One-Step Inequality

Louella is driving from Melbourne to Pensacola, a distance of more than 500 miles. After driving 240 miles, Louella stops for lunch. Write and solve an inequality to find how much farther Louella has to drive to reach Pensacola.

Aimee and Desmond are going to a play this evening. Desmond wants to have at least $50 in his wallet. He currently has $5. Write and solve an inequality to find how much more cash Desmond should put in his wallet.

There is space for 120 students to go on a field trip. Currently, 74 students have signed up. Write and solve an inequality to find how many more students can sign up for the field trip.

Trini needs more than 51 cubic feet of soil to top up his raised garden. Each bag of soil contains 1.5 cubic feet. Write and solve an inequality to find how many bags of soil Trini needs.

Solve the inequality: 2x + 6 > 14

• x > 4

• x < 4

• x = 4

• x > 14

y - 13 ≤ -15

• y ≤ 2

• y ≤ -2

• y ≤ 28

• y ≤ -28

Solve the inequality.

• x ≤ 6

• x ≥ 6

• x ≤ -6

• x ≥ -6

Solve the inequality: 2x - 3 < 7

• x > 10

• x = 5

• x < 3

• x < 5

v > -12 v > 12 v < 12 v < -12

• v > -12

• v > 12

• v < 12

• v < -12

w + 4 ≤ -5

• w ≤ -9 

• w ≥ -9

• w ≤ -1 

• w ≥ -1