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INEQUALITY WORD PROBLEMS Jessica wants to order some dvd’s from Amazon. Each dvd cost $15.99 and the shipping for the entire order is $9.99. She does not want to spend more than $100. How many dvd’s can she order? Keisha charges a $1.75 flat rate to braid hair in addition to 0.65 per braid. Lanoria has no more than $10 to spend. How many braids can she get? The bowling alley charges a flat rate of $50 for a birthday party, plus $5.50 for each person. Destiny can’t spend more than $100. How many people can she invite? The width of a rectangle is five cm. What length will make the perimeter at least 30 cm?

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Page 1: westmountgrade9.weebly.comwestmountgrade9.weebly.com/.../inequality_word_problems.docx · Web viewJenelle plans to replace the light bulbs in her house with energy saver bulbs. A

INEQUALITY WORD PROBLEMSJessica wants to order some dvd’s from Amazon. Each dvd cost $15.99 and the shipping for the entire order is $9.99. She does not want to spend more than $100. How many dvd’s can she order?

Keisha charges a $1.75 flat rate to braid hair in addition to 0.65 per braid. Lanoria has no more than $10 to spend. How many braids can she get?

The bowling alley charges a flat rate of $50 for a birthday party, plus $5.50 for each person. Destiny can’t spend more than $100. How many people can she invite?

The width of a rectangle is five cm. What length will make the perimeter at least 30 cm?

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A student’s test scores are 75, 79, 88 and 94. What score of the fifth exam will make the average at least 85?

Teagen is saving money to buy a snowmobile helmet. One weekend, she earned $20 to add to her savings, but she still did not have the $135.99 she needed for the helmet. At least how much money had she already saved?

Marie has $4.85. She want to buy a muffin and a cake at a bake sale. The cake is on sale for $3.45. How much can Marie spend on a muffin?

Jenelle plans to replace the light bulbs in her house with energy saver bulbs. A regular light bulb costs $0.55 and has an electricity cost of $0.00420 per hour. An energy saver bulb cost $5.00 and has electricity cost of $0.00105 per hour. For how many hours of use is it cheaper to use an energy saver bulb than a regular bulb?