Inequalities Practice

Write an inequality:
Twenty-two more than four times a number is less than 82.

• 22 + 4n ≤ 82
• 22 + 4n > 82
• 82 + 22n ≥ 4
• 22 + 4n < 82

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4B

The Starlight Bowling Alley charges $6 to rent shoes and $8 per game. Cameron has only $42 to spend. Which inequality represents this scenario if “x” represents the number of games Cameron can play?

• 6x + 8 ≥ 42
• 8x + 6 ≤ 42
• 6x + 8 > 42
• 8x + 6 < 42

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4B

Yellow Cab Taxi charges a $1.75 flat rate in addition to $0.65 per mile.  Katie has no more than $10 to spend on the taxi ride.

• 1.75 + 0.65m < 10
• 1.75 + 0.65m > 10
• 1.75m + 0.65 < 10
• 1.75m + 0.65 > 10

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4B

Write an inequality for the situation:
George rented a bike for 4 hours. There was a $10 dollar deposit to pay in addition to the hourly rate. What was the hourly rate if the total came to less than or equal to $65?

• 10x + 65 ≥ 40
• 4x + 10 ≤ 65
• 4x - 10 ≤ 65
• 65 + 4x ≥ 40

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4B

Ruby set a goal of saving at least $200 in a savings account.

She currently has $60 in the account. If she invests $5 of her weekly allowance per week, how many weeks will it take her to reach her goal?

Write the inequality to the problem.

• 5x+60 ≥ 200

• 5x+60 ≤ 200

• 60x+5 ≥ 200

• 60x+5 ≤ 200

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4B

Ann wants to spend at most $8.50 on school supplies. She needs to purchase a binder (costs $6.89) and wants to spend the rest on pens, which cost $0.59 each. Which inequality represents this situation, where x is the number of pens Ann can buy?

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4B

Katie wants to have at least $200 in her bank account by the end of the month. She currently has $25 in her bank account. Katie makes $12 for each dog that she walks.

Which inequality could help you find how many dogs Katie would have to walk to reach her goal?

• 25 - 12x ≥ 200

• 25 + 12x ≥ 200

• 13x ≥ 200

• 25 + 12x < 200

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4B

A limo driver needs to make more than $450 in one day. He charges a rental fee of $375 plus $0.85 per mile. What inequality represents the number of miles, x, he would have to drive to reach his goal?

• 0.85x + 375 > 450

• 0.85x + 375 < 450

• 0.85 + 375x > 450

• 0.85 + 375x < 450

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4B

At the end of the day, vegetables at the farmer’s market sells for $3.00 a pound, and a basket costs $5.50. If Carol wants to buy a basket and spend no more than $10.00 total, how many pounds of vegetables can she buy?

• 3 + 5.5p < 10
• 10 = 5.5 - 3p

• 5.5 + 3p < 10

• 3p + 5.5 ≤10

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4B

Joan needed $100 to buy a graphing calculator for her math class. Her neighbor will pay her $5 per hour to babysit and her Father gave her $10 for mowing the lawn. Which inequality represents the minimum amount of hours she will need to babysit in order for her to buy her calculator?

• 5x + 10 ≥ 100
• 5x - 100 ≥ 10
• 10x + 5 ≤ 100
• 5x + 10 > 100

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4B