Interpreting Solutions: Real-World Systems of 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?

• 30 adult tickets and 20 student tickets

• 25 adult tickets and 25 student tickets

• 20 adult tickets and 30 student tickets

• 40 adult tickets and 10 student tickets

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8C

Two friends, Alex and Jamie, are collecting stamps. Alex has 3 times as many stamps as Jamie. Together, they have 80 stamps. How many stamps does each friend have?

• Alex has 60 stamps, Jamie has 20 stamps.

• Alex has 40 stamps, Jamie has 40 stamps.

• Alex has 70 stamps, Jamie has 10 stamps.

• Alex has 50 stamps, Jamie has 30 stamps.

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8C

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

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8C

In a bookstore, the price of a novel is $15 and 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

• 4 novels and 6 magazines

• 5 novels and 5 magazines

• 3 novels and 7 magazines

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8C

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?

• 50 miles

• 100 miles

• 120 miles

• 75 miles

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

At a concert, the total number of tickets sold was 300. If adult tickets cost $20 and child tickets cost $10, and the total revenue was $5000, how many adult and child tickets were sold?

• 200 adult tickets and 100 child tickets

• 100 adult tickets and 200 child tickets

• 250 adult tickets and 50 child tickets

• 150 adult tickets and 150 child tickets

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8C

A bakery sells muffins and cookies. If the total number of baked goods sold is 100 and the total revenue is $400, with muffins priced at $4 each and cookies at $2 each, how many muffins and cookies were sold?

• 75 muffins and 25 cookies

• 100 muffins and 0 cookies

• 50 muffins and 50 cookies

• 0 muffins and 100 cookies

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8C

In a fruit market, apples cost $2 each and bananas cost $1 each. If a customer bought a total of 30 fruits for $50, how many apples and bananas did they buy?

• 15 apples and 15 bananas

• 25 apples and 5 bananas

• 10 apples and 20 bananas

• 20 apples and 10 bananas

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8C

A gym has two types of memberships: monthly and yearly. A monthly membership costs $30 and a yearly membership costs $300. If a total of 50 memberships were sold for $1200, how many of each type were sold?

• 25 monthly memberships and 25 yearly memberships

• 20 monthly memberships and 30 yearly memberships

• 15 monthly memberships and 35 yearly memberships

• 10 monthly memberships and 40 yearly memberships

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8C

A movie theater sold a total of 200 tickets for a showing. If adult tickets were $12 and child tickets were $6, and the total revenue was $1800, how many adult and child tickets were sold?

• 150 adult tickets and 50 child tickets

• 100 adult tickets and 100 child tickets

• 50 adult tickets and 150 child tickets

• 200 adult tickets and 0 child tickets

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8C