Translating 2 variable inequalities

Let x = # cookies

y = # brownies

Translate: "There will be no more than 600 treats in total"

Let x = # cookies

y = # brownies

Translate: "There will be a minimum of 400 brownies for sale"

• x + y < 400

• y > 400

• y < 400

• x + y > 400

Let x = # cookies

y = # brownies

Translate: "There will be a minimum of 50 cookies"

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CCSS.6.EE.B.8

Let x = # cookies

y= # brownies

Translate: "There are at least 10 more cookies than twice the number of brownies"

• x > 10y + 2

• x > 2y + 10

• y > 2x+10

• y < 2x + 10

Let x = # of cookies

y= # of brownies

Translate: "There is at most twice as many cookies as brownies"

Let x = # cookies

Let y = #brownies

Translate: "There are at most four times as many brownies as cookies

• x < 4y

• x < y+4

• y < 4x

• y< x +4