Supplementary Exercise

Inequalities

1. Express each of the following sentences in an inequality.

(a) The product of 5 and x is less than 6.

(b) Half of x plus 8 is greater than or equal to 51.

2. Express each of the following sentences in an inequality.

(a) The product of x and 4 minus 1 is not greater than x minus 10.

(b) The difference between 6 times x and x is less than 4 times x plus 7.

3. Express each of the following conditions with an unknown in an inequality.

(a) 3 times of Miki’s monthly salary ($n) is greater than $40 000.

(b) A stamp will be given for any purchase of $50 in Success Supermarket. Connie has spent $t in
the supermarket, and she cannot get any stamps.

4. Determine whether the following values are solutions of the inequality 4 x + 1 < 3.
1
(a) x = −1 (b) x =
2

5. Determine whether the following values are solutions of the inequality 7 x − 11 ≤ 8.

(a) x = 2 (b) x = 0

6. Determine whether the following values are solutions of the inequality 6 x − 5 ≥ −2 .

(a) x = 1 (b) x = −1

7. Determine whether the following values are solutions of the inequality 8 x + 7 > 25 .
(a) x = 1 (b) x = 2

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8. Represent the solutions of the following inequalities graphically.
(a) x < 7 (b) x ≥ −3

9. Represent the solutions of the following inequalities graphically.

(a) x > 10 (b) x≤8

10. Write down the inequalities in x shown by the following graphical representations.

(a) (b)

−2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

11. Write down the inequalities in x shown by the following graphical representations.

(a) (b)

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 −9 −8 −7 −6 −5 −4 −3

12. Add the same number to or subtract the same number from both sides of each inequality below, and
obtain an inequality in the form of x ≥ a or x ≤ b .
(a) x + 9 ≥ 6 (b) 4 ≤ −5 − x

13. Add the same number to or subtract the same number from both sides of each inequality below, and
obtain an inequality in the form of x > a or x < b .
(a) x − 11 < 5 (b) −8 < 5 − x

14. Given that p ≤ q, fill in the blanks appropriately with ‘≥’ or ‘≤’.

(a) p + 2 □ q+5 (b) q − 6 □ p −8

15. Given that s > t , fill in the blanks appropriately with ‘>’ or ‘<’.
(a) 2 s − 3 □ 2t − 3 (b) 6 − 7t □ 6 − 7s
16. Given that f ≥ g , fill in the blanks appropriately with ‘≥’ or ‘≤’.

f 2 f 2 g
(a) −5 +
3 □ −5 + g3 (b) −
7 10 □ −
7 10
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17. Multiply both sides of each inequality below by the same number, and obtain an inequality in the
form of x > a or x < b .
x
(a) 3 x > 12 (b) <2
4

18. Multiply both sides of each inequality below by the same number, and obtain an inequality in the
form of x ≥ a or x ≤ b .
x 3x
(a) − ≤5 (b) 15 ≥
2 7

19. If x > 7 , express the ranges of values of a, b and c in inequalities.

1
(a) a = 4 x (b) b = 9 − 4 x (c) c = (9 − 4 x)
19

20. If x ≤ 4 , express the ranges of values of a, b and c in inequalities.

−20 − 6 x
(a) a = −6 x (b) b = −20 − 6 x (c) c =
4

21. If y < 8 , express the ranges of values of a, b and c in inequalities.

y−6 y−6
(a) a = y − 6 (b) b = (c) c = 1 −
2 2

22. It is given that the cost of producing x handbags is $C, where C = 150 + 20 x . If at least 100
handbags will be produced, find the range of the cost.

23. It is given that the monthly charge of exercising for h hours in a fitness centre is $C, where
C = 150 + 5h . If Kenny exercised for not less than 30 hours in the fitness centre last month, find
the range of the amount payable of Kenny last month.

24. It is given that the total expenditure of a summer camp with n participants is $E, where
E = 2 500 + 75n . If the summer camp can hold at most 70 people and there are 22 participants at
present, find the range of the total expenditure.

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26. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically.
(a) 0 < 6 − x (b) 7 ≥ 2 + x

27. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically.
x 5x
(a) ≥3 (b) − < 30
2 4

28. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically.
(a) 8 − 3 x ≤ 2 (b) 2 x + 1 < 7

29. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically.
(a) 13 ≥ 9 x − 5 (b) − 4 x + 7 ≥ 5

30. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically.
(a) 3 + 2 x ≥ 4 x − 19 (b) 3 x − 15 > x − 25

31. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically.
1
(a) 3( x − 3) < 15 (b) (10 − 3x) ≤ 1
7

32. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically.
1
(a) −6(5 − 2 x) < 42 (b) (− 4 − x) ≥ 8
5

33. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically.
(a) 2(15 − 2 x) ≥ 5(3x + 25) (b) 4( x − 13) > 9(39 − x)

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34. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically.
(a) 4 x − 5( x + 3) ≤ 10 (b) 3( x − 1) + 4(6 − x) > −20

35. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically.
2x + 5 48 − 11x
(a) x < (b) x >
7 5

36. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically.
10 − x 20 − x
(a) 2 x ≥ (b) −6 x ≤
5 6

37. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically.
x 5x
(a) > 16 − 5 x (b) ≤ 2x − 7
3 2

38. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically.
x + 1 9x + 5 3x + 8 3 − x
(a) ≥ (b) ≥
2 19 2 5

39. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically.
6 − x 1− x 5 x − 3 7 x − 25
(a) − <0 (b) − ≤0
11 4 4 3

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40. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically.
x 2x 7x
(a) ≤ −1 (b) −1 > x
5 3 8

41. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically.
2x 5x 10 x
(a) x + 16 > +5 (b) −2< +3
13 3 9

42. It is given that 6 + 5 x ≥ 4 .

(a) Find the smallest value of x.
(b) Find the smallest value of x in integer.

43. It is given that 7 − 10 y < 22 . Find the smallest value of y under each of the following conditions.
(a) y is an integer.
(b) y is a positive integer.
(c) y is a prime number.

44. It is given that 8 x − 22 ≤ 210 . Find the largest value of x under each of the following conditions.
(a) x is an integer.
(b) x is a prime number.
(c) x is a multiple of 4.

45. If the product of 12 and x is less than 100, find the largest value of x in integer.

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46. If the sum of 4 times d and half of d is greater than 25, find the smallest value of d in integer.

47. If the sum of 8 times g and half of g minus 10 is not greater than 54, find the largest value of g
in integer.

48. It is given that 3 x > 11x − 40 . If x is a positive integer, find all possible values of x.

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50. The sum of two consecutive numbers is not greater than 130, find the largest values of the
numbers.

51. The sum of three consecutive even numbers is greater than 78, find the smallest values of the
numbers.

52. (a) For three consecutive multiples of 7, if x is the smallest number among them, list the three
numbers.

(b) If the sum of these three numbers is greater than 340, find the smallest value of the largest
number.

53. If the difference between two integers is 5, and their sum is not less than 50, find the smallest
value of the smaller integer.

54. Natalie has got scores of 46, 72, 70 and 65 in the past four tests in Mathematics. If she wants to
get an average score of not less than 60 among the five tests in Mathematics, at least what score
should she get in the 5th test?
[ Hint: Average score = Tot a l s c o r e of t he t ests ]
N u m ber of t ests

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55. The figure shows an isosceles triangle ABC, where AB = AC and AB is 1 cm shorter than three
times of BC. If the perimeter of the triangle is at most 26 cm, find the greatest possible length of
BC.
A

B C

56. In a Science competition, 3 marks are given for each correct answer and 5 marks are deducted for
each wrong answer. If Mandy has answered 14 questions and has obtained a positive score, at least
how many questions has she answered correctly?

57. There are 10 green balls and some red balls in a bag. If the number of green balls is less than three
times the number of red balls by at least 7, at least how many red balls are there in the bag?

58. In a general knowledge competition, 4 marks are given for each correct answer and 3 marks are
deducted for each wrong answer. Sandra has got 25 marks currently and she has to answer 5 more
questions. If her current marks remain unchanged, she will be the champion. At least how many
more questions should she answer correctly to be the champion?

59. Ken has distributed 3 packs of candies evenly to 6 friends. If 2 of his friends do not eat candies,
the remaining ones can get at least 15 more candies each. At least how many candies are there in
each pack?

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60. A company is going to produce certain number of items by 5 machines. If 2 machines cannot
operate at present, the company requires at least 3 more days to finish producing all items. At least
how many items should the company produce?

61. Cindy has joined an advanced program which requires at least 20% of the courses taken to be
social studies. If she has taken 1 course in social studies and 8 courses in non-social studies, at
least how many more courses in social studies should she take to meet the requirement of the
program?

62. The ingredients of the juices of Brand A and Brand B in percentage are as follows:
Brand A B
Ingredients
Water 5% 15%

Apple juice 20% 55%

Mango juice 75% 30%

How much juice of Brand B should be added to 5 L of juice of Brand A, such that there is more than
45% of apple juice in the mixture?

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