7.4 Worksheet #2: Alg. B Name
7.4 Worksheet #2: Alg. B Name
4 Worksheet #2 Name___________________
1. The sum of two numbers is 67. The difference of the two numbers is 9. What are the
numbers?
2. The sum of two numbers is 197. The difference of the two numbers is 29. What are the
numbers?
3. The sum of two numbers is 23. The difference of the two numbers is 5. What are the
numbers?
4. A vending machine takes only dimes and quarters. At the end of the day, the machine held
$26.50 and contained a total of 151 coins. What was the number of dimes and quarters?
5. A parking meter takes only dimes and quarters. At the end of the day, the meter held $156.50
and the number of quarters was 5 more than 5 times the number of dimes. What was the
number of dimes and quarters?
6. The drama club sold a total of 1500 tickets to their play. Adult tickets cost $5.00 and student
tickets were $2.00. Ticket sales totaled $4,029. How many student tickets were sold?
7. On Saturday, Old Navy sold 123 pairs of jeans for $2660.90. One style sold for $25.00 and the
other style sold for $19.95. How many of each style were sold?
8. You combine two solutions to obtain 210 ml. of a mixture that is 40% acid. One solution is
20% acid and the other is 80% acid. How much of each solution did you use?
Answers:
1. 38 and 29
2. 113 and 84
3. 14 and 9
4. 75 dimes and 76 quarters
5. 115 dimes and 580 quarters
6. 1157 student tickets
7. 41 of the $25 jeans and 82 of the $19.95 jeans
8. 140 ml of the 20% solution and 70 ml of the 80% solution