Real-World Equations: Identify Variables & Write 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

Maria has twice as many apples as John. Together, they have 24 apples. How many apples does each person have?

• John has 6 apples and Maria has 18 apples.

• John has 12 apples and Maria has 12 apples.

• John has 10 apples and Maria has 14 apples.

• John has 8 apples and Maria has 16 apples.

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $30 plus $0.20 per mile driven. If a customer paid $50, how many miles did they drive?

• 120 miles

• 50 miles

• 100 miles

• 75 miles

Two friends, Alex and Jamie, are saving money for a concert. Alex has $20 more than Jamie, and together they have $120. How much money does each friend have?

• Alex has $80, Jamie has $40.

• Alex has $60, Jamie has $60.

• Alex has $50, Jamie has $70.

• Alex has $70, Jamie has $50.

A farmer has chickens and cows. If there are 30 animals in total and the number of chickens is 5 more than the number of cows, how many chickens and cows does the farmer have?

• 10 chickens and 15 cows

• 25 chickens and 5 cows

• 20 chickens and 5 cows

• 15 chickens and 10 cows

In a class, the ratio of boys to girls is 3:2. If there are 25 students in total, how many boys and girls are in the class?

• 15 boys and 10 girls

• 10 boys and 15 girls

• 20 boys and 5 girls

• 12 boys and 13 girls

A store sells pencils for $1 each and erasers for $2 each. If a customer buys a total of 10 items and spends $14, how many pencils and erasers did they buy?

• 4 pencils and 6 erasers

• 6 pencils and 4 erasers

• 5 pencils and 5 erasers

• 7 pencils and 3 erasers

A gardener is planting flowers and shrubs. If the number of flowers is 3 times the number of shrubs and they are planting a total of 32 plants, how many flowers and shrubs are being planted?

• 16 flowers and 16 shrubs

• 24 flowers and 8 shrubs

• 28 flowers and 4 shrubs

• 20 flowers and 12 shrubs

Two types of cookies are sold at a bakery: chocolate chip and oatmeal. If the bakery sold 80 cookies in total and the number of chocolate chip cookies is 10 more than twice the number of oatmeal cookies, how many of each type were sold?

• Oatmeal: 25, Chocolate Chip: 55

• Oatmeal: 20, Chocolate Chip: 60

• Oatmeal: 30, Chocolate Chip: 50

• Oatmeal: 23, Chocolate Chip: 56

A bookstore sells novels for $12 each and magazines for $5 each. If a customer buys a total of 15 items and spends $100, how many novels and magazines did they buy?

• 5 novels and 10 magazines

• 10 novels and 5 magazines

• 0 novels and 15 magazines

• 3 novels and 12 magazines