Solving Mixture Problems Answers

Tickets to a baseball game cost $3 for a child’s ticket and $5 for an adult ticket. At the last game, $521 was collected when 139 people attended the game. Which value could replace x in the table so that a single-variable equation can be written and solved to determine the number of child’s tickets, c, sold?

A homemade lip balm consists of coconut oil and beeswax. Coconut oil costs $0.50 per ounce and beeswax costs $2.00 per ounce. If 6 ounces of coconut oil and 5 ounces of beeswax are used to create the lip balm mixture, which values represent a and b in the table?

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Alexandra has 36 coins valued at $6.00. She has only nickels and quarters. Which equation can be used to solve for the number of nickels, n?

Helena uses a mixture of compost and topsoil in her garden. She purchased a total of 10 cubic yards of compost and topsoil for $180. If compost costs $25 per cubic yard and topsoil costs $15 per cubic yard, how many cubic yards of topsoil did she purchase?

If $5,860 was raised, which statements are true? Check all that apply.

Nadine mixes a juice solution that is made from 3 gallons of an 80% juice solution and 1 gallon of a 20% juice solution. What is the percent concentration of the final solution?

In a lab, a 30% acid solution is being mixed with a 5% acid solution to create a 10% acid solution. What is the ratio of the amount of the 30% solution to the amount of 5% solution used to create the 10% solution?

What errors did the student make? Check all that apply.