Solving Linear Equations in Real-World Scenarios

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

• 40 adult tickets and 10 student tickets

• 20 adult tickets and 30 student tickets

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

• 25 apples and 5 bananas

• 20 apples and 10 bananas

• 10 apples and 20 bananas

• 15 apples and 15 bananas

A bookstore sells novels for $15 and magazines for $5. If a customer buys 20 items and spends $200, how many novels and magazines did they purchase?

• 12 novels and 8 magazines

• 5 novels and 15 magazines

• 15 novels and 5 magazines

• 10 novels and 10 magazines

A gardener is planting flowers and shrubs. Each flower costs $3 and each shrub costs $7. If the gardener buys 10 plants for $48, how many flowers and shrubs did they buy?

• 5 flowers and 5 shrubs

• 3 flowers and 7 shrubs

• 6 flowers and 4 shrubs

• 4 flowers and 6 shrubs

In a concert, VIP tickets cost $50 and regular tickets cost $20. If 100 tickets were sold for a total of $3000, how many VIP and regular tickets were sold?

• 30 VIP tickets and 70 regular tickets

• 20 VIP tickets and 80 regular tickets

• 50 VIP tickets and 50 regular tickets

• 40 VIP tickets and 60 regular tickets

A pet store sells dogs for $200 and cats for $100. If a customer buys 5 pets for a total of $800, how many dogs and cats did they buy?

• 4 dogs and 1 cat

• 2 dogs and 3 cats

• 5 cats and 0 dogs

• 3 dogs and 2 cats

A bakery sells cakes for $25 and cookies for $2. If they sold 40 items for $500, how many cakes and cookies were sold?

• 10 cakes and 30 cookies

• 20 cakes and 20 cookies

• 15 cakes and 25 cookies

• 18 cakes and 22 cookies

A car rental company charges $30 per day for a sedan and $50 per day for an SUV. If a customer rented 3 cars for a total of $130, how many sedans and SUVs did they rent?

• 2 sedans and 1 SUV

• 1 SUV and 1 sedan

• 3 sedans

• 1 sedan and 2 SUVs

A gym offers two types of memberships: monthly for $40 and yearly for $400. If 50 memberships were sold for a total of $2000, how many monthly and yearly memberships were sold?

• 40 monthly memberships and 10 yearly memberships

• 50 monthly memberships and 0 yearly memberships

• 30 monthly memberships and 20 yearly memberships

• 25 monthly memberships and 25 yearly memberships

A farmer has chickens and cows. Each chicken costs $10 and each cow costs $100. If the farmer has 20 animals worth $1000, how many chickens and cows does he have?

• 10 chickens and 10 cows

• 15 chickens and 5 cows

• 5 chickens and 15 cows

• 11 chickens and 9 cows