INEQUALITIES

The lunch lady records the number of sandwiches sold in

the school cafeteria each day. If she sells more than 50 peanut butter sandwiches, she orders

more peanut butter. If s represents the number of sandwiches sold, write an

inequality for this scenario.

s > 50

Mrs. Stanfield must have a minimum of 10 fish in her fish tank (at all times) in the front of the Intermediate Building. If f represents the number of

fish, write an inequality to represent this scenario.

f ≥ 10

In NYC, the elevator ride to the top of the empire state

building can hold no more than 3500 pounds. If p

represents the number of pounds, write an inequality to

represent this scenario.

p ≤ 3500

The gym class’s average results for girls participating in the long jump

is 8 feet and 4 inches.

Sue could jump no farther than 4 inches more than the average

distance for girls. If j represents the distance Sue could jump, write an inequality to represent how far

Sue jumped.

j ≤ 8ft 8inches