Inequality Basics
Represent x>2/3 on your dry erase board using a number line.
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x+3>10
What is x>7?
What is v<14?
Solve for x: 2x<10
What is x<5?
Seismic waves have to do with this type of event.
What is an earthquake?
This is how you would write three fourths of a number is at least 75.
What is 3/4n>75? This should be the or equal to symbol, but my computer doesn't have it.
14<x+13
What is 1<x?
This was Pheobe's or "Peeby's" sister's name in Walk Two Moons.
What is Prudence
Solve for a: .8a<20
Solve for x: x/6 > 8
What is x>48?
This is what its gots in its pocketses.
What is the ring?
A pilot must log a minimum of 1,500 flight hours in order to fly an aircraft. If Brett has logged 892 hours so far, how many more must he log? Write an inequality and solve it.
h+892>1,500
h>608
Solve for h: h - 2/3 < 4/5
What is h < 2/15?
A stock is selling at $2.40 a share. If Gary can spend at most $150, how many shares could he purchase?
Write an inequality and solve
2.40s < 150
s<62.5
Jeremiah ran 6 miles. His average pace per mile was no more than 8 minutes. How many minutes did Jeremiah spend running?
Solve and write an inequality.
m/6 < 8
m<48
Also, 6x8 > m
A marathon runner plans to run at least 62 miles this week. Write an inequality that represents this situation.
What is r>62?
This is the name of the shanty towns that sprung up during the Great Depression.
What are Hoovervilles?
Nick drained 2.8 gallons of water from a fish tank. If the amount of water in the fish tank is now less than 24.5 gallons, how many gallons were in the tank before he drained it?
Write the inequality and then solve it.
g-2.8>24.5
g<27.3
A gym teacher has placed golf balls into 9 buckets so that each bucket has at least 15 balls. How many total golf balls are there?
Write an inequality and solve.
9 x 15 > b
b>135
Students on a field trip are divided into 24 groups of no more than 5 per group. Find the number of students on the field trip.
s<120
A theater must sell a minimum of 1,200 tickets for the show to go on. Write an inequality to represent this situation.
What is T>1,200?
A recipe calls for 2 3/4 cups of sugar. If Nora already put in at least 1 5/6 cups of sugar, how much more does she need?
Write an inequality and solve.
2 3/4 > 1 5/6 + s
s < 11/12
Aria likes to keep her credit card balance below $800. Her last statement showed a balance over this statement, so paid $250 to bring her balance under her limit. What was the balance on her statement?
Write an inequality and solve.
b-250<800
b<1050
This is Hagrid's first name.
What is Rubius?
Solve for k: 4.75 < k/1.6
What is 7.6<k?