Question

Andre looks at a box of paper clips. He says: “I think the number of paper clips in the box is less than 1,000.” Lin also looks at the box. She says: “I think the number of paper clips in the box is more than 500.”

Write an inequality to show Andre's statement, using p for the number of paper clips.

Answer 1

500
`\leq` p
`\leq` 1000

Explanation:

Since Andre if giving a rough estimate about how much paper clips are in the box, we will use the
`\leq` (less than or equal to)

Your X value will be your actual number, the equation shows us that p is anywhere between 500 - 1000