Interpreting Solutions: Real-World Equations Quiz

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 of each type of ticket did they sell?

• 25 adult tickets and 25 student tickets

• 30 adult tickets and 20 student tickets

• 20 adult tickets and 30 student tickets

• 40 adult tickets and 10 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 $30 and Maria has $90.

• John has $50 and Maria has $70.

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?

• 10 chickens and 20 cows

• 20 chickens and 10 cows

• 25 chickens and 5 cows

• 15 chickens and 15 cows

In a bookstore, the total number of books is 200. If the number of fiction books is twice the number of non-fiction books, how many fiction and non-fiction books are there?

• Fiction books: 100, Non-fiction books: 100

• Fiction books: 134, Non-fiction books: 66

• Fiction books: 150, Non-fiction books: 50

• Fiction books: 80, Non-fiction books: 120

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?

• 150 miles

• 100 miles

• 50 miles

• 200 miles

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

• Alex has 30 coins and Jamie has 15 coins.

• Alex has 20 coins and Jamie has 25 coins.

• Alex has 10 coins and Jamie has 35 coins.

• Alex has 25 coins and Jamie has 20 coins.

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 $60. If a customer paid $120, which plan did they choose and how many months did they sign up for?

• Plan B for 5 months

• Plan A for 3 months

• Plan A for 2 months

• Either Plan A or Plan B for 4 months

A bakery sells muffins and cookies. Each muffin costs $2 and each cookie costs $1. If they sold a total of 100 items for $150, how many muffins and cookies did they sell?

• 50 muffins and 50 cookies

• 60 muffins and 40 cookies

• 40 muffins and 60 cookies

• 30 muffins and 70 cookies

In a fruit market, apples cost $3 each and bananas cost $2 each. If a customer bought a total of 10 fruits for $24, how many apples and bananas did they buy?

• 4 apples and 6 bananas

• 5 apples and 5 bananas

• 7 apples and 3 bananas

• 6 apples and 4 bananas

A movie theater has two types of seats: regular and VIP. Regular seats cost $8 and VIP seats cost $12. If they sold 100 seats for a total of $960, how many of each type of seat were sold?

• 70 regular seats and 30 VIP seats

• 60 regular seats and 40 VIP seats

• 50 regular seats and 50 VIP seats

• 80 regular seats and 20 VIP seats