Writing One Step Inequalities

There are no more than 18 students on the hall.

• s>18

• s<18

• s≤18

• s≥18

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CCSS.6.EE.B.8

Grace has $45 at most in her purse.

• g<45
• g>45
• g≤45
• g≥45

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CCSS.6.EE.B.8

My sister plans to sell more than 250 boxes of cookies.

• c>250
• c<250
• c≤250
• c≥250

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CCSS.6.EE.B.8

you must be at least 48 inches to ride the roller coaster.

• x > 48
• x < 48
• x ≤ 48
• x ≥ 48

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CCSS.6.EE.B.8

Monica wants to spend at most $40 at the county fair. Entrance to the fair costs $15. She can spend d dollars on other things at the fair. Which inequality can be used to find the possible values of d?

• d − 15 > 40

• d − 15 < 40

• d + 15 ≥ 40

• d + 15 ≤ 40

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4B

Amira wrote the inequality p + 5 ≤ 18. Which situation is best represented by this inequality?

• Amira spent 18 minutes making p phone calls. Each call was at least 5 minutes long.

• Amira removed 18 marbles from a bag of p marbles. Afterwards, there were at least 5 marbles in the bag.

• Amira placed p pieces of paper in 18 stacks. Each sack had a most 5 pieces of paper.

• After Amira added 5 books to a stack of p books, there were no more than 18 books in the stack.

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4B

Mrs. Scott decided that she would spend no more than $120 to buy birthday presents for her triplets. Which inequality can be used to determine the maximum Mrs. Scott can spend on each child?

• 3x > 120

• 3x ≤ 120

• x + 3 ≤ 120

• x + 3 > 120

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CCSS.6.EE.B.8

Trisha and her three sisters to decide to purchase their mom a Christmas gift. They decide that everyone will contribute an equal amount, up to $60 per person. Which inequality will help find how much money will the sisters spend on their mom for Christmas?

• x ÷ 4 ≤ 60

• 4x ≤ 60

• x ÷ 4 ≥ 60

• 4x ≥ 60

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CCSS.6.EE.B.8

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

Your brother has $2,000 saved for a vacation. His airplane ticket is $637. Which inequality can be used to find out how much he can spend on everything else?

• 637 + x ≤ 2000

• x − 637 ≤ 2000

• 637 + x ≥ 2000

• x − 637 < 2000

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4B

A new tree you just planted will grow to be at most 19 feet tall. If it is currently 4 feet tall how many more feet will it grow?

• x + 4 ≤ 19

• 4x ≤ 19

• x + 4 ≥ 19

• 4x ≥ 19

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CCSS.6.EE.B.8

CCSS.6.EE.B.6