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Equations
Word Problems
100

=

equal's

100

5+x<16

x<11

100

Employees must work at least 20 years in a company to receive full benefits for retirement. Write an inequality to describe this situation.

What is y≥20

200

>

less than

200

-9+x>15

x>24

200

Your Average in Math must be a 92 or greater to get an A. Write an inequality  to model this situation.

a>92

300
<
more than or greater than
300
-12x>3

x<-.25

300

The length of a rectangle is 40 in and its area is less than 360 in what could the width be

w < 9

400

<

greater than or equal to

400

3-2(x-4)>1

x<5
400

Katie wants to collect over  100 seashells. She already has  34 seashells in her collection. Each day, she finds 12 more seashells on the beach. Katie can use fractions of days to find seashells.

Write an inequality to determine the number of days, d, it will take Katie to collect over 100 seashells.


12d + 34 > 100

500

>

less then or equel to

500

8<x/-16

x<-.5

500

Keith has $500 in a savings account at the beginning of the summer. He wants to have at least $200 in the account by the end of the summer. He withdraws $25 each week for food, clothes, and movie tickets.

Write an inequality that represents Keith's situation.

500 - 25w > 200

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