Translate and Solve: Two Variable Equations Challenge

A store sells pencils for $0.50 each and erasers for $0.75 each. If a student buys a total of 10 items and spends $6.00, how many pencils and erasers did they buy?

• 5 pencils and 5 erasers

• 7 pencils and 3 erasers

• 4 pencils and 6 erasers

• 6 pencils and 4 erasers

A gardener has a total of 30 plants consisting of roses and tulips. If the number of tulips is twice the number of roses, how many of each type of plant does the gardener have?

• 12 roses and 18 tulips

• 15 roses and 15 tulips

• 10 roses and 20 tulips

• 5 roses and 25 tulips

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $20 plus $0.15 per mile driven. If a customer pays $35, how many miles did they drive?

• 75 miles

• 50 miles

• 120 miles

• 100 miles

Two friends are collecting stickers. If one friend has 5 more stickers than the other and together they have 35 stickers, how many stickers does each friend have?

• First friend: 20 stickers, Second friend: 15 stickers

• First friend: 10 stickers, Second friend: 25 stickers

• First friend: 5 stickers, Second friend: 30 stickers

• First friend: 15 stickers, Second friend: 20 stickers

A school is organizing a field trip. The cost per student is $15, and there are 20 students attending. If the total cost is $300, how much money is collected from each student?

• $15

• $25

• $10

• $20

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

• 15 cups of sugar

• 12 cups of sugar

• 18 cups of sugar

• 9 cups of sugar

A concert hall has 200 seats. If tickets for adults cost $10 and tickets for children cost $5, and the total revenue from ticket sales is $1500, how many adult and child tickets were sold?

• 150 adult tickets and 50 child tickets

• 100 adult tickets and 100 child tickets

• 200 adult tickets and 0 child tickets

• 50 adult tickets and 150 child tickets

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?

• 5 novels and 3 magazines

• 4 novels and 4 magazines

• 2 novels and 6 magazines

• 3 novels and 5 magazines

A farmer has chickens and cows. If there are 50 animals in total and the number of cows is 10 more than the number of chickens, how many chickens and cows does the farmer have?

• 10 chickens and 40 cows

• 15 chickens and 35 cows

• 25 chickens and 25 cows

• 20 chickens and 30 cows

A movie theater sells adult tickets for $12 and child tickets for $8. If a family buys a total of 5 tickets and spends $52, how many adult and child tickets did they buy?

• 2 adult tickets and 3 child tickets

• 4 adult tickets and 1 child ticket

• 3 adult tickets and 2 child tickets

• 1 adult ticket and 4 child tickets