Creating and Solving Inequalities

Which inequality best describes the statement: Max has more than 5 carrots (number of carrots Max has = c)

• c<5

• $c\le5$
  

• c>5

• $c\ge5$

Write an inequality that would represent: Brigitte is shorter than 5 feet (Brigitte’s height = h)

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Twice a number (x) is less than 10.

• $x+2<10$

• $2x<10$

• $2x>10$

• $2+x\le10$

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Six more than five times a number (x) is at least twenty-one.

•  $5x+6>21$  

•  $6+5x\ge21$  

•  $6+5x\le21$  

•  $5x+6\ge21$  

Dave has $15 to spend on an $8 book and two birthday cards (c) for his friends

• $8+2c>15$

• $2c+8<15$

• $8c+2<15$

• $2+8c>15$

Toni can carry up to 18 lb in her backpack. Her lunch weighs 1 lb, her gym clothes weigh 2 lb, and her books (b) weigh 3 lb each. How many books can she carry in her backpack? CHECK ALL POSSIBLE ANSWERS

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