Explore Animal Counts: Solve Systems of Equations

A farmer has chickens and cows. If he has a total of 30 animals and there are 10 more chickens than cows, how many chickens and cows does he have?

• 10 cows and 20 chickens

• 5 cows and 25 chickens

• 15 cows and 15 chickens

• 20 cows and 10 chickens

In a school, there are two types of clubs: the art club and the science club. If there are 50 students in total and the art club has 10 more members than the science club, how many members are in each club?

• Art club: 20 members, Science club: 30 members

• Art club: 40 members, Science club: 10 members

• Art club: 25 members, Science club: 25 members

• Art club: 30 members, Science club: 20 members

A bookstore sells fiction and non-fiction books. If the total number of books is 120 and there are 20 more fiction books than non-fiction books, how many of each type of book are there?

• Fiction: 80, Non-Fiction: 40

• Fiction: 50, Non-Fiction: 70

• Fiction: 70, Non-Fiction: 50

• Fiction: 60, Non-Fiction: 60

At a concert, tickets for adults cost $15 and tickets for children cost $10. If the total revenue from ticket sales is $300 and there were 10 more adult tickets sold than child tickets, how many tickets of each type were sold?

• 5 child tickets and 15 adult tickets

• 10 child tickets and 20 adult tickets

• 6 child tickets and 16 adult tickets

• 8 child tickets and 18 adult tickets

A pet shop has dogs and cats. If there are 40 pets in total and there are twice as many dogs as cats, how many dogs and cats are there?

• 25 dogs and 15 cats

• 15 dogs and 25 cats

• 30 dogs and 10 cats

• 20 dogs and 10 cats

In a fruit market, apples cost $2 each and bananas cost $1 each. If a customer buys a total of 15 fruits for $24 and buys 3 more apples than bananas, how many apples and bananas did they buy?

• 10 apples and 5 bananas

• 8 apples and 7 bananas

• 7 apples and 8 bananas

• 9 apples and 6 bananas

A class has boys and girls. If there are 24 students in total and there are 4 more girls than boys, how many boys and girls are in the class?

• 8 boys and 16 girls

• 10 boys and 14 girls

• 12 boys and 12 girls

• 6 boys and 18 girls

A bakery sells cupcakes and cookies. If they sold 80 items in total and sold 20 more cupcakes than cookies, how many cupcakes and cookies did they sell?

• 30 cookies and 50 cupcakes

• 35 cookies and 45 cupcakes

• 25 cookies and 55 cupcakes

• 40 cookies and 40 cupcakes

In a garden, there are roses and tulips. If there are 50 flowers in total and there are 10 more roses than tulips, how many roses and tulips are there?

• 30 roses and 20 tulips

• 15 roses and 35 tulips

• 40 roses and 10 tulips

• 25 roses and 25 tulips

A movie theater has adult and child tickets. If they sold 200 tickets in total and the number of adult tickets sold is 50 more than child tickets, how many adult and child tickets were sold?

• 150 adult tickets and 50 child tickets

• 80 adult tickets and 120 child tickets

• 100 adult tickets and 100 child tickets

• 125 adult tickets and 75 child tickets