Reading Inequalities
What is x?
Find the solution
Which symbol of inequality?
Miscellaneous
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x > y

x is greater than y

100

To pass a class, you need a grade of at least a 65.  What does x represent?

x = grade   or   x = the class 

x  represents grade

100

What is the solution to the inequality  2x + 1 < 9 ?

A)  x >  4    B) x  < 4

  B)   x  < 4

100

Which inequality symbol would you use with this graph?      A) >       B)    ≥ 

B)  ≥

100

What is the #1 movie of all -time?

Avatar.   

200

x < y

x is less than y

200

You have to be at least 52 inches tall to ride a roller coaster.   What does x represent?

 x = Person's height   OR      x = Person's age

                         

 X represents height

200

What is the solution to 2x - 7 > 2.5x + 3?

   x  > - 20      or    x  <  - 20

x   < - 20

200

Which inequality symbol would you use?  

A) <     B) ≤ 

A) <

200

Who was the first female millionaire in the U.S.?


Madam C.J. Walker

300

Y is greater than or equal to x

300

You have to be  18 or older to vote.  What does the x represent?     x = vote   OR     x = age

X represents age 

300

What is the solution to -3(x-6) > 2x - 2?    

A)   x < 4        B)   x > 4 

A)   x< 4

300

Which inequality symbol would you use? 

A) <     B) ≤

A) <

300

Who served WW2 and  fought off more than 20 Germans by himself and saved a fellow soldier from capture – all while injured and armed only with a knife.

Private Henry Johnson

400

Y is less than or equal to x

400

The speed limit on 490 is 50 miles per hour.

  What does x represent?

x represents the time    Or   x represents the speed 

x represents the speed 

400

What is the solution:  x + 15  ≥   23  ?

  x ≥  8

400

Which inequality symbol would you use?

A) <     B) ≤


B) ≤

400

Which African-American famously became a millionaire during the Jim Crow segregation era in the south?

Samuel Fuller

500

X   >  Y

 X is greater than Y

500

To be healthy, fatty foods should be no more than 5% of your diet.  What does x represent?

x represents the fatty foods 

500

What is the solution to the inequality?  

A) x ≤−15        B)  x ≥  -15

A)  x ≤−15

500

Which inequality symbol would you use?

A) >       B)    ≥ 

A) >

500

Who raps "Not Like Us?"

Kendrick Lamar