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If you buy 6 pens and 1 mechanical pencil you will only get $1 change from your $10 dollar bill, but if you buy 4 pens and 2 mechanical pencils you will get $2 change. How much does each pen and mechanical pencil cost?

2. Pencils cost 25 cents apiece. Pens cost 80 cents apiece. Susan spent $20 for a total of 36 pens and pencils. How many pencils did she buy? 3. If 8 pens and 7 pencils cost $3.37 while 5 pens and 11 pencils cost $3.10. How much does each pen and each pencil cost?

4. Lisa and Beverly had just $5 to spend for an after-school snack. They could have bought 2 hamburgers and 1 carton of milk with no change back or 1 hamburger and 2 cartons of milk with 40 cents change back. How much does a carton of milk cost?

5. If you buy six pens and one mechanical pencil, you'll get only $1 change from your $10 bill. But if you buy four pens and two mechanical pencils, you'll get $2 change. How much does each pen and each pencil cost?

6. One number is 16 more than another. If the smaller number is subtracted from two-thirds of the larger number, the result is one-fourth of the sum of the two numbers. Find the numbers.

7. A farmer has cows and chickens. He only sees 50 legs and 18 heads. How many are cows and how many are chickens?

8. A farmer had some chickens and some cows. She counted 40 heads and 126 legs. How many chickens and how many cows did she have?

9. There is a farm with chickens and three legged cows. There are 95 heads total, totalling 195 legs. How many chickens are there?

10. There are 18 animals in the barnyard. Some are chickens and some are cows. I counted 50 legs in all. How many of the animals are chickens and how many are cows?

11. A farmer has chickens and pigs. There are 43 heads and 142 legs. How many chickens does he have and how many pigs does he have?

12. There are 200 heads on a farm and 540 feet. How many cows (4 legs) and how many chickens (2 legs) are there?

13. On a farm with chickens and cows, Mr. Brown counted 36 heads and 96 legs. How many chickens and cows were there?