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Algebra II System Tickets Word Problems
1.Kayla’s school is selling tickets to the annual dance competition. On the first day of ticket
sales the school sold 3 senior citizen tickets and 5 child tickets for a total of $70. The school
took in $216 on the second day by selling 12 senior citizen tickets and 12 child tickets. Find the
price of a senior citizen ticket and the price of a child ticket.
2. The school that Imani goes to is selling tickets to the annual dance competition. On the first
day of ticket sales the school sold 3 senior citizen tickets and 3 child tickets for a total of $69.
The school took in $91 on the second day by selling 5 senior citizen tickets and 3 child tickets.
What is the price of each type of ticket?
3. A movie theater charges $8 for an adult ticket and $5 for a child ticket. On Saturday the
theater sold 172 tickets for $1,220. How many of each type of ticket were sold?
4. At an Upper Dublin basketball game against Souderton a total of 560 adult and student
tickets were sold for $1,604. Adult tickets cost $4 each and student tickets cost $2 each. Find
the number of each type of ticket sold.
5. Tickets at a local movie theater are $4 for students and $7 for adults. One night the theater
sells 578 tickets and collects $3,365 in ticket sales. How many of each type of ticket were sold?
6. Two families go to a hockey game. One family purchases two adult tickets and four youth
tickets for $28. Another family purchases four adult tickets and five youth tickets for $45.50.
Find the cost of each type of ticket. How much would it cost for two adults and five youth to
attend the game?