7th

Grade

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Solving Inequalities

3
x x 19
2x + 5 > 13
x>4

Workbook 3
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Translating Phrases: Multi-Step Equations

Translate each verbal phrase into an algebraic expression.

1) 54 minus 9 times d gives 18 54 – 9d = 18

2) 7 magnified by the product of 5 and b plus 2 is forty-nine 7(5b + 2) = 49

4n – 15 = 1
3) Four-fifths of n decreased by 15 is equivalent to 1 5

4) m diminished by five-sevenths of m is equal to 14 m – 5m = 14

7

5) Difference between eight and twice of h is equivalent to 4 8 – 2h = 4

t + 10 = 16
6) Sum of one-quarter of t and 10 gives 16 4

6t + 2
=4
7) Quotient of sum of 6 times t and 2 and five is 4 5

8) Volume of 4 and product of 5 and q reduced by 13

represents 8 4(5q – 13) = 8

5x
9) 2 plus five-sevenths of x gives 27 2+ = 27
7

29 – k
=3
10) 29 minus k decreased by the factor of 6 are three 6

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Translating Phrases: Multi-Step Equations

Translate each verbal phrase into an algebraic expression.

t2 – 9
= 12
1) The square of t decreased by 9 is divided by 6 is same as 12 6

7
2 – y3 =
2) Difference between 2 and the cube of y gives seven-eighths 8

1
3b + = 6b
3) Total of thrice b and one-quarter is equivalent to 6 times b 4

h2
+ 8 = 14
4) Ratio of the square of h to 6 increased by 8 corresponds to 14 6

2q
23 – = 17
5) Two-thirds of q less than 23 gives 17 3

1
+ 2m3 = 1
6) One-half plus twice the cube of m is 1 2

53 + 5t2
= 12
7) 6 divides sum of 53 and 5 times the square of t is equal to 12 6

1
2n2 – 4 =
8) Doubled the square of n minus 4 gives one-half 2

k3
8+ = 28
9) One-sixth of the cube of k more than 8 is equal to 28 6

3t2 – 2 = 2
10) Subtracting two-thirds from thrice the square of t represents 2 3

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Multi-Step Equations: Integers

Solve each equation.

5(4n – 1)
1) 42 = 3(–4a) + 6 2) 5=
3

a = –3 n=1

3) 14 + 7r + 15 = 10r – 4 4) –2(–d – 9) = 3d + 14

r = 11 d=4

5) 6(2 + 3z) = –24 6) 9 – 2(7 – 8w) = 11w

z = –2 w=1

7) –19 – m = 8(1 + m) 8) 7 + u = u + 12
8 4

m = –3 u = –17

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Multi-Step Equations: Integers

Solve each equation.

8x + 4 = 7(x + 3)
1) 2) 5(4r – 2) + 10 = 6(r + 14)
4

x = –4 r=6

–2(–5v)
3) 3 = –9(s – 5) + 15s 4) =2
8v + 27

s = –7 v = –9

5) –15a = –(6 + 12a) – (9 – 2a) 6) 5g + 17 = 9(–g + 13 + 6g) + 20

a=3 g = –3

6h – 4(4h) + 10
7) = 5(h + 1) 8) –2(7 + 10y) = 3(10y + 12)
3

h = –1 y = –1
5

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Multi-Step Equations: Fractions

Solve each equation.

1)
3 (4w + 4) = 3 – w 2) 48 = 16 2 + 2 s
7 7 3

w= – 9 s = 3 or 1 1
19 2 2

3) 5 + 3 v – (–5) = 16 4) 2+ 1a = 5a+5
4 8 4 8

v = 26 a = –8

5) 11 – 3 p = 1 + 6 6) 5 4y + 1 = 5 y + 7
2 4 2 3 3 3

p = – 20 or –6 2 y= 2
3 3 55

7)
3 (6 + g) = 4 g + 1 8)
2 q + 5 = –3 2 q – 2
4 5 3 9

g = 70 q = – 9 or –1 4
5 5

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Multi-Step Equations: Decimals

Solve each equation.

6.4 8.5(0.2s) – 19.9s
1) 13 – b = 1.8b + 10.5 2) = 9.1
2 4

b = 0.5 s = –2

3) 5.3(h – 5) = 2.94 + 3.7h 4) 7.5(–5.4 + 6g – 6.6) – 17 = 10

h = 18.4 g = 2.6

5) 10.5w – 6 = –3.5w + 10 – 2w 6) –1.7(5.8 – 6r) = 13.6

w=1 r = 2.3

7) 5.24 + 5v = 9.5(0.9v + 1) 8) –4.8k + 1.44 + 2(3.54k) = 6

v = –1.2 k=2

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Multi-Step Equations

Solve each equation.

1) 19k = 2(k + 13) + 3(8k + 3) 2) 1.4(6.5 – 6m) = 3.22

k = –5 m = 0.7

3) 2 4n + 1 = 5 n + 7 4) 5+ 35 = –2
5 3 3 2a + 9

n = 29 a = –7
95

5) 4.2(1.2b) – (–0.9b) = 5.94 6) 7 (c + 3) = 1 – c

2 3 3

b=2 c = –2

7) 2 1 g + 5 1 – 1 1 g – 5 = 3.3 8) 9.1 = 2.8(4h – 1)

3 2 6 4

g = 2.4 h = 3.5

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Multi-Step Equations

Solve each equation. Verify your answer.

1) 13m = 3(–3 + 4m) – 5 2) 6–k =5–k–2

4

m = –14 k=2

3) 8(2p + 1) = 3(2p – 14) 4) 6(–2b) – (3b + 5) = 25

p = –5 b = –2

5) 8 =2 6) s –12 = 6(–6s – 4 + 8s) + s

–4y – 8 + 5y

y = 12 s=1

7) 6(g – 1) = 2(1 + g) 8) 3(u + 1) – 7u + 10 = u – 7

g=2 u=4

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Solving Two-Step Inequalities E

Solve each inequality.

1) 6x – 4 ≥ 5 2) 8x + 7 > 23 3) x–2 ≤1
3

x≥ 3 x>2 x≤5
2

x +3<9
4) 2 5) 4x – 8 > 10 6) 5 + 2x ≤ 7

x < 12 x> 9 x≤1

2

7) 5x – 4 ≥ 16 8) 9) x +1 > 2
9x + 3 < 21
4

x≥4 x<2 x>4

10) 2x + 6 ≥ 12 11) x–3 ≤8 12) 3x – 2 > 19

2

x≥3 x ≤ 19 x>7

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Solving Two-Step Inequalities M

Solve each inequality.

x 3)
1) 3x – 4 ≥ 11x 2) 1>5+ 6x – 3 > 9
4

x≤ –1 x < –16 x>2

2

4) 1 ≤ 7x + 22 5) 13 + 2x ≥ 5 6) 3> x–8
6

x ≥ –3 x ≥ –4 x < 26

x
7) 3x + 9 > 7 8) 4<2+ 9) 3x – 2 ≥ 16
5

x>–2 x > 10 x≥6

3

10) 7x – 10 < 25 11) 5x > 2x + 21 12) 6≤ x–1

4

x<5 x>7 x ≥ 25

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Solving Two-Step Inequalities D

Solve each inequality.

1) –2 > 3 + x 2) –5x + 8 ≥ –13x 3) 2 < –6x – 10

4

x < –20 x ≥ –1 x < –2

4) –7 ≤ x – 9 5) 2x – 15 > 1 6) 14 + 8x ≥ –10
4

x ≥ –19 x>8 x ≥ –3

x
7) 4x – 2 ≥ 16 8) –25 ≤ 7x + 3 9) 9>5+
7

x≥ 9 x ≥ –4 x < 28
2

x – 5 ≥ –4
10) 7x ≥ 3x + 8 11) 12) 5x – 6 < –1
2

x≥2 x ≥ –3 x<1

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Solving Two-Step Inequalities

Solve each inequality.

1)
9 ≤ x +3
2)
6x – 2 > 16
3) 3x + 4 ≤ 12
5 10 7 5

x ≥ –12 x > 21 x≤– 8

15

4) – 1 > x –2 5) 8 + 5x < 9x 6)
7
x –4≥
1
3 4 2 3 6

x < 20 x < –16 x ≥ 25

3 14

7) 11 + x < 14x 8)
1 x – 18 > –24
9)
1 ≤ x+1
3 9 20 2

x>3 x > – 54 x≥– 9

10

9x – 1 ≥ 3 x + 2 <1 x–6 ≥– 1
10) 11) 12)
4 5 7 8 3

x ≥ 13 x < 25 x ≥ 10
36 7 3
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Solving Two-Step Inequalities

Solve each inequality.

x–5
1) –9.2 < 4x – 12.6 2) –6.79x + 5.1 ≥ –7.81x 3) –1.9 ≤
2.1

x > 0.85 x ≥ –5 x ≥ 1.01

x
4) + 1.4 > 4.46 5) –10.08 ≥ 5.92 + 8x 6) –2.3x – 7.32 < 12
6

x > 18.36 x ≤ –2 x > –8.4

x
7) 46.36 ≤ –15x – 25.64 8) + 3.2 < –1 9) –0.16 > 0.4x + 0.8
0.4

x ≤ –4.8 x < –1.68 x < –2.4

10) 16.5x ≥ 27.5x + 42.9 11) 6x – 13.52 > 16.54 12) 0.3 ≤ x – 9.3
7

x ≤ –3.9 x > 5.01 x ≥ 11.4

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Solving & Graphing Inequalities E

Solve each inequality and graph the solution.

1) x + 2 > 3 2) 8x – 19 < 13
7

x>7 x<4

-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

3) 6x + 5 ≤ 17 4) x – 7 ≥ 4
2

x≤2 x ≥ 15

-12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 -30 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30

5) 3x – 12 > 15 6) –9 + 5x ≥ 11

x>9 x≥4

-9 0 9 18 27 -12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12

7) x – 1 ≤ 8 8) 7x – 1 < 6
4

x ≤ 33 x<1

-66 -55 -44 -33 -22 -11 0 11 22 33 44 55 66 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

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Solving & Graphing Inequalities M

Solve each inequality and graph the solution.

x
1) 2x + 9 ≤ 5 2) 5 < –7
2

x ≤ –2 x > 24

-12 -8 -4 0 4 8 12 -24 -12 0 12 24 36 48

3) 6x – 1 >17 4) 15x + 20 ≥ 11x

x>3 x ≥ –5

-18 -12 -6 0 6 12 18 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30

5) x – 1 ≤ 4 6) 14 < 3x + 26
6

x ≤ 25 x > –4

-10 0 10 20 30 40 50 -32 -24 -16 -8 0 8 16

x–5
7) 9x – 35 > 19 8) 10 ≥
3

x>6 x ≤ 35

-36 -24 -12 0 12 24 36 -21 -14 -7 0 7 14 21 28 35 42 49 56 63

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Solving & Graphing Inequalities D

Solve each inequality and graph the solution.

1) –1 > x + 4 2) –2x + 8 ≤ 24
2

x < –6 x ≥ –8

-18 -9 0 9 18 -12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12

3) –6x – 13 ≥ 17 4) 16 < x + 9
4

x ≤ –5 x > 28

-30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 -28 -14 0 14 28 42 56

5) –5x ≤ –8x + 21 6) 5 ≥ –3x – 10

x≤7 x ≥ –5

-2 0 2 4 6 8 10 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20

7) –7x – 19 > 23 8) –1 < x + 2

5

x < –6 x > –7

-16 -12 -8 -4 0 4 8 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4

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Solving & Graphing Inequalities

Solve each inequality and graph the solution.

x + 2 ≤ 19
1) x – 8 > – 7 2)
2 4 5 3 5

x > 4 12 x ≤ 15 23

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

1 x – 27 < –30
3) 1 x + 3 ≥ 6 4)
11 5 10

x ≥ –19 4 x < –30

5

-22 -21 -20 -19 -18 -17 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10

x – 13 > 5 1 ≥ x+7
5) 6)
2 6 8 6

x > 14 1 x ≤ –6 14
3

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3

x
7) 39 ≤ + 3 8) –12 < 1 x – 13
8 2 8

x≥3 3 x>8
4

-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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Solving & Graphing Inequalities

Solve each inequality and graph the solution.

x x – 7 > 0.1
1) –9 < – 7.8 2)
5.5 2.5

x > –6.6 x > 7.25

-9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

x
3) –15.65x – 29.6 ≥ –7.65x 4) 10.8 + ≤ –3.2
1.8

x ≤ –3.7 x ≤ –25.2

-4.5 -4 -3.5 -3 -2.5 -2 -28 -27 -26 -25 -24 -23

x–5
5) 2 < 6) 8.35 ≥ –3x – 20.9
12.3

x > 29.6 x ≥ –9.75

27 28 29 30 31 32 -14 -13 -12 -11 -10 -9 -8

7) –6.8x + 17.5 > –4.3x 8) –6.55 ≤ x – 7.5

2

x<7 x ≥ 1.9

-10 -5 0 5 10 15 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

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Identifying Inequalities E

Choose the correct inequality that best describes each graph.

1) 2)

-8 0 8 16 24 32 40 -36 -27 -18 -9 0 9 18 27 36 45 54 63 72

a) x–5 >9 b) x–5 <3 a) 29 + 3x ≥ 2 b) 2 + 3x ≤ 29

3 9

c) x–5 ≥3 d) x – 5 ≤ 9 c) 2 + 3x ≥ 29 d) 29 + 3x ≤ 2
9 3

3) 4)

-21 -14 -7 0 7 14 21 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

a) 2x – 9 > 5 b) 2x – 5 < 9 a) x +5≥4 b) x +4≥5

3 3

c) 2x – 5 ≥ 9 d) 2x – 9 ≤ 5 c) x +4≤5 d) x +5≤4
3 3

5) 6)

-15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 -24 -20 -16 -12 -8 -4 0 4 8 12 16 20 24

a) 9x – 41 < 4 b) 9x – 4 > 41 a) 5 + 2x ≤ 13 b) 13 + 2x ≥ 5

c) 9x – 4 ≥ 41 d) 9x – 41≤ 4 c) 5 + 2x ≥ 13 d) 13 + 2x ≤ 5

7) 8)

-18 -15 -12 -9 -6 -3 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22

a) x b) x a) 4x + 43 > 3 b) 4x + 43 < 3
+ 13 > 7 + 13 < 7
2 2

c) x d) x c) 4x + 3 < 43 d) 4x + 3 > 43
2 + 7 < 13 2 + 7 > 13

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Identifying Inequalities M

Choose the correct inequality that best describes each graph.

1) 2)

-3 0 3 6 9 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60

a) 11 > 8 + x b) x + 11 > 8 a) 2x ≤ 5x + 30 b) 5x ≤ 2x + 30
2 2

c) x + 11 < 8 d) 11 < 8 + x c) 2x ≥ 5x + 30 d) 5x ≥ 2x + 30
2 2

3) 4)

-24 -20 -16 -12 -8 -4 0 -20 -16 -12 -8 -4 0 4

a) –7 < 3x + 5 b) –5 > 3x + 7 a) x + 4 ≥ –2 b) 7≥ x–4

7 2

c) 5 > 3x – 7 d) 5 < 3x – 7 c) x + 4 ≤ –2 d) 7≤ x–4

7 2

5) 6)

-12 -8 -4 0 4 8 12 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10

a) –6x + 40 < –x b) –6x + 40 > –x a) –25 < 3x + 20 b) –25 ≥ 3x + 20

c) –6x – 40 > –x d) –6x – 40 < –x c) –25 > 3x + 20 d) –25 ≤ 3x + 20

7) 8)

-2 0 2 4 6 8 10 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30

a) 6< x +4 b) 4 > x + 6 a) –5x – 6 < 19 b) –5x – 6 > 19

3 3

c) 4< x +6 x
d) 6 > + 4 c) –6 < –5x + 19 d) –6 > –5x + 19
3 3

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