Tatiana wants to give friendship bracelets to her 32 classmates. She already has 5 bracelets, and she can buy more bracelets in packages of 4.
Let p represent the number of packages bought. Write an inequality to determine the number of packages Tatiana needs to buy.

Question

Tatiana wants to give friendship bracelets to her 32 classmates. She already has 5 bracelets, and she can buy more bracelets in packages of 4.
Let p represent the number of packages bought. Write an inequality to determine the number of packages Tatiana needs to buy.

anonymous · Answer

When she buys $p$ packages, she will have bought $4p$ bracelets.
Add this to her current $5$ bracelets to get $5+4p$.
She needs this number to be greater than the $32$ classmates she has.$$
5+4p\geq 32
$$