WRITING TWO-STEP
INEQUALITIES
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Writing two-step inequalities
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Jada has $6. She goes to the
store and buys one bottle of
soda for $1.20. Write an
inequality to find out how
many bags of chips she can
buy if each back of chips
costs $0.99. (no tax)
1.75! + 12 <30
2! + 55 > 400
6! -30 ≥ 100
0.99! + 1.20 ≤ 6
ie
1.75! + 12 ≤ 30
Cameron wants to buy 6 video
games, all costing the same
amount. He has a $30 coupon
1.75! + 12 ≥ 30 and he can spend no more than 6! -30 ≤ 100
$100. Write an inequality to
find the possible cost of each
video game.
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Carl has $30 to spend at
the arcade. He spent $12 on
food and each game costs
$1.75. Write an inequality
to find the most number of
games Carl can play.
two friends earned more than
$400 selling t-shirts. They
paid their parents $55 for
supplies and divided the rest
2! + 55 < 400
of the money equally. Write an
inequality to find possible
amounts each friend earned.
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3! – 20< 60
A taxi cab costs a $2 flat fee
plus $1.50 for each
additional ride. Write an
inequality to find out how 1.50! + 2≤ 60
many miles you can travel if
you have $30 to spend on your
ride.
22! + 35 ≥ 95
1.75! + 2.25 ≥ 10
Michelle has $10 to spend at the
pizza parlor. She buys one slice
of pepperoni pizza for $2.25.
Write an inequality that shows 1.75! + 2.25 ≤ 10
how many slices of cheese pizza
she can buy if each slice of cheese
pizza is $1.75.
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3! – 20≤ 60
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Justin wants to by shorts
Rachel is buying lunch for
herself and two friends. She has
that cost $35 and some
a coupon for $20 off the total
shirts that are on sale for
bill. Rachel wants to spend less
$22 each. He has $95 to
than $60. Write an inequality 22! + 35 ≤ 95
4! + 183 ≥ 500
spend. Write an inequality
to find out the cost of each meal
to find the number of shirts
if they all order the same meal
for lunch.
he can buy.
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85 !
78
2! + 55 ≥ 400
+1
3! + 20< 60
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55! + 30 < 90
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Mike needs to eat less than
2000 calories in a day. He
already ate 1780 calories and
wants to eat a few more snacks
that are 85 calories each. Write
an inequality to find out how
many snacks mike can eat.
85
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Mia spent $30 on supplies to
make 55 cookies for a bake
sale. Write an inequality to
find out the price Mia should
charge for the cookies, if she 55! + 30 > 90
needs a profit of more than
$90.
Your school plans to collect at
least 500 pairs of socks for the
homeless. So far 183 socks have
been collected. Write an
inequality to find the average
number of socks the school can
collect on the final 4 days to
meet its goal.
4! + 183 ≤ 500
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