Question

At the end of the school year, Emily has 17 blank pages in the back of her notebook. She decides to fold some of the paper into origami flowers to give to her friends. She also plans to use some of the paper to make cards for her teachers. Let f represent the amount of paper, in pages, Emily uses to make origami flowers. Which inequality models the story? f> 17 f≥ 17 f < 17 f≤ 17​

Answer 1

Answer: f ≤ 17

Explanation:

She only has 17 sheets of paper, so you can eliminate f > 17 and f ≥ 17 easily.

The problem states that she'd be using some of the paper. This doesn't mean that she's going to use all of it, but she can.

Because we don't know how much she's going to use, your answer would be f ≤ 17.