Inequality Vocabulary

What inequality symbol would you use when you see the words:

is less than

Ex. Sam has less than 5 dimes.

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• greater than >

• less than or equal to ≤

• greater than or equal to ≥

• equals =

What inequality symbol would you use when you see the words:

is under

Ex. George is under his budget 25 dollars.

• less than <

• greater than >

• less than or equal to ≤

• greater than or equal to ≥

• equal =

What inequality symbol would you use when you see the words:

is below

Ex. Frank is 8 feet below his friend on the mountain.

• less than <

• greater than >

• less than or equal to ≤

• greater than or equal to ≥

• equal =

What inequality symbol would you use when you see the words:

shorter than

Ex. Sam is 9 inches shorter than Tom.

• less than <

• greater than >

• less than or equal to ≤

• greater than or equal to ≥

• equal =

What inequality symbol would you use when you see the words:

smaller than

Ex. The blue fish is 2 inches smaller than the red fish.

• less than <

• greater than >

• less than or equal to ≤

• greater than or equal to ≥

• equal =

What inequality symbol would you use when you see the words:

is lower than

Ex. The temperature is 3 degrees lower than yesterday's temperature.

• less than <

• greater than >

• less than or equal to ≤

• greater than or equal to ≥

• equal =

What inequality symbol would you use when you see the words:

fewer than

Ex. Ms. Bates has fewer children than Ms. Burington.

• less than <

• greater than >

• less than or equal to ≤

• greater than or equal to ≥

• equal =

What inequality symbol would you use when you see the words:

beneath

Ex. The turtle dug a hole 1 foot below beneath the sand.

• less than <

• greater than >

• less than or equal to ≤

• greater than or equal to ≥

• equal =

What inequality symbol would you use when you see the words:

a better deal

Ex. Which is a better deal?

• less than <

• greater than >

• less than or equal to ≤

• greater than or equal to ≥

• equal =

What inequality symbol would you use when you see the words:

at most

Ex. She has at most $24 to spend on the gift.

• less than <

• greater than >

• less than or equal to ≤

• greater than or equal to ≥

• equal =