

• John has $60 and Maria has $80.

• John has $30 and Maria has $90.

• John has $50 and Maria has $70.

• John has $40 and Maria has $60.

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?

• 5 chickens and 25 cows

• 15 chickens and 15 cows

• 20 chickens and 10 cows

• 10 chickens and 20 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 in the class?

• 12 girls and 24 boys

• 24 girls and 12 boys

• 18 girls and 18 boys

• 30 girls and 6 boys

A store sells pencils for $0.50 each and erasers for $1.00 each. If a student buys a total of 20 items for $12, how many pencils and erasers did the student buy?

• 10 pencils and 10 erasers

• 12 pencils and 8 erasers

• 18 pencils and 2 erasers

• 16 pencils and 4 erasers

Two friends, Alex and Jamie, are collecting stamps. Alex has 5 more stamps than Jamie. Together, they have 45 stamps. How many stamps does each friend have?

• Alex has 30 stamps and Jamie has 15 stamps.

• Alex has 10 stamps and Jamie has 35 stamps.

• Alex has 20 stamps and Jamie has 25 stamps.

• Alex has 25 stamps and Jamie has 20 stamps.

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?

• 120 miles

• 75 miles

• 50 miles

• 100 miles

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

• 150 regular seats and 50 VIP seats

• 100 regular seats and 100 VIP seats

• 180 regular seats and 20 VIP seats

• 160 regular seats and 40 VIP seats

In a fruit basket, there are apples and oranges. The number of apples is three times the number of oranges. If there are 32 fruits in total, how many apples and oranges are there?

• 20 apples and 12 oranges

• 16 apples and 16 oranges

• 24 apples and 8 oranges

• 10 apples and 22 oranges

A bookstore sells novels for $15 and magazines for $5. If a customer bought a total of 10 items for $100, how many novels and magazines did they buy?

• 6 novels and 4 magazines

• 4 novels and 6 magazines

• 3 novels and 7 magazines

• 5 novels and 5 magazines