GP - Lesson: Intro to Inequalities (x right) RC

Introduction to Inequalities
(x on right)

Objective: Understand and graph inequalities

Multiple Select

If 8 > x, what are some values that could be x?

• 4

• -8

• 0

• 11

• 23

​VOCABULARY

​5 = x: "5 equals x" so x is 5

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5 < x: "5 is less than x" so x is 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, ...

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5 ≤ x: "5 is less than or equal to x" so x is 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, ...

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5 > x: "5 is greater than x" so x is 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 -1, -2, -3 ...

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5 ≥ x: "5 is greater than or equal to x" so x is 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 -1, -2, -3 ...

Match

Match the following inequalities with their translations.

• 5 < x

• 5 > x

• -5 < x

• -5 > x

five is less than x

five is greater than x

negative five is less than x

negative five is greater than x

• five is less than x

• five is greater than x

• negative five is less than x

• negative five is greater than x

​GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS

​Example: 6 = x

Example: 6 < x

Example: 6 ≤ x

Example: 6 > x

Example: 6 ≥ x

Match

Match the following word descriptions with their graph.

12 is greater than x

12 is less than x

12 is greater than or equal to x

12 is less than or equal to x

• 12 is greater than x

• 12 is less than x

• 12 is greater than or equal to x

• 12 is less than or equal to x

Match

Match the graph with the inequality.

16 < x

16 > x

16 ≤ x

16 ≥ x

• 16 < x

• 16 > x

• 16 ≤ x

• 16 ≥ x