Inequality Graphing and Word Problems

Jo needs to collect at least 1,000 signatures for a petition. He has 520 and wants to collect the same number each week. He has 6 more weeks. Which inequality represents this situation?

Wes wants to spend under $15 on lunch. He decides to buy pizza slices, which cost $2.50 each and a two liter soda which costs $1.75. Which inequality represents this situation?

Ms. Savva is ordering pizzas and breadsticks for a school party and has a budget of no more than $81. All of the breadsticks cost her $24. Pizzas are $13 each. How many pizza's can she buy without going over her budget? Write an inequality to represent this situation.

• 24 + 13y < 81

• 24 + 13y ≥ 81

• 24 + 13y ≤ 81

• 24 + 13y > 81

Write the linear inequality in standard form for this situation: The CRHS science department can spend no more than $2700 on textbooks this year. The department needs to buy both Biology text books, which cost $57 each, and Chemistry textbooks, which cost $72 each.

• 57x + 72y ≥ 2700

• 57x + 72y > 2700

• 57x + 72y < 2700

• 57x + 72y ≤ 2700

Write the linear inequality in standard form for this situation: A landscaping business is purchasing plants from a nursery to finish a project. It will cost $14 each to buy each tree and $5 each to buy each bush. The landscaper wishes to keep the spending under $1000.

• 14x + 5y ≥ 1000

• 14x + 5y < 1000

• 14x + 5y  ≤ 1000

• 14x + 5y > 1000

Write the linear inequality in standard form for this situation: The manager of an electronics store projects that the store should achieve more than $21,000 in revenue from TVs and DVD players every day in order to remain profitable. Tvs sell for $225 and DVD players sell for $175.

• 225x +175y ≤ 21,000

• 225x +175y ≥ 21,000

• 225x +175y < 21,000

• 225x +175y > 21,000

Lea needs at least $240 to buy new headphones. She has already saved $30. She earns $14 per car that she washes. Which inequality below can be used to determine how many cars she has to wash to have enough money?

• 14x+30 ≥ 240

• 14x+30 ≤ 240

• 30x+14 ≥ 240

• 30x+14 ≤ 240

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

Mrs. Scott decided that she would spend no more than $120 to buy a jacket and a skirt. If the price of the jacket was $20 more than 3 times the price of the skirt, which inequality represents the highest possible price of the skirt?

• 20x + 120 ≥ 3

• x/3 + 20 ≤ 120

• 3x + 20 ≤ 120

• 3x + 20 ≥ 120

The dance committee hired a DJ for the fall dance. The DJ charges $125 per hour in addition to $55 for an assistant. The committee wants to keep the total cost under $600. Which inequality represents the maximum amount of hours the DJ will play at the dance?

• 125x + 55 ≤ 600

• 125x + 55 ≥ 600

• 125x + 55 > 600

• 125x + 55 < 600