Inequalities in Action: Solving Real-Life Scenarios

Maria has $50 to spend on books. Each book costs $8. Write an inequality to show how many books she can buy and solve it to find the maximum number of books she can purchase.

• 8

• 7

• 6

• 5

A gym charges a $30 membership fee plus $10 per class. If you want to spend no more than $100, write an inequality to represent the number of classes you can attend and solve it.

• x ≤ 7

• x ≤ 5

• x ≤ 3

• x ≤ 10

Tom is saving money to buy a video game that costs $60. He currently has $15 and saves $5 each week. Write an inequality to find out how many weeks it will take him to save enough money and solve it.

• 12 weeks

• 6 weeks

• 15 weeks

• 9 weeks

A concert ticket costs $45. If you want to buy tickets for yourself and two friends, but you only have $150, write an inequality to represent this situation and solve it to see if you can afford the tickets.

• No, you can only buy one ticket.

• You can afford tickets for four friends.

• You need at least $200 to buy the tickets.

• Yes, you can afford the tickets.

A farmer has a budget of $200 to buy seeds. Each packet of seeds costs $15. Write an inequality to determine how many packets he can buy and solve it.

• 13

• 20

• 15

• 10

A school is planning a field trip and has a budget of $300. Each student must pay $25. Write an inequality to find out how many students can go on the trip and solve it.

• 15

• 10

• 12

• 20

Lisa wants to buy a new phone that costs $300. She has saved $100 and plans to save $20 each week. Write an inequality to find out how many weeks she needs to save to afford the phone and solve it.

• w <= 10

• w >= 10

• w < 10

• w > 10

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $50 plus $0.20 per mile driven. If you want to spend no more than $100, write an inequality to represent the miles you can drive and solve it.

• x ≤ 150

• x ≤ 200

• x ≤ 300

• x ≤ 250

A pizza place offers a deal where you can buy pizzas for $12 each. If you want to spend no more than $60 on pizzas for a party, write an inequality to represent how many pizzas you can buy and solve it.

• x ≤ 3

• x ≤ 6

• x ≤ 5

• x ≤ 4