Translating Inequalities
x is greater than -9
x > -9
At Cindy's Sweet Treats, cookies are packaged in boxes of 8. Depending on the cookie flavor, the most a box can cost is $16.
8x ≤ 16
k + 2 ≥ 26
k ≥ 24
-k/3 < -4
k > 12
What do you do when you divide by a negative
flip the sign
-7 < x
-7 is less than x
In the first week of her school's fundraiser, Julie sold 6 items. By the end of the fundraiser, Julie had earned a beach ball as a prize for selling more than 20 items.
6 + x > 20
L < -15
2Y - 17 ≤ 1
y ≤ 9
Open dot vs. close dot, what is the difference?
greater than and less than is open
Greater than or equal to and less than or equal to is closed
k is less than or equal to 0
k ≤ 0
Sue made a goal for the amount of time she wants to practice her tuba this week. She divided her goal equally among the 4 days she is going to practice. Sue figured that she should practice for more than 75 minutes each day to meet her goal.
x/4 > 75
m/3 ≥ 2
m ≥ 6
-12 > -3c + 6
6 < c
-10x + 9 > 2 - 3x
1 < x
-17 > c
-17 is less than c
Emilia went to a garage sale and decided to buy some books. Each book cost $2. She liked so many of the books that she went over her $10 budget.
2x>10
v/3 < 3
v < 9
5y + 2y > 49
y > 7
round 0.25 to the nearest tenth
0.3
-0.4 ≥ x
-0.4 is greater than or equal to x
Valentina is baking jumbo cinnamon rolls for a family breakfast. She uses all the dough she made to form 12 cinnamon rolls of equal weight. The recipe usually makes 36 ounces of dough, but Valentina made more dough than that so she can have larger cinnamon rolls.
12x > 36
-3h > -27
h < 9
x/9 + 5 ≤ 16
x ≤ 99
5 - -4 =
9