Inequalities

What is this symbol?

• less than
• greater than
• less than or equal to
• greater than or equal to

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.B.5

CCSS.6.EE.B.8

What is this symbol?

• less than
• greater than
• less than or equal to
• greater than or equal to

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.B.5

CCSS.6.EE.B.8

Which of these means that x is greater than or equal to 12

• x ≥ 12
• x  > 12
• x ≠ 12
• x ≥ 15

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.B.5

CCSS.6.EE.B.8

What symbol does NOT show inequality in math?

• =

• <

• >

x is less than 9

• x < 9
• x > 9
• x ≥ 9
• x ≤ 9

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.B.8

Which represents the word sentence as an inequality?
A number n is at least 17.

• n < 17
• n > 17
• n ≤ 17
• n ≥ 17

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.B.8

Which represents the word sentence as an inequality?
A number w is smaller than -5.

• w < -5
• w > -5
• w ≤ -5
• w ≥ -5

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.B.8

Which situation can you represent with an inequality?

• Each class must have fewer than 25 students.

• The homework took 4 hours to complete.

• The girl earned $40 babysitting.

• Two friends live 7 blocks apart.

Select ALL the situations that can be represented as an inequality.

• To make some cookies, John needs 4 eggs.

• Karen has gone to more than 5 baseball games this season.

• The boy spent more than 4 hours on his video game.

• Last year, the teacher gave one test for each of the 8 chapters.

Simon needs less than 8 more volunteers to help with his survey.

• This situation can be represented by an equation.

• This situation can be represented by an inequality.