Question

Elsa buys candy that costs $4 per pound. She will spend less that $28 on candy. what are the possible numbers of pounds she will buy?

use p for the number of pounds Elsa will buy
write your answer as an inequality solved for p

Answer 1

cos of p pounds of candy = 4p dollars

Answer 2

the symbol for less than is <
can you write the inequality that needs to be solved?

Answer 3

the cost is less than 28

Answer 4

would it be p<7

Answer 5

yes
4p < 28
divide through by 4
p < 7

Answer 6

thank you

Answer 7

yw