8th Grade: Variables & Equations in Real-Life Scenarios

A school is selling tickets for a play. Adult tickets cost $10 each and student tickets cost $5 each. If they sold a total of 50 tickets for $350, how many of each type of ticket did they sell?

• 10 adult tickets and 40 student tickets

• 15 adult tickets and 35 student tickets

• 25 adult tickets and 25 student tickets

• 20 adult tickets and 30 student tickets

Maria and John are saving money for a concert. 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 $40 and Maria has $60.

• John has $50 and Maria has $70.

• John has $30 and Maria has $50.

A farmer has chickens and cows. The total number of animals is 30, and there are 80 legs in total. How many chickens and cows does the farmer have?

• 20 chickens and 10 cows

• 10 chickens and 20 cows

• 25 chickens and 5 cows

• 15 chickens and 15 cows

In a bookstore, the price of a novel is $15 and the price of a magazine is $5. If a customer buys a total of 10 items for $100, how many novels and magazines did they buy?

• 6 novels and 4 magazines

• 3 novels and 7 magazines

• 5 novels and 5 magazines

• 4 novels and 6 magazines

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 20 stamps and Jamie has 25 stamps.

• Alex has 10 stamps and Jamie has 35 stamps.

• Alex has 25 stamps and Jamie has 20 stamps.

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?

• 100 miles

• 200 miles

• 50 miles

• 150 miles

A local gym offers a monthly membership for $30 and a yearly membership for $300. If 40 people signed up for monthly memberships and 10 for yearly memberships, how much total revenue did the gym earn?

• 3500

• 4000

• 4500

• 4200

In a fruit market, apples cost $2 each and bananas cost $1 each. If a customer buys a total of 15 fruits for $25, how many apples and bananas did they buy?

• 5 apples and 10 bananas

• 8 apples and 7 bananas

• 10 apples and 5 bananas

• 12 apples and 3 bananas

A concert hall has two types of seating: regular seats for $25 and VIP seats for $50. If 200 seats were sold for a total of $7,500, how many of each type of seat were sold?

• 50 regular seats and 150 VIP seats

• 150 regular seats and 50 VIP seats

• 100 regular seats and 100 VIP seats

• 200 regular seats and 0 VIP seats

A school is organizing a field trip. The cost for a student is $15 and for a chaperone is $10. If they collected $600 from 40 students and chaperones combined, how many students and chaperones went on the trip?

• 40 students and 0 chaperones

• 10 students and 30 chaperones

• 30 students and 10 chaperones

• 20 students and 20 chaperones