Review Exercise 37

Subjective Questions
1.

State whether each of the following statements is true or false.

(a) 7 > 2 is equivalent to 2 < 7.
(b) 4 < 1 is equivalent to 1 > 4.
(c) p < x is equivalent to x > p.
(d) q > x is equivalent to x < q.

2.

If x is a positive integer less than 10, state the possible values of x that satisfy the
following inequalities.
(a) x > 6
(b) x < 4
(c) 5 < x
(d) 7 > x

3.

Write a linear inequality to represent each of the following statements.

(a) s is greater than or equal to 10.
(b) p is less than 8.
(c) 14 is greater than w.
(d) 2 is less than or equal to x.

4.

Represent each of the following inequalities on a number line.

(a) x 3
(b) x < 1
(c) 5 < x
(d) 7 x

5.

Copy and complete.

(a) If p > 30, then
(i)
p + > 44
(ii) p + > 25
(b) If q 14, then
(i) q 8
(ii) q 21

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r
< 2, then
3
r
(i)
x<6
3
(ii) r < 18
(d) If 4s 24, then
(c) If

(i)
(ii)

4s

12

s 6

6.

State an inequality in the form x > k or x < k which is equivalent to each of the
following inequalities.
1
(a) x > 6
2
(b) 5x < 0
x
(c) < 4
9
(d) 7x > 21

7.

Write down the solution for the following inequalities.

(a) x 6
(b) x < 3
(c) x 11
(d) x > 18

8.

Solve the following inequalities.

(a) 3 x 8
(b) 7 x > 0
(c) 10 x 13
(d) 14 x < 20

9.

Solve the following inequalities.

2
(a) x 6
9
3
(b)
x > 12
10
5
5
(c)
x<
6
12
7
14
(d) x
8
15

10.

Determine the solution for each of the following linear inequalities.

(a) 2x 1 > 9
(b) 6x + 2 10

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(c) 7 4x 3
1
(d) 3
x < 5
2
11.

List all the integer values of f that satisfy both the inequalities 3f + 4 < 5 (4 f) and
4f 7 2f 13.

12.

Given that x p < y satisfies both the inequalities 10 p 6 and 5p (3p 7) < 31.
Find the values of x and y.

13.

Given that k is an integer that satisfies both the inequalities

1
k + 3 < 7 and
3

3(7k 2) 16 + 8(2k + 1). Find all the values of k.

14.

List all the integer values of m that satisfy both the inequalities 4m 13 3 (m 1)
m
and 9
4.
3

15.

If p < e r is the solution for the inequalities

4
e < 12 and 3e 15 (e + 31), find
7

the values of p and r.

16.

The inequalities 4k 1 < 3k + 13 and 20 (3 2k) > 25 have the solution a < k < b.
Find the values of a and b.

17.

Solve the inequality h 6 2 (3 h) < 8.

18.

Given that y is an integer that satisfies the inequalities 17 5y 2 and

4 7(y + 2) < 11. Find all the values of y.

19.

Determine the solution for both the inequalities 4 3c < 6 c and 6c + 13 4c + 31.

20.

List all the integer values of r that satisfy both the inequalities

r
+ 3 > 4 and
4

3 (r + 5) 14 28.

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