Solving Linear Equations in Real-Life Scenarios

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?

• 60 adult tickets and 90 student tickets

• 100 adult tickets and 50 student tickets

• 80 adult tickets and 70 student tickets

• 90 adult tickets and 60 student tickets

Maria and John are collecting stamps. Maria has 3 times as many stamps as John. Together, they have 48 stamps. How many stamps does each person have?

• John has 20 stamps and Maria has 28 stamps.

• John has 15 stamps and Maria has 33 stamps.

• John has 10 stamps and Maria has 38 stamps.

• John has 12 stamps and Maria has 36 stamps.

A farmer has chickens and cows. The total number of animals is 30, and there are 80 legs in total. How many chickens and cows does the farmer have?

• 10 chickens and 20 cows

• 15 chickens and 15 cows

• 25 chickens and 5 cows

• 20 chickens and 10 cows

A bookstore sells fiction and non-fiction books. Fiction books cost $12 each, and non-fiction books cost $8 each. If the store sold 50 books for a total of $480, how many of each type were sold?

• 10 fiction books and 40 non-fiction books

• 20 fiction books and 30 non-fiction books

• 25 fiction books and 25 non-fiction books

• 15 fiction books and 35 non-fiction books

In a fruit market, apples cost $2 each and bananas cost $1 each. If a customer buys a total of 20 fruits for $30, how many apples and bananas did they buy?

• 12 apples and 8 bananas

• 5 apples and 15 bananas

• 15 apples and 5 bananas

• 10 apples and 10 bananas

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $50 plus $0.20 per mile driven. If a customer paid $70, how many miles did they drive?

• 150 miles

• 50 miles

• 100 miles

• 200 miles

Two friends, Alex and Jamie, are saving money for a concert. Alex saves $5 each week, while Jamie saves $8 each week. If they want to save a total of $100 together, how many weeks will it take for them to reach their goal?

• 12 weeks

• 6 weeks

• 8 weeks

• 10 weeks

A gym has two types of memberships: monthly and yearly. A monthly membership costs $30, while a yearly membership costs $300. If the gym has 100 members and makes $2,700 in a month, how many members have monthly memberships?

• 100

• 90

• 80

• 70

A bakery sells cupcakes and cookies. Each cupcake costs $3 and each cookie costs $2. If the bakery sold 100 items for $240, how many cupcakes and cookies were sold?

• 40 cupcakes and 60 cookies

• 50 cupcakes and 50 cookies

• 30 cupcakes and 70 cookies

• 20 cupcakes and 80 cookies

In a school, there are two types of clubs: art clubs and science clubs. The art club has 5 more members than the science club. If there are 35 members in total, how many members are in each club?

• Science club: 5 members, Art club: 30 members

• Science club: 20 members, Art club: 15 members

• Science club: 15 members, Art club: 20 members

• Science club: 10 members, Art club: 25 members