Two Step Inequality Word Problems

Lea needs at least $240 to buy new headphones. She has already saved $30. She earns $14 per car that she washes.

What is the least number of cars she can wash to buy the headphones?

Define the variable.

• x = Lea

• x = the number of cars she needs to wash

• x = the number of headphones she wants to buy

• x = the money she already saved

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

Emilia needs at least $240 to buy new headphones. She has already saved $30. She earns $14 per car that she washes.

What is the least number of cars she can wash to buy the headphones?

Define the variable.

• let x = Emilia

• let x = the number of cars she needs to wash

• let x = the number of headphones she wants to buy

• let x = the money she already saved

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.1

Lea needs at least $240 to buy new headphones. She has already saved $30. She earns $14 per car that she washes.

What is the least number of cars she can wash to buy the headphones?

Write the inequality to the problem.

• 14x+30 ≥ 240

• 14x+30 ≤ 240

• 30x+14 ≥ 240

• 30x+14 ≤ 240

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

Lea needs at least $240 to buy new headphones. She has already saved $30. She earns $14 per car that she washes.

What is the least number of cars she can wash to buy the

headphones?

• x ≥ 15

• x ≤ 15

• x > 15

• x < 15

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

Lea needs at least $240 to buy new headphones. She has already saved $30. She earns $14 per car that she washes.

What is the least number of cars she can wash to buy the headphones?

Define the variable.

• x = Lea

• x = the number of cars she needs to wash

• x = the number of headphones she wants to buy

• x = the money she already saved

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.1

Lea needs at least $240 to buy new headphones. She has already saved $30. She earns $14 per car that she washes.

What is the least number of cars she can wash to buy the headphones?

Write the inequality to the problem.

• 14x+30 ≥ 240

• 14x+30 ≤ 240

• 30x+14 ≥ 240

• 30x+14 ≤ 240

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

Lea needs at least $240 to buy new headphones. She has already saved $30. She earns $14 per car that she washes.

What is the least number of cars she can wash to buy the

headphones?

• x ≥ 15

• x ≤ 15

• x > 15

• x < 15

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

Sylvia set a goal of saving at least $200 in a savings account.

She currently has $60 in the account. If she invests $5 of her weekly allowance per week, how many weeks will it take her to reach her goal?

Define the variable.

• x = Syliva

• x = the number of weeks to reach her goal

• x = her monthly allowance

• x = her savings account

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

Sylvia set a goal of saving at least $200 in a savings account.

She currently has $60 in the account. If she invests $5 of her weekly allowance per week, how many weeks will it take her to reach her goal?

Write the inequality to the problem.

• 5x+60 ≥ 200

• 5x+60 ≤ 200

• 60x+5 ≥ 200

• 60x+5 ≤ 200

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

Sylvia set a goal of saving at least $200 in a savings account.

She currently has $60 in the account. If she invests $5 of her weekly allowance per week, how many weeks will it take her to reach her goal?

• x ≥ 28

• x ≤ 28

• x > 28

• x < 28

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3