Compound Inequalities Word Probems - Examples & Practice
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- (Video) Compound Inequalities in Word Problems by Kara K McWilliams This video by Kara K McWilliams works through some compound inequality word problems. Summary\large{\text{Sum…
By Alex Federspiel, Zora Gilbert, Joshua Siktar, Amy Feraco, Jonathan Heller, Caroline K, Anusha Rahman
- First things first, let's remember what a compound inequality is. A compound inequality is two separate inequalities that are joined together by "and" or "or." If you're more of…
By Hannah Bonville, Zora Gilbert, Alex Federspiel, Joshua Siktar, Caroline K, Jonathan Heller, Anusha Rahman
- Breaking Down Compound Inequality Word Problems Word problems can be tricky, but we can conquer them! These kinds of problems follow patterns that can help find the answer. Incl…
By Jonathan Heller, Anusha Rahman
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- Garret has to make a phone call. Cell phone plan A charges him 22\2222 plus 0.13\0.130.13 per minute. Cell phone plan B charges him 8\88 plus 0.30\0.300.30 per minute. Cell phon…
- A store is offering a sale of 15%15\%15% off all TVs. Meredith wants to buy a TV between the range of 400\400400 and 600\600600. How much would she expect to spend after the sal…
- Luke estimates that the cost for a construction project he wants to do would be strictly between 600,000\600,000600,000 and 850,000\850,000850,000. He has already spent 368,000\…
- Which inequality is equivalent to the following statement? Sixteen less than a number is more than four, but no more than fourteen.
- Anna has scored 606060, 717171, 767676, and 828282 on her chemistry exams. She needs at least a CCC- to pass the course. A CCC- is an average score of 707070 or higher but under…
- Jesse wants to go see a movie but has soccer practice later in the day. He knows the run time, yyy, is given by the following equation: x=y228−αx=\frac{y}{228-\alpha}x=228−αy w…
- Let xxx be a real number such that the five numbers cos(2πx)\cos(2 \pi x)cos(2πx), cos(4πx)\cos(4 \pi x)cos(4πx), cos(8πx)\cos(8 \pi x)cos(8πx), cos(16πx)\cos(16 \pi x)cos(1…
- The length of a rectangle is 151515 inches longer than the width. The perimeter needs to be strictly between 505050 inches and 707070 inches. What are the possible values for th…
- Anna has a coupon at a store where if she buys at least 30\3030 she will receive a 20%20\%20% discount from her purchase. But she only has 60\6060 in her bank account to spend s…
- A street contains the restaurants Stackd, Brueger's Bagels, Qdoba, and McDonalds (in that order). Each building is 404040 feet long and there's a 111 foot space between them all…
- On Halloween a row of 101010 houses each hand out anywhere from 222 to 888 pieces of candy. Kevin is able to visit 888 of the houses. What is the range of the range of possible …
- Everyday humans tend to eat between 333 and 777 percent of their body weight in pounds. If someone weighs 200200200 lbs, what inequality represents how much they ate in a given …
- Your professor only gives two midterms and a final. The semester average is calculated by taking 13\frac{1}{3}31 of the average of the mid-term scores and 23\frac{2}{3}32 of t…
- When solving an inequality word problem, there are key words to pay attention to. When you see the words 'at least', what inequality sign does this represent?
- When solving an inequality word problem, there are key words to pay attention to. When you see the words 'no more than', what inequality sign does this represent?
- When solving an inequality word problem, there are key words to pay attention to. When you see the words 'at least', what inequality sign does this represent?
- When solving an inequality word problem, there are key words to pay attention to. When you see the words 'less than', what inequality sign does this represent?
- Which of the following situations is represented by the number line above?
- A compound inequality is two inequalities joined by the word 'and' or 'or'. The word 'and' means botharet‾\underline{\phantom{both are t}}botharet.
- Spencer is grading homeworks for his students. He has anywhere between 626262 and 888888 students combined in 333 classes. If he has already graded 181818 homeworks, how many mo…
- Jess and Julie want to go on a trip to the beach at the end of this summer. They want to have at least 200200200 dollars to spend on a hotel, travel, and food while they are the…