Pretest Graphing Inequalities

Less than or equal to

• <

• >

• ≤

• ≥

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

Which represents the word sentence as an inequality?
A number w is smaller than 5.

• w < 5

• w > 5

• w ≤ 5

• w ≥ 5

s + 9 ≥ -25

• s ≥ -18

• s ≥ -34

• s ≤ 18

• s ≥ 34

-7 + 10z > -27

• z < -2

• z > -34

• 2 > z

• z > -2

-4x + 14 ≤ 54

• x ≥ -10

• x ≤ -10

• x ≥ 10

• x ≤ 10

What inequality does the number line graph represent?

• x > 5

• x < −5

• x ≥ 5

• x ≥ −5

Match the graph with its inequality.

• a > 11

• a < 11

• a ≥ 11

• a ≤ 11

Less Than

• <

• >

• ≤

• ≥

When you graph an inequality, you use a closed dot when you use which symbols?

• ≤, ≥ 

• <, >

• ≤, <

• ≥, >