One-Step Inequalities: Adding and Subtracting Fun!

Lily has 5 apples. She wants to have more than 8 apples. How many more apples does she need?

• 10

• 2

• 4

• 6

Tom has 12 marbles. He gave away some marbles and now has less than 10. How many marbles could he have given away?

• He could have given away exactly 5 marbles.

• He could have given away 15 marbles.

• He could have given away 1 or 2 marbles.

• He could have given away between 3 and 12 marbles.

A box can hold 15 toys. If there are currently 7 toys in the box, how many more toys can be added to the box to still have less than 15?

• 7

• 5

• 10

• 8

Sarah read 9 books this month. She wants to read at least 12 books by the end of the month. How many more books does she need to read?

• 15

• 10

• 5

• 3

Jake has 20 stickers. He lost some stickers and now has fewer than 18. What is the maximum number of stickers he could have lost?

• 10

• 3

• 15

• 5

A plant needs at least 5 hours of sunlight each day. If it currently gets 3 hours, how many more hours of sunlight does it need?

• 4 hours

• 1 hour

• 6 hours

• 2 hours

Emma has 10 balloons. She wants to have more than 15 balloons for her party. How many more balloons does she need to buy?

• 8

• 7

• 5

• 6

There are 25 students in a class. If 3 students are absent, how many students are present? Is the number of present students less than 25?

• 20, yes

• 23, no

• 19, yes

• 22, yes

A jar can hold 30 candies. If there are 22 candies in the jar, how many more candies can be added without exceeding the limit?

• 8

• 15

• 10

• 5

Mark has 18 toy cars. He gave away some and now has fewer than 15. What is the maximum number of toy cars he could have given away?

• 10

• 5

• 7

• 3