Simultaneous linear equations with two variables: word problems

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1. A farmer keeps chickens and rabbits. He has 60 animals who have 200 feet combined. How many of each animal are there? 2. A farmer keeps chickens and rabbits. He has 25 more chickens than rabbits. The animals have 170 feet combined. How many of each animal are there? 3. Tickets to a school play cost $4 for adults and $3 for children. A large group of people spend $97 on tickets. They bought 9 more children tickets than adult tickets. How many of each type of ticket did the party buy? 4. Squidward is a cashier at a fast food restaurant. He is expected to work 250 hours every month, and he makes $25 per hour. However, he does not enjoy his job and will arrive late or leave early for various reasons. If he skips an hour of work, he does not get paid and instead gets $20 deducted from his paycheck. Squidward received $5350 for his paycheck for the last month. How many hours of work did he skip? 5. The Little League team budgets $185 to buy 4 bats and 5 gloves. A bat costs $8 more than a glove. How much does each type of equipment cost? 6. A sack of flour weighs 50 lb (both the flour and the sack). When half of the flour has been consumed, the remaining flour plus the sack weighs 27 lb. How much does the sack weigh?

A farmer keeps chickens and rabbits. He has 60 animals who have 200 feet combined. How many of each animal are there?
A farmer keeps chickens and rabbits. He has 25 more chickens than rabbits. The animals have 170 feet combined. How many of each animal are there?
Tickets to a school play cost $4 for adults and $3 for children. A large group of people spend $97 on tickets. They bought 9 more children tickets than adult tickets. How many of each type of ticket did the party buy?
Squidward is a cashier at a fast food restaurant. He is expected to work 250 hours every month, and he makes $25 per hour. However, he does not enjoy his job and will arrive late or leave early for various reasons. If he skips an hour of work, he does not get paid and instead gets $20 deducted from his paycheck. Squidward received $5350 for his paycheck for the last month. How many hours of work did he skip?
The Little League team budgets $185 to buy 4 bats and 5 gloves. A bat costs $8 more than a glove. How much does each type of equipment cost?
A sack of flour weighs 50 lb (both the flour and the sack). When half of the flour has been consumed, the remaining flour plus the sack weighs 27 lb. How much does the sack weigh?

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Simultaneous linear equations with two variables: word problems