Question

Eric reported that Joan won her first match in the chess tournament, but she won fewer than 8 matches altogether. Eric wrote the inequality m < 8 to represent the possible number of matches Joan won.

Which numbers satisfy the inequality but make no sense in this situation?

Choose all answers that are correct.

A.
–1

B.
4

C.
0

D.
–7

Answer 1

@Vocaloid

Answer 2

@nikato

Answer 3

I'm not sure what the answer would be on this one.

Answer 4

@leon549

Answer 5

i believe there are 3 correct answers.

hint:can she win negative number of games?
Also if she won her first tournament, is it possible to win 0 games?

Answer 6

joan won her first match
so thee number is not negitive or zero
so we have only one left and thats 4

Answer 7

@nikato So A. B. and D.?

Answer 8

yep

Answer 9

A and D are correct.
but B is not

Answer 10

So just A and D?

Answer 11

and one more

Answer 12

A D and C?

Answer 13

go ahead

Answer 14

@nikato A D and C?

Answer 15

yes

Answer 16

Thanks

Answer 17

I have a few more questions.

Answer 18

sure