Word problems
Types of exercises: word problems with systems, word problems with systems - percentages.
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John bought 12 tickets for 228 zl in total. A full ticket costs 31 zl and a reduced one 7 zl. How many full tickets and how many reduced ones were bought?
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A family spent 3 930 zloty a month on rent and food together. The rent went up by 25% and the food spending by 20%, and now these costs total 4 814 zloty. How many zloty a month did the family spend on food before the rise?
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Mary bought 11 tickets for 154 zl in total. A full ticket costs 17 zl and a reduced one 6 zl. How many full tickets and how many reduced ones were bought?
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A family spent 4 260 zloty a month on rent and food together. The rent went up by 10% and the food spending by 5%, and now these costs total 4 538 zloty. How many zloty a month did the family spend on rent before the rise?
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Julia bought 14 tickets for 134 zl in total. A full ticket costs 11 zl and a reduced one 7 zl. How many full tickets and how many reduced ones were bought?
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2 kg of cherries and 4 kg of strawberries cost 116 zloty. If cherries were 20% cheaper and strawberries 25% cheaper, the same shopping would cost 89.20 zloty. How much does a kilogram of strawberries cost?
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Ola bought 7 tickets for 140 zl in total. A full ticket costs 28 zl and a reduced one 14 zl. How many full tickets and how many reduced ones were bought?
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1 kg of cherries and 6 kg of strawberries cost 89 zloty. If cherries were 50% cheaper and strawberries 30% cheaper, the same shopping would cost 57.70 zloty. How much does a kilogram of cherries cost?
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Kate bought 7 tickets for 173 zl in total. A full ticket costs 35 zl and a reduced one 11 zl. How many full tickets and how many reduced ones were bought?
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Two orchards produced 34 tonnes of apples in total. The next year the first orchard produced 25% more and the second 10% less than the year before - 34.8 tonnes together. How many tonnes of apples did the second orchard produce in the first year?
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