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What do you do to an inequality when you divide or multiply by a negative number?
You flip the sign!
"Yellow Taxi Cab charges a $1.75 flat rate in addition to $0.65 per mile. Katie has no more than $10 to spend on a ride. Can Katie reach the Adler Planetarium, which is 15 miles away?"
Which part of this is the B in BUCK?
Can Katie reach the Adler Planetarium, which is 15 miles away?
When graphing u < 4, which way would the arrow face on the graph?
Left
When graphing x ≤ 31, would the circle be open or closed?
Closed
Alyssa and Keshawn together have 37 marbles, and Keshawn has 15. How many does Alyssa have?
Alyssa has 22 marbles.
4p + 5 < 29
p < 6
Jane is on page 79 of her book. The book has 254 pages. How many pages does she still have to read?
Jane has 175 pages to read.
6r > 22 +2
r > 4
What does BUCK stand for?
Box the question
Underline the facts
Circle the keywords
Knock out any unnecessary information
24c - 6c < 9
c < 0.5
(b/-3) + 4 < 13
b > -27
−6p + 14 < −58
p > 5
A bouncy castle can hold up to 1000lbs. The average weight of a 5th grader is 70lbs. How many 5th graders can be in the bouncy castle at once?
14 Kids
Michael has 12 nickels. All the rest of his coins are dimes. He has just enough money to buy 2 slices of pizza for 95 cents each. How many dimes does he have?
Michael has 12 dimes.
3x – 7 ≥ 41
x ≥ 16
Leslie, Marcus, and Wendy together have 51 crayons. Marcus has double as many crayons as Leslie has, and Wendy has 12. How many does Leslie have?
Leslie has 13 crayons.
2(3x – 5) ≤ 4x + 6
x ≤ 8
Nurse Jessica has already worked 24 hours this week and just picked up some more shifts because the hospital is understaffed. If she works over 40 hours, then she will earn overtime pay. How many more hours will she need to work at least to earn overtime?
She will need to work greater than 16 more hours.
"At Alpha’s school, lunches cost $2 and the cafeteria cashiers begin to warn you when your account falls below $10. If Alpha has $38 in her account, in how many days will the warnings begin and how long will they continue?"
Write the inequality represented in this question.
10 + 2𝑥 ≤ 38
2(x - 3) > 8 + 4x
x < -7
Lena and Jodie are sisters, and together they have 56 bottles of nail polish. Lena bought 4 more than half the bottles. How many did Jodie buy?
24
Yellow Taxi Cab charges a $1.75 flat rate in addition to $0.65 per mile. Katie has no more than $10 to spend on a ride. Can Katie reach the Adler Planetarium, which is 15 miles away?
No, it would cost $11.50 to reach the Adler Planetarium.
Mariam and Saloma are twins and their sister Rahana is 2 years older than them. The total of their ages is 32 years. What are the ages of the three girls?
10, 10, 12
3/5(2d - 6) ≤ 2d
-9/7 ≤ d
Three consecutive integers have a sum of 54. Find the integers.
17 18 19