Solving Real-Life Equations: Ticket Sales and Cans

A school is selling tickets for a play. Adult tickets cost $10 each and student tickets cost $5 each. If they sold a total of 50 tickets for $350, how many adult and student tickets were sold?

• 20 adult tickets and 30 student tickets

• 25 adult tickets and 25 student tickets

• 10 adult tickets and 40 student tickets

• 15 adult tickets and 35 student tickets

Maria and John are collecting cans for recycling. Maria collected twice as many cans as John. Together, they collected 60 cans. How many cans did each collect?

• John collected 30 cans, Maria collected 30 cans.

• John collected 20 cans, Maria collected 40 cans.

• John collected 10 cans, Maria collected 50 cans.

• John collected 25 cans, Maria collected 35 cans.

A farmer has chickens and cows. If there are 20 animals in total and the total number of legs is 56, how many chickens and cows does the farmer have?

• 12 chickens and 8 cows

• 15 chickens and 5 cows

• 10 chickens and 10 cows

• 5 chickens and 15 cows

In a bookstore, a novel costs $15 and a magazine costs $5. If a customer buys a total of 10 items for $100, how many novels and magazines did they buy?

• 5 novels and 5 magazines

• 3 novels and 7 magazines

• 6 novels and 4 magazines

• 4 novels and 6 magazines

Two friends, Alex and Jamie, are saving money for a concert. Alex saves $20 a week, while Jamie saves $15 a week. If they want to save a total of $200 together, how many weeks will it take for them to reach their goal?

• 7 weeks

• 6 weeks

• 8 weeks

• 5 weeks

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $30 plus $0.20 per mile driven. If a customer paid $90 in total, how many miles did they drive?

• 300 miles

• 250 miles

• 200 miles

• 150 miles

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?

• 10 apples and 20 bananas

• 15 apples and 15 bananas

• 20 apples and 10 bananas

• 25 apples and 5 bananas

A gym offers two types of memberships. A monthly membership costs $25 and a yearly membership costs $250. If a total of 100 memberships were sold for $2,500, how many of each type were sold?

• 100 monthly memberships and 0 yearly memberships

• 50 monthly memberships and 50 yearly memberships

• 75 monthly memberships and 25 yearly memberships

• 0 monthly memberships and 100 yearly memberships

A local bakery sells cupcakes for $3 each and cookies for $2 each. If they sold a total of 80 items for $210, how many cupcakes and cookies were sold?

• 40 cupcakes and 40 cookies

• 60 cupcakes and 20 cookies

• 30 cupcakes and 50 cookies

• 50 cupcakes and 30 cookies

In a class, the number of boys is twice the number of girls. If there are 36 students in total, how many boys and girls are in the class?

• 30 boys and 6 girls

• 12 boys and 24 girls

• 18 boys and 18 girls

• 24 boys and 12 girls