Question

Which inequality represents this sentence?

Six plus two is less than nine plus three.

A.
6 + 2 > 9 + 3

B.
6 + 2 < 9 + 3


C.
9 + 3 < 6 + 2

D.
6 + 2 ≤ 9 + 3

I got B , can someone tell me if thats right?

Answer 1

B is correct you can right away cancel C and D if you look at A and B you can see that A would read "Six plus 2 is "greater than" nine plus three

Answer 2

yeah at first I thought it was A but then I looked at the sign and I noticed that it was greater then, then I looked at B and it was less than :)

Answer 3

Great im glad you double checked sometimes they try and trick you , you just have to make sure you read carefully :)

Answer 4

Yeah I had to read it a couple times, Thank you for your help :)

Answer 5

No problem