Writing an Inequality from a Word Problem Worksheet Download
The four choices are always the SAME variable and the SAME number with the four symbols, listed in the order greater than, greater than or equal to, less than, less than or equal to. Nothing can be eliminated by looking at the numbers - the whole question is which symbol the sentence means, and telling more than from at least is exactly the distinction it is built to test. Each situation is locked to the symbol its wording means and the situations are drawn without replacement, so every page carries all four symbols. Sheet 96 writes an inequality from a phrase and 97 reads one off a number line; this is the word-problem form.
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Writing an Inequality from a Word Problem
A comparison is described in words and students choose the inequality that says the same thing.
About this worksheet
A comparison is described in words and students choose the inequality that says the same thing.
Student objectives
- Translate a comparison in words into an inequality
- Tell more than from at least, and fewer than from no more than
- Choose the right inequality symbol for a situation
- Use a variable to stand for an unknown quantity
Everyday practice
- Read a height requirement on a ride and say what it allows
- Work out what a bus capacity sign means
- Describe a rule like you must be at least 13 with a symbol
- Compare two counts without knowing both of them