Linear Inequalities LI 1

Introduction to Inequalities

Name
Date

Activity

Period

The Human Number Line

Collecting the Data
a. Make a number line on the floor or ground that goes from 10 to 10, with 2 feet between
each pair of numbers.
b. Walker A stands at 2 on the number line, and Walker B stands at 4.
A

10

10

The table below shows this situation and an inequality that represents it.
Note that the number representing the location of the person standing on the left is less than
that of the person standing at the right. The first line in the table below shows this situation.

Operation
Starting
position
Add 2 to both
locations

Walker A
location

Walker B
location

Distance
apart

Inequality

2<4

Subtract 3
Add 2
Subtract 4
Multiply by 2
Subtract 2
Divide by 4
Multiply by 3
Divide by 3
Divide by 0.5
Multiply by 0.5

Updated 5/20/2008

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