Solving Linear Equations: A Ticket to Success!

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?

• 30 adult tickets and 20 student tickets

• 40 adult tickets and 10 student tickets

• 20 adult tickets and 30 student tickets

• 25 adult tickets and 25 student tickets

Maria and John are saving money for a concert. Maria saves $15 each week, while John saves $10 each week. If Maria has $30 more than John after a certain number of weeks, how many weeks have they been saving?

• 4 weeks

• 8 weeks

• 6 weeks

• 10 weeks

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

• 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 baseball cards. Alex has twice as many cards as Jamie. Together, they have 60 cards. How many cards does each friend have?

• Alex has 30 cards and Jamie has 30 cards.

• Alex has 40 cards and Jamie has 20 cards.

• Alex has 50 cards and Jamie has 10 cards.

• Alex has 20 cards and Jamie has 40 cards.

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $20 plus $0.50 per mile driven. If a customer paid $45, how many miles did they drive?

• 50 miles

• 30 miles

• 70 miles

• 40 miles

In a school, the number of boys is twice the number of girls. If there are 120 students in total, how many boys and girls are there?

• 60 boys and 60 girls

• 100 boys and 20 girls

• 80 boys and 40 girls

• 50 boys and 70 girls

A store sells pencils for $0.50 each and erasers for $1.00 each. If a student buys a total of 10 items and spends $6, how many pencils and erasers did they buy?

• 6 pencils and 4 erasers

• 8 pencils and 2 erasers

• 7 pencils and 3 erasers

• 5 pencils and 5 erasers

A local gym offers two membership plans. Plan A costs $30 per month, and Plan B costs $20 per month plus a one-time fee of $100. If a person wants to spend the same amount on both plans after a year, how many months will they need to be a member?

• 10 months

• 6 months

• 12 months

• 8 months

A recipe requires 2 cups of flour and 3 cups of sugar. If you want to make a batch that uses a total of 12 cups of ingredients, how many cups of flour and sugar will you use?

• 2 cups of flour and 10 cups of sugar

• 4.8 cups of flour and 7.2 cups of sugar

• 6 cups of flour and 6 cups of sugar

• 3 cups of flour and 9 cups of sugar

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 buy?

• 2 novels and 6 magazines

• 5 novels and 3 magazines

• 4 novels and 4 magazines

• 3 novels and 5 magazines