Sample Student Worksheet

1.
8x + 2y = 12
7x 3y = 23
2.
x + y = 8
2x + 4y = 30
3.
2x 2y = 6
10x + y = 74
4.
5x 6y = 16
6x 8y = 104
5.
3x 6y = 15
9x 7y = 32
6. Jack went to the grcery store to get oranges and grapefruit and spent
a total of 19 dollars. Oranges cost $.25 and grapefruit cost $.50. Jack
bought 7 more oranges than grapefruit. How many grapefruit and how
many oranges did he buy?
7. Car one costs $20,000 and car two costs $18,000. The cost to maintain
car one is $.09 per mile and the cost to maintain car two is $.11 per mile.
At what number of miles do both cars cost the same?
8. The digits of a two digit number add up to 12. The rst digit plus twice
the second digit is equal to 17. What is the number?
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1 Answer Key
1. (-1,10)
2. (1,7)
3. (7,-4)
4. (4,10)
5. (9,7)
6. 30 oranges and 23 grapefruit
7. 100,000 miles
8. 75
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