Real-World Problems: Solving & Interpreting Equations

A school is selling tickets for a play. Adult tickets cost $10 and student tickets cost $5. If the school sold a total of 150 tickets for $1,200, how many adult and student tickets were sold?

• 100 adult tickets and 50 student tickets

• 80 adult tickets and 70 student tickets

• 60 adult tickets and 90 student tickets

• 90 adult tickets and 60 student tickets

Maria and John are saving money for a concert. Maria saves $15 each week, while John saves $10 each week. If Maria has saved $60 more than John after a certain number of weeks, how many weeks have they been saving?

• 10

• 8

• 12

• 15

A farmer has chickens and cows. If there are a total of 50 animals and the total number of legs is 140, how many chickens and cows does the farmer have?

• 30 chickens and 20 cows

• 25 chickens and 25 cows

• 15 chickens and 35 cows

• 40 chickens and 10 cows

In a fruit basket, there are apples and oranges. If the total number of fruits is 30 and the total cost is $1.50, with apples costing $0.05 each and oranges $0.10 each, how many apples and oranges are in the basket?

• 15 apples and 15 oranges

• 20 apples and 10 oranges

• 30 apples and 0 oranges

• 10 apples and 20 oranges

A bookstore sells fiction and non-fiction books. If the total number of books sold is 200 and the total revenue is $1,500, with fiction books priced at $10 and non-fiction at $15, how many of each type of book were sold?

• 100 fiction books and 100 non-fiction books

• 50 fiction books and 150 non-fiction books

• 150 fiction books and 50 non-fiction books

• 200 fiction books and 0 non-fiction books

Two friends, Alex and Jamie, are collecting stickers. Alex has 3 times as many stickers as Jamie. Together, they have 48 stickers. How many stickers does each friend have?

• Alex has 36 stickers, Jamie has 12 stickers.

• Alex has 24 stickers, Jamie has 8 stickers.

• Alex has 30 stickers, Jamie has 18 stickers.

• Alex has 40 stickers, Jamie has 8 stickers.

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $20 plus $0.50 per mile driven. If a customer paid $65 for a rental, how many miles did they drive?

• 80 miles

• 100 miles

• 70 miles

• 90 miles

In a class, the ratio of boys to girls is 3:2. If there are 30 students in total, how many boys and girls are in the class?

• 15 boys and 15 girls

• There are 18 boys and 12 girls in the class.

• 20 boys and 10 girls

• 12 boys and 18 girls

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 $100. If a customer decides to spend $220, which plan did they choose and for how many months?

• Plan B for 5 months

• Plan B for 6 months

• Plan A for 6 months

• Plan A for 7 months

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

• 50 cupcakes and 50 cookies

• 0 cupcakes and 200 cookies

• 75 cupcakes and 25 cookies

• 100 cupcakes and 0 cookies