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100
The difference of two numbers is 3. Their sum is 13.  Give the two equations to find the numbers.
x-y=3

x+y=13

100
Suppose you spent $1500 in equipment to put pictures on T-shirts. You buy each T-shirt for $3. After you have placed the picture on a shirt, you sell it for $20. Give the two equations to find how many t-shirts you must sell to break-even.
y=3x+1500

y=20x

100

Meal tickets at the circus cost $4.00 for children and $12.00 for adults. If 1,650 meal tickets were bought for a total of $14,200. What is a system of equations that could be used to find out how many adult and children tickets were sold 

4c+12a=14200

c+a = 1650

100
The first step that is taken to solve a word problem after reading the word problem.
What is Define Variable(s)
100

Mary and Jose each bought plants from the same store. Mary spent $188 on 7 cherry trees and 11 rose bushes. Jose spent $236 on 13 cherry trees and 11 rose bushes. What is a system of equations that could be used to find the cost of a cherry tree and rose bush.

7c + 11r = 188

13c + 11r =236

200
The sum of two numbers is 55 and their difference is 5. Find the two numbers.
What is 30 and 25
200

Candy bars are sold in a local store for 50 cents each. The factory has $1000 in fixed costs plus 10 cents of addtional expense for each candy bar made. How many candybars must be sold to break-even?

What is 2500.
200

iTunes allows users to download individual songs or an entire album. Let's say all individual songs cost the same to download and all the albums cost the same to download. JD pays $14.94 to download 5 individual songs and 1 album. Abby pays $22.95 to download 3 individual songs and 2 albums. Give the two equation to find out how much iTunes charges to download a song and an entire album? 

5s+a = 14.94

3s+ 2a = 22.95

200

A local library had a book sale to raise money for a charity. Hardcover books cost $4 each and paperback books cost $2 each. Ms. Gratton spent $26 on 8 books. Give the 2 equations to find how many hardcover and how many paperback books Ms. Gratton bought.

4x+2y=26

x+y=8

200

Peter buys two apples and three bananas for $4. Nadia buys four apples and six bananas for $8 from the same store. Write an system of equations that could be used to solve for the cost of a banana and apple 

2a+3b=4

4a+6y=8

300
One number is 12 more than half another number. The two numbers total 60. Find the numbers.
What is 28 and 32
300

It costs a man 75 dollars to buy the things that he needs to make hot dogs. The city allows him to sell his hot dog somewhere near the city hall. However, the city hall charges him 1 dollar for each hot dog sold. If he sells his hotdogs for $1.50, how many hotdogs must he sell to break-even?

What is 150.
300

The cost of a ticket to the circus is $25.00 for children and $50.00 for adults. On a certain day, attendance at the circus is 2,000 and the total gate revenue is $70,000. How many children and how many adults bought tickets?

1200 children

800 adults 

300
You have 60 coins consisting of quarters and dimes in your pocket. The coins combined value is $9.45. Find the number of quarters and the number of dimes?
What is 37 dimes and 23 quarters
300

A landscaping company placed two orders with a nursery. The first order was for 13 bushes and 4 trees for $487. The second order was for 6 bushes and 2 trees for $232. The bills do not list the per-item price. What were the costs of one bush and of one tree?

bushes 23

trees 47

400
The sum of two numbers is 75. The larger number is 3 less than twice the smaller. Find the two numbers
What is 26 and 49
400

Suppose you are going into business mowing lawns. You have purchased a lawn mower for $200. Gas and oil costs you $1.50 per lawn. You are charging $15 per lawn. How many lawns must you mow to break even?

What is 15 lawns.
400
Two families attended the musical at Cardinal O'Hara that offered adult and student priced tickets. The first family, the Mullens, consisted of 5 adults and 2 students. The second family, the Wellmans, consisted of 3 adults and 2 students. If the Mullens paid $48 for the tickets and the Wellmans paid $32 for the tickets, what is the cost of each kind of ticket?
What is $8 for adult and $4 for student ticket
400

You walk into the grocery store to get two of your favorite fruits: apples and oranges. When you get to the checkout line, you have 9 pieces of fruit in your basket and the cashier says you owe $15. The apples were on sale for $1 each and the oranges were $2 each. How many apples and oranges did you buy?

What is 3 apples and 6 oranges

400

The senior class at High School A rented and filled 8 vans and 8 buses with 240 students. High School B rented and filled 4 vans and 1 bus with 54 students. Every van had the same number of students in it as did the buses. Find the number of students in each van and in each bus.

van has 8 students and a bus has 22 

500
The larger of two numbers is 8 more than four times the smaller. If the larger is increased by four times the smaller, the result is 40. Find the numbers.
What is 4 and 24
500

Suppose you are selling crafts at a craft show. It costs you $96 to rent a table. Each item costs you $2 to make. You sell them for $8 each. How many items must you sell to break even? What is the dollar amount?

What is 16 items. What is $128. 
500
586 people attended a banquet in Disney World. Residents paid $12.95 and non-residents paid $17.95. If Disney made $9423.70 from ticket sales for the event, how many residents and non-residents attended?
What is 219 residents and 367 non-residents
500

Daily Double

The length of a rectangle is equal to 5 less than four times the width. If the perimeter is 90 centimeters, what is the length and width of the rectangle.

What is 10 cm and what is 35cm.
500

At Beans & Bagels, a bagel costs $1 more than a cup of coffee. If 4 cups of coffee and 6 bagels cost $31 what is a system of equations that could be used to find the cost of a bagel and a cup of coffee

y= x +1

4x + 6y = 31