One-step inequalities with negative numbers
Year 8 maths · Fieldbook Learning
Name ______________________ Date __________
Solve like an equation. If you multiply or divide by a negative number, flip the sign. Write the sign and the number.
- Solve: −6x < 60. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: x ÷ 4 > −4. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: x ÷ 5 < 5. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: 6x < 36. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: x ÷ (−5) > 6. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: x + 3 > 0. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: x ÷ 9 < 9. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: x ÷ (−10) < −2. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: x ÷ 2 > 6. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: x − 10 < 5. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: x ÷ (−14) < −3. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: x + 2 < 8. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: x + 5 < 8. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: x + 15 > −1. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: x ÷ (−16) < −14. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: x ÷ 6 < 17. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: x − 7 > −32. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: x − 8 < −13. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: −5x < −60. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.
- Solve: x ÷ (−7) > −17. Write the answer as x < a number or x > a number.