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My Math Booklet 6

Term 2 – Grade 7

Solving Linear Inequalities


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Translating Linear Inequalities BS1

Translate each verbal phrase into an inequality.

1) 5 is not more than x 2) Value of x is greater than or equal to 14

3) x is greater than or equal to 12 4) 6 is not less than x

5) Value of x is greater than 7 6) x is greater than 15

7) x is not more than 13 8) 9 is less than or equal to x

9) Value of x is at least 1 10) Value of x is less than 14

11) Value of x is less than or equal to 10 12) x is more than 3

13) 16 is less than x 14) Value of x is at most 8

15) Value of x is not greater than 18 16) 2 is more than x

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Writing an inequality for a real-world situation: Worksheet 4.1

Name ……………………………… Date ……………………………… Score …………………………………


Write an inequality for each of the following real-world situations.
1. Natasha has at least 5 cats. Let c represent the number of cats Natasha
has.

2. Ruben walks his dog more than 30 minutes every day. Let t represent the
time in minutes that Ruben walks his dog.

3. More than 370 students went on a field trip. Ten buses were filled and 8
more students traveled in a car. Let s represent the number of students in
each bus.

4. John spent less than $28 on a magazine and six composition books. The
magazine cost $5. Let the cost of a composition book be z.

5. Linda rented a bike from Bruno's Bikes. They charged her $4 per hour,
plus a $15 fee. Linda paid less than $35. Let h be the number of hours
Linda rented the bike.

6. Shawna needs to buy some pencils and an eraser. She can spend no
more than $6. The eraser costs $1 and the pencils cost $0.30 each. Let
the number of pencils Shawna buys be p.

7. For a field trip 22 students rode in cars and the rest filled six buses. How
many students were in each bus if no more than 280 students went on
the trip? Let number of students in each bus be x.

8. Phil is saving $8 each week. He earns an extra $12 by mowing his


neighbor's lawn. How many weeks will he need to save to have at least
$72? Let Phil work for m number of weeks to save the amount.

9. Mojo's Canoes rents canoes for $25 plus $40 per hour. You do not want to
spend more than $150. For how many hours can you afford to rent the
canoe? Let the number of hours you can rent the canoe be h.

10. Monica won 50 lollipops playing volleyball at the school fair. She gave
three to every student in her math class. She has at least 9 lollipops left.
Let the number of students in her class be s.

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Solving One-Step Inequalities
Name: Date:

V Solve each inequality.

(1) fÑ7ê12 (2) hÑ18ë28 (3) xÑ4í18

(4) tÑ9ë28 (5) nÑ4ê9 (6) wÑ11ë27

(7) rÑ4ì18 (8) hÑ7ë17 (9) bÑ14ë23

(10) wÑ5ë12 (11) xÑ9ê14 (12) hÑ10ë19

(13) gÑ6ë14 (14) zÑ3ì10 (15) yÑ13ê25

(16) yÑ3ê6 (17) bÑ18ì30 (18) fÑ10ë14

(19) hÑ3ì22 (20) pÑ8í20 (21) aÑ17ì30

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Solving One-Step Inequalities
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V Solve each inequality.

(1) 29í zÑ13 (2) 22ì eÑ6 (3) 20ê pÑ10

(4) 27ë rÑ8 (5) 31ì xÑ20 (6) 26í qÑ14

(7) 24ë rÑ13 (8) 32ë cÑ15 (9) 18ì tÑ3

(10) 19ê jÑ11 (11) 24ì nÑ19 (12) 26ì dÑ9

(13) 32ë bÑ18 (14) 24ë wÑ17 (15) 35ê hÑ16

(16) 22ê gÑ10 (17) 10ë cÑ4 (18) 22ì mÑ8

(19) 28ë tÑ20 (20) 27ë kÑ13 (21) 26ê yÑ11

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Solving One-Step Inequalities
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V Solve each inequality.

(1) 12ë jÉ14 (2) 5ë hÉ6 (3) 8ì wÉ11

(4) 14í cÉ6 (5) 18í aÉ12 (6) 9ì sÉ18

(7) 7ê dÉ9 (8) 18ë eÉ17 (9) 20ì bÉ5

(10) 14ë iÉ8 (11) 5ë cÉ19 (12) 18ë nÉ6

(13) 8ì sÉ7 (14) 7ì zÉ7 (15) 12ì hÉ6

(16) 14í iÉ19 (17) 9ê rÉ18 (18) 20ë hÉ3

(19) 3ê qÉ8 (20) 4ì rÉ7 (21) 16ë hÉ10

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Solving One-Step Inequalities
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V Solve each inequality.

(1) 54í 9t (2) – 24ë t ( 6 )

(3) – 40ë n ( 5 ) (4) 80ê 10m

(5) – 24ì3t (6) – 30ê h ( 3 )

(7) 24ì s ( 8 ) (8) 30ë10y

(9) 36ì 6x (10) – 32í8w

(11) – 18ì t ( 3 ) (12) – 12í4f

(13) – 30ê6e (14) 21ë x ( 3 )

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Solving One-Step Inequalities
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V Solve each inequality.

(1) – 90ë i ( – 9 ) (2) – 56í – 8q

(3) – 40ê i ( – 5 ) (4) – 36í t ( – 4 )

(5) – 12ê – 3g (6) 80ë z ( – 10 )

(7) – 50ë – 10s (8) 18í – 6q

(9) 30ê t ( – 6 ) (10) – 100ì t ( – 10 )

(11) – 80ê – 8i (12) 60í f ( – 10 )

(13) 72í – 8p (14) – 40í – 5w

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Solving One-Step Inequalities
Name: Date:

V
(1)
Solve each inequality.

c
(2) – 5ì
m
(3) – 4ì
1
x
3 3 4

1 s 1
(4) 4ì d (5) 4ê (6) – 10ì c
5 4 9

z i r
(7) 10í (8) – 10ê (9) 3ê
3 10 6

1 1 g
(10) – 9í n (11) – 8ì d (12) 10ê
3 4 4

r 1 y
(13) 8ë (14) – 7ì g (15) 10í
5 6 6

s 1 1
(16) 9ê (17) 3í r (18) 3í j
8 3 4

1 1 b
(19) 10ì i (20) – 3í h (21) 4ì
3 6 7

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Solving One-Step Inequalities
Name: Date:

V
(1)
Solve each inequality.

k
(2) – 5ì
1
m (3) – 4ì
1
z
7 6 8

1 c 1
(4) – 3ë g (5) 5ê (6) – 5ê s
6 5 9

e 1 h
(7) 3ë (8) – 3ì x (9) 9ì
10 10 3

b h h
(10) – 10ì (11) 9ë (12) – 10ê
8 8 10

x n 1
(13) 4ë (14) – 8ê (15) – 6ê s
3 10 4

1 1 j
(16) 3ê m (17) – 9ê z (18) – 9ë
3 6 5

h 1 g
(19) 7ê (20) – 9ë j (21) 9ê
5 6 3

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Solving Two-Step Inequalities

Solve each inequality.

2- 𝟏𝟐𝒘 + 𝟔 ≥ 𝟏𝟖 3- 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟖 ≤ 𝟏𝟔
1- 𝒙 +   

5- 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒 ≥ 𝟏𝟒 6- 𝟓𝒎 + 𝟑 < 𝟐𝟑
4- 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒 ≥ 𝟏

8- 𝟑𝒕 + 𝟐 ≥ 𝟕𝟕 9- 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝒒 + 𝟓𝟎 ≤ 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝟎
7- 𝟏𝟑𝒑 + 𝟏𝟐 > 𝟑𝟖

11- 𝟕𝒑 + 𝟒 > 𝟐𝟓 12- 𝟒𝒋 + 𝟐 < 𝟑𝟒


10- 𝟐𝒇 + 𝟐𝟎 ≤ 𝟐𝟒𝟎

14- 𝟐𝒃 + 𝟐 < 𝟑𝟐 15- 𝟏𝟐𝒃 + 𝟐𝟒 ≤ 𝟒𝟖


13- 𝟓𝒂 + 𝟒 ≥ 𝟓𝟗

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Solving Two-Step Inequalities

Solve each inequality.

3- 𝟏𝟔 ≤ 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟖
1-   𝒙 +  2- 𝟏𝟖 ≥ 𝟏𝟐𝒘 + 𝟔

5- 𝟏𝟒 ≥ 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟒 6- 𝟐𝟑 < 𝟓𝒎 + 𝟑
4- 𝟏 ≥ 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒

8- 𝟕𝟕 ≥ 𝟑𝒕 + 𝟐 9- 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝟎 ≤ 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝒒 + 𝟓𝟎
7- 𝟑𝟖 > 𝟏𝟑𝒑 + 𝟏𝟐

11- 𝟐𝟓 > 𝟕𝒑 + 𝟒 12- 𝟑𝟒 < 𝟒𝒋 + 𝟐


10- 𝟐𝟒𝟎 ≤ 𝟐𝒇 + 𝟐𝟎

14- 𝟑𝟐 < 𝟐𝒃 + 𝟐 15- 𝟒𝟖 ≤ 𝟏𝟐𝒃 + 𝟐𝟒


13- 𝟓𝟗 ≥ 𝟓𝒂 + 𝟒

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Solving Two-Step Inequalities

Solve each inequality.

𝟏 𝟏
𝟏 2- 𝟏𝟖 ≥ 𝟑 𝒘 + 𝟔 3- 𝟏𝟔 ≤ 𝒙 + 𝟖
1-   𝟐
𝒙 + 𝟑

𝟏 𝟏
𝟏 5- 𝟏𝟒 ≥ 𝟓 𝒙 + 𝟒 6- 𝟐𝟑 < 𝒎 + 𝟑
4- 𝟏𝟎 ≥ 𝟒
𝒙 + 𝟒 𝟐

𝒕 𝒒
𝟏 8- 𝟕 ≥ + 𝟐 9- 𝟓𝟎 ≤ + 𝟓𝟎
7- 𝟑𝟖 > 𝒑 + 𝟏𝟐 𝟑 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟐

𝒑 𝒋
𝒇 11- 𝟐𝟓 > 𝟑 + 𝟒 12- 𝟑𝟒 < + 𝟐
10- 𝟐𝟒𝟎 ≤ 𝟐
+ 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝟑

𝒃 𝒃
𝒂
13- 𝟓 ≥ 𝟒 + 𝟒 14- 𝟑𝟐 < 𝟒 + 𝟐 15- 𝟒𝟖 ≤ 𝟑
+ 𝟒𝟒

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Solving Two-Step Inequalities

Solve each inequality.

𝟏 𝟏
𝟏 2- 𝒘 + 𝟔 ≥ 𝟏𝟖 3- 𝒙 + 𝟖 ≤ 𝟏𝟔
1- 𝟐
𝒙 + 𝟑 𝟑

𝟏 𝟏
𝟏 5- 𝒙 + 𝟒 ≥ 𝟏𝟒 6- 𝒎 + 𝟑 < 𝟐𝟑
4- 𝟒
𝒙 + 𝟒 ≥ 𝟏𝟎 𝟓 𝟐

𝒕 𝒒
𝟏 8- + 𝟐 ≥ 𝟕 9- + 𝟓𝟎 ≤ 𝟓𝟎
7- 𝒑 + 𝟏𝟐 > 𝟑𝟖 𝟑 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟐

𝒑 𝒋
𝒇 11- 𝟑 + 𝟒 > 𝟐𝟓 12- + 𝟐 < 𝟑𝟒
10- 𝟐
+ 𝟐𝟎𝟎 ≤ 𝟐𝟒𝟎 𝟑

𝒃 𝒃
13-
𝒂
+ 𝟒 ≥ 𝟓 14- 𝟒
+ 𝟐 < 𝟑𝟐 15- 𝟑 + 𝟒𝟒 ≤ 𝟒𝟖
𝟒

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Solving Two-Step Inequalities

Solve each inequality.

𝟏 𝟏
𝟏 2- 𝒘 − 𝟔 ≥ 𝟑 3- 𝒙 − 𝟖 ≤ 𝟏
1- 𝟐
𝒙 − 𝟒 𝟑 𝟑

𝟏 𝟏
𝟏 5- 𝒙 − 𝟒 ≥𝟒 6- 𝒎 − 𝟑 < 𝟏𝟑
4- 𝟒
𝒙− 𝟒 ≥𝟏 𝟓 𝟐

𝒕 𝒒
𝟏 8- − 𝟐≥𝟕 9- − 𝟓𝟎 ≤ 𝟓𝟎
7- 𝒑 − 𝟏𝟐 > 𝟐 𝟐 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟐

𝒑 𝒋
𝒇 11- 𝟑 − 𝟒 > 𝟐𝟑 12- − 𝟐<𝟗
10- 𝟐
− 𝟐𝟎𝟎 ≤ 𝟒𝟎 𝟔

𝒃 𝒃
13-
𝒂
− 𝟒 ≥𝟓 14- 𝟒
− 𝟐 < 𝟑𝟐 15- 𝟑
− 𝟒≤ 𝟖
𝟒

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Solving Two-Step Inequalities

Solve each inequality.

𝟏 𝟏
𝟏 2- 𝟑 ≥ 𝟑𝒘 − 𝟔 3- 𝟏≤ 𝒙− 𝟖
1- 𝟒  𝟐
𝒙 −  𝟑

𝟏 𝟏
𝟏 5- 𝟒 ≥ 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟒 6- 𝟏𝟑 < 𝒎− 𝟑
4- 𝟏 ≥ 𝟒
𝒙− 𝟒 𝟐

𝒕 𝒒
𝟏 8- 𝟕 ≥ − 𝟐 9- 𝟓𝟎 ≤ − 𝟓𝟎
7- 𝟐 > 𝒑− 𝟏𝟐 𝟐 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟐

𝒑 𝒋
𝒇 11- 𝟐𝟑 > 𝟑 − 𝟒 12- 𝟗 < − 𝟐
10- 𝟒𝟎 ≤ 𝟐
− 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝟔

𝒃 𝒃
𝒂
13- 𝟓 ≥ 𝟒 − 𝟒 14- 𝟑𝟐 < 𝟒 − 𝟐 15- 𝟖 ≤ 𝟑
− 𝟒

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Solving Two-Step Inequalities

Solve each inequality.

2- 𝟏𝟐𝒘 − 𝟔 ≥ 𝟏𝟖 3- 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟖 ≤ 𝟏𝟔
1- 𝒙 −   

5- 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒 ≥ 𝟏𝟒 6- 𝟏𝟑𝒎 − 𝟑 < 𝟐𝟑
4- 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟒 ≥ 𝟏

8- 𝟑𝒕 − 𝟐 ≥ 𝟕𝟕 9- 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝒒 − 𝟓𝟎 ≤ 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝟎
7- 𝟏𝟎𝒑 − 𝟏𝟐 > 𝟑𝟖

11- 𝟕𝒑 − 𝟒 > 𝟐𝟒 12- 𝟒𝒋 − 𝟐 < 𝟑𝟒


10- 𝟐𝒇 − 𝟐𝟎 ≤ 𝟐𝟒𝟎

14- 𝟐𝒃 − 𝟐 < 𝟑𝟐 15- 𝟏𝟐𝒃 − 𝟐𝟒 ≤ 𝟒𝟖


13- 𝟑𝒂 − 𝟒 ≥ 𝟓

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Solving Two-Step Inequalities

Solve each inequality.

2- 𝟏𝟖 ≥ 𝟏𝟐𝒘 − 𝟔 3- 𝟏𝟔 ≤ 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟖
1-   𝒙 − 

5- 𝟏𝟒 ≥ 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒 6- 𝟐𝟑 < 𝟏𝟑𝒎 − 𝟑
4- 𝟏 ≥ 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟒

8- 𝟕𝟕 ≥ 𝟑𝒕 − 𝟐 9- 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝟎 ≤ 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝒒 − 𝟓𝟎
7- 𝟑𝟖 > 𝟏𝟎𝒑 − 𝟏𝟐

11- 𝟐𝟒 > 𝟕𝒑 − 𝟒 12- 𝟑𝟒 < 𝟒𝒋 − 𝟐


10- 𝟐𝟒𝟎 ≤ 𝟐𝒇 − 𝟐𝟎

14- 𝟑𝟐 < 𝟐𝒃 − 𝟐 15- 𝟒𝟖 ≤ 𝟏𝟐𝒃 − 𝟐𝟒


13- 𝟓 ≥ 𝟑𝒂 − 𝟒

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Inequalities Worksheet

1 a. Plot the inequality n > 6. 1 b. Plot the inequality n ≤ 6.

2 a. Plot the inequality g < 7. 2 b. Plot the inequality n ≤ 1.

3 a. Plot the inequality t ≤ 9. 3 b. Plot the inequality a ≤ 1.

4 a. Plot the inequality k ≤ 5. 4 b. Plot the inequality d ≤ 7.

5 a. Plot the inequality c > 10. 5 b. Plot the inequality y < 6.

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6 a. Plot the inequality r ≤ 2. 6 b. Plot the inequality r ≥ 7.

7 a. Plot the inequality q > 4. 7 b. Plot the inequality b > 6.

8 a. Plot the inequality b ≤ 9. 8 b. Plot the inequality p ≥ 2.

9 a. Plot the inequality s ≥ 7. 9 b. Plot the inequality p ≥ 1.

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Inequalities Worksheet

1 a. Solve, and plot the solution set. 1 b. Solve, and plot the solution set.

n 10 < 3 – r
2 <
3

2 a. Solve, and plot the solution set. 2 b. Solve, and plot the solution set.

v–1 ≤ 5 9 > 10 – q

3 a. Solve, and plot the solution set. 3 b. Solve, and plot the solution set.

9+p≥ 8 2 > 8–s

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4 a. Solve, and plot the solution set. 4 b. Solve, and plot the solution set.

c – 10 ≤ 5 8–q > 5

5 a. Solve, and plot the solution set. 5 b. Solve, and plot the solution set.

q s–1 ≤ 4
8 <
7

6 a. Solve, and plot the solution set. 6 b. Solve, and plot the solution set.

n–3 ≤ 7 c–9 ≤ 1

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Writing Inequalities ES1

Write the inequality that best describes each graph :

1) 2)

-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 -30 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Inequality : Inequality :

3) 4)

-24 -20 -16 -12 -8 -4 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 -12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Inequality : Inequality :

5) 6)

-30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 -54 -36 -18 0 18 36 54

Inequality : Inequality :

7) 8)

-18 -15 -12 -9 -6 -3 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22

Inequality : Inequality :

9) 10)

-36 -30 -24 -18 -12 -6 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Inequality : Inequality :

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PRACTICE TUTORIAL

Name:

Practice & Problem Solving Scan for


Multimedia
Leveled Practice In 6 and 7, fill in the boxes to solve each inequality. Then graph
the solutions.

Solve . Then graph the solution. Solve . Then graph the solution.

The maximum number of students in a classroom Higher Order Thinking The inequality
is 26. If there are 16 students signed up for the has the solution What
art class, how many more students can join the is the value of c? How do you know?
class without exceeding the maximum?

Rina is climbing a mountain. She has not


yet reached base camp. Write an inequality
to show the remaining distance, d, in feet
she must climb to reach the peak.

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On a math test, students must solve the Model with Math Dani’s neighbors paid
inequality and then graph the her to take care of their bird during their
solution. Mason said the solution is vacation. Dani spent $4 of her earnings on
and graphed the solution as shown below. an afternoon snack and $16 on a new book.
Afterward, she had at least $8 left. Write
an inequality to represent how much Dani’s
neighbors paid her.
a. What error did Mason make?

b. Show the correct solution on the number line.

Reasoning The temperature in a greenhouse should


be 67°F or higher. One morning, the heater stopped
working. The temperature dropped 4 degrees before
someone fixed the heater. The temperature was
still at least 67°F when the heater started working
again. How can you best describe the temperature
in the greenhouse before the heater stopped
working?

Assessment Practice
Ramiro has $21. He wants to buy a skateboard that costs $47. How much
more money does he need to have at least $47? Write an inequality that
represents the situation. Solve the inequality and graph your solution.

Kendra has $7.35 in her purse. She needs at least $2.87 more to
buy a special bead. What is the total amount, x, she needs for
the bead? Which inequalities can be used to represent
the situation? Select all that apply.

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PRACTICE TUTORIAL

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Leveled Practice In 6–9, fill in the boxes to solve the inequality. Then graph
the solution.

Kyra and five friends shared a bag of fruit Over the next 17 months, Eli needs to read more
snacks. Each person got no more than 3 fruit than 102 e-books. The inequality
snacks. The inequality represents represents the number of e-books he needs to
this situation. Solve the inequality to find the read per month. Solve the inequality to find the
possible numbers of fruit snacks that were in number of e-books Eli needs to read per month.
the bag.

Brittney can spend no more than $15 for new fish in her aquarium.
a. Let f be the number of fish she can buy.
What inequality represents the problem?

b. How many fish can Brittney buy?

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Isaac has a bag of n peanuts. He shares the a. Solve the inequality .


peanuts with 5 of his friends. Each person gets
at least 18 peanuts. The inequality
b. Reasoning Describe how you know the
represents this situation. Graph the solution of
direction of the inequality sign without
this inequality.
solving the inequality.

Higher Order Thinking Renata and her family go through


an average of more than 15 cans of sparkling water each day.
They buy cases of 24 cans at $3.50 a case.
a. Write an inequality for the number of cases they go
through in 30 days.

b. Solve the inequality in part a. If they buy only full cases,


how much do they spend on sparkling water in 30 days?

Solve the inequality. Graph the solution on the number line.

Assessment Practice
Cynthia plans to build a tree house that is the size of Andrew’s
tree house. Cynthia plans to make the area of her tree house
at least 13 square feet.
PART A PART B
Write and solve an inequality to find the area Describe how you know which tree house is larger
of Andrew’s tree house. Let x be the area of without solving the inequality.
Andrew’s tree house.

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PRACTICE TUTORIAL

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Leveled Practice For 8 and 9, fill in the boxes to write and solve each inequality.

Eight less than the product of a number n and Seven more than the quotient of a number b
is no more than 95. and 45 is greater than 5.

Solve the inequalities and compare.


a. Solve .

b. Solve .

c. Which is the correct comparison of solutions for and ?

𝖠 The inequalities have some common solutions.


𝖡 The inequalities have one common solution.
𝖢 The inequalities have no common solutions.
𝖣 The inequalities have the same solutions.

Make Sense and Persevere Talia has a daily


budget of $94 for a car rental. Write and solve
an inequality to find the greatest distance Talia
can drive each day while staying within her
budget.

Model with Math A manager needs to rope off a rectangular


section for a private party. The length of the section must be 7.6 meters.
The manager can use no more than 28 meters of rope. What inequality
could you use to find the possible width, w, of the roped-off
section?

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Higher Order Thinking Andrea went to the store


to buy a sweater that was on sale for 40% off the
original price. It was then put on clearance at an
additional 25% off the sale price. She also used
a coupon that saved her an additional $5. Andrea
did not spend more than $7.60 for the sweater.
What are the possible values for the original
price of the sweater?

A pool can hold 850 gallons. It now has 598 gallons of


water and is being filled at the rate shown. How many
more minutes, m, can water continue to flow into the
pool before it overflows? Write and solve an inequality.

Assessment Practice
Use the rectangle diagram at the right.
PART A
Write and solve an inequality to find the values of x for
which the perimeter of the rectangle is less than 120.

PART B
Based on your answer to Part A, are there any values
that can be eliminated from the solution set? Explain.

Kari is building a rectangular garden bed. The length is 6 feet.


She has 20 feet of boards to make the sides. Write and solve an
inequality to find the possible width of her garden bed.

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Use the inequality .
a. Solve the inequality for x.

b. Which graph shows the solution to the inequality?

Michelle says that the solution to the inequality Model with Math The length of a picture
is . Her work is shown. frame is 7 inches more than the width. For what
values of x is the perimeter of the picture frame
greater than 154 inches?

a. What was Michelle’s mistake?

b. What is the solution to the inequality?

Critique Reasoning Sierra says that she can simplify the left
side of the inequality by combining
the terms within the parentheses, but that she can’t do the same
on the right side. Is Sierra correct? Explain.

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a. Solve the inequality .

b. Solve the inequality .

c. Are there any values of z that solve both inequalities? Use a


number line to support your answer.

Mr. Lin baked banana bread for a bake sale to Use both the Addition and Multiplication
raise money for the math team. He said that Properties of Inequality to solve the inequality.
he added a spoonful of walnuts for each of Graph the solutions on a number line.
the students in his three classes, and that he
added more than 250 walnuts. He used the
inequality to represent
the situation, where w represents the number
of walnuts in each spoonful. How many walnuts
could be in each spoonful?

Higher Order Thinking Solve each of the given inequalities for z.


Which of the inequalities has 5 as a solution?
Inequality 1 Inequality 2

Assessment Practice
The school band needs $500 to buy new hats. They already have $200.
They are selling bumper stickers for $1.50 each. How many bumper
stickers do they need to sell to have at least $500? Write and solve
an inequality that represents the situation.

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