Grade 6 | Unit 7 | Lesson 8: Writing and Graphing Inequalities | Practice Problems

At the book sale, all books cost less than $5. What is the most expensive a book could be? Write an inequality to represent costs of books at the sale. Draw a number line to represent the inequality.

Match the statements written in English with the mathematical statements. All of these statements are true.

• E: The number -15 is less than the number -12.

• D: The numbers 12 and -12 are the same distance away from 0 on the number line.

• C: The distance between -12 and 0 on the number line is greater than -15.

• B: The number -12 is a distance of 12 units away from 0 on the number line.

• A: The number -15 is further away from 0 than the number -12 on the number line.

Here are five sums. Use the distributive property to write each sum as a product with two factors.