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 Week 25
Inequalities
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand the inequality notation

• Represent an Inequality on a number line

• Solve inequalities

Inequalities

Inequality, greater than, less than, equal

What are the inequality signs?

There are 4 inequality signs.

Greater Less than Greater Less than

than than or or equal to

>
equal to

< ≥ ≤
You may have heard “the crocodile eats the bigger number”.
So 8 > 5 and 2 < 7.

They work a bit like “equals” signs.

What’s the point of inequality signs?

me problems don’t have one specific answer.

qualities give a range of possible answers.

t you have to give the whole range of answers by using an inequality

n.
Understand the Inequality sign

 Examples:

‘x is less than 4’ this means it can take values of 3, 2, 1, 0, -1,

‘x is greater than or equal to 2’ this means it can take values of

2, 3, 4, 5,……

‘x is less than or equal to -3’ this means that it can take values

of -3, -4, -5,…..

How do the number lines work?

We use two different “dots” to show the

specific number named in the inequality.

○ represents < or >.

● represents ≤ or ≥.

We then draw an arrow from the dot.

ome examples:

Represent on the
number line.
 
Represent on
the number line.
●
○

-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Represent these inequalities on a number line:

●
●
○
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
What about this?

present .

still use the same system:

a dot above each of the numbers.
n them up with a line.
○ ●
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Represent these inequalities on a number line:

● ○
○ ○
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
One last thing:

u may be asked to list all the integers that “satisfy an inequality”.

teger” means “whole number”.

example:
t all integers that satisfy the inequality .

you do is write the numbers that are between -3 and 4, then include 4
ok at the inequality sign!).

swer: -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4

How do you solve inequalities?

you solve this?

Solving inequalities is exactly the s
olve the Inequality

Solving inequalities is exactly the same:

   

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e careful with negatives!

en you multiply or divide an inequality by a negative number, the

quality sign swaps around.

e same thing happens with equals signs, only it makes no difference.

or example: solve

[subtract 13] [add ]

[subtract 7]

[divide  by -3] [divide  by 3]

which can be written:

Both methods give the same

Method 1 answer! Method 2
 Solving Inequalities
Try these questions:
13 + 8x
8 8x
1 x

< 13 + 4x

-8 < 4x

-2 < x
wo inequality signs? How on earth…?

5<2 𝑥 −1< 13
 

s looks horrible, but really isn’t – honestly!

you do is split the two bits up and solve like you have done before.

u then put them back together again at the end.

An example:

5<2
5<2
    
𝑥−
2 𝑥𝑥−1<1 13
−1<13

 
6< 2 𝑥  
2 𝑥 <14
 
3< 𝑥  
𝑥< 7

 
3 < 𝑥 <7
Another example:

 
7<2
7<2
   
𝑦𝑦+3
2 𝑦+3
+3 ≤13
≤ 13

 
4 <2 𝑦  
2 𝑦 ≤ 10
 
2< 𝑦  
𝑦≤5

 
2< 𝑦 ≤5
 LESSON COMPLETE!
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