Inequalities

Vocab

100

=

equal's

200

>

less than

300

<

more than or greater than

400

<

greater than or equal to

500

>

less then or equel to

Equations

100

5+x<16

x<11

200

-9+x>15

x>24

300

-12x>3

x<-.25

400

3-2(x-4)>1

x<5

500

8<x/-16

x<-.5

Word Problems

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

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

a>92

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

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

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