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Systems word problems: wheels on bicycles and tricycles

Grade 8 math · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Write two equations for the two unknown numbers, then solve the system.

  1. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 34 vehicles with 83 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  2. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 27 vehicles with 65 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  3. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 20 vehicles with 55 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  4. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 22 vehicles with 47 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  5. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 20 vehicles with 42 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  6. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 50 vehicles with 125 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  7. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 45 vehicles with 115 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  8. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 20 vehicles with 45 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  9. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 38 vehicles with 79 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  10. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 56 vehicles with 159 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  11. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 79 vehicles with 200 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  12. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 59 vehicles with 137 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  13. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 62 vehicles with 177 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  14. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 84 vehicles with 213 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  15. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 135 vehicles with 331 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  16. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 66 vehicles with 179 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  17. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 117 vehicles with 252 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  18. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 29 vehicles with 76 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  19. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 130 vehicles with 273 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
  20. A shop has bicycles (2 wheels) and tricycles (3 wheels). There are 124 vehicles with 339 wheels in all. How many bicycles and how many tricycles? Write (bicycles, tricycles).
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Answer key: Systems word problems: wheels on bicycles and tricycles

  1. (19, 15)
  2. (16, 11)
  3. (5, 15)
  4. (19, 3)
  5. (18, 2)
  6. (25, 25)
  7. (20, 25)
  8. (15, 5)
  9. (35, 3)
  10. (9, 47)
  11. (37, 42)
  12. (40, 19)
  13. (9, 53)
  14. (39, 45)
  15. (74, 61)
  16. (19, 47)
  17. (99, 18)
  18. (11, 18)
  19. (117, 13)
  20. (33, 91)