Practice - Word Problems Involving Inequalities
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Practice Questions
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A person has $50 to spend on books costing $10 each. Write the inequality for the maximum number of books (b) they can buy.
💡 Hint: Think about how many times 10 fits into 50.
If Sarah has 15 apples and wants to give them to her friends, writing an inequality for how many friends (f) can receive apples if she gives each 2.
💡 Hint: What happens if you multiply the number of friends by 2?
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Interactive Quizzes
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If each notebook costs $3 and a student has $15, what inequality represents the situation?
💡 Hint: Think about how many notebooks you can afford with your total.
True or False: Inequalities can only represent specific values.
💡 Hint: Remember what inequalities are used for.
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Challenge Problems
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A gardener wants to plant at least three types of flowers in a garden where the total area cannot exceed 100 square feet. If each type of flower requires 25 square feet, set up and solve the inequality to determine how many types of flowers can be planted.
💡 Hint: Think about space usage per flower type.
A driver can only travel a maximum of 300 miles in a day. If they take 60 miles for each visit and want to visit clients, find how many clients (c) can they realistically see with this limit.
💡 Hint: You need to understand how many full visits fit into your total distance.
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