Question

Which of these numbers is a solution to the inequality x>9 ?

Answer 1

What numbers?

Answer 2

these numbers
2
8
9
12

Answer 3

Are you kidding?
Which number is bigger than 9?!? You don't know the answer to that???????????

Answer 4

Plug them in to see which ones work. If it works it's a "solution to the inequality".
Is 2 > 9 ?
Is 8 > 9 ?
Is 9 > 9 ?
Is 12 > 9 ?

Answer 5

do you multiply or divide

Answer 6

What in the world are you talking about? Multiply or divide??
You don't know what the ">" symbol means, do you?

Answer 7

">" means "greater than"
The original question is really just asking you
"Which of the following numbers are bigger than 9 ?"