Two thirds of the employees at an office stated that they preferred soft cookies over crispy cookies. More than 36 employees stated their preference. Ren was asked to write, solve, and graph an inequality to find the number of employees working at the office. His work is shown below.

Step
Ren’s work

Step 1

Two-thirds x less-than 36

Step 2

x less-than 54

Step 3
A number line going from 51 to 57. An open circle is at 54. Everything to the left of the circle is shaded.

Where, if any, did Ren first make a mistake in his work?
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
No mistake found

Question

Two thirds of the employees at an office stated that they preferred soft cookies over crispy cookies. More than 36 employees stated their preference. Ren was asked to write, solve, and graph an inequality to find the number of employees working at the office. His work is shown below.

Step 
Ren’s work

Step 1

Two-thirds x less-than 36

Step 2

x less-than 54

Step 3
A number line going from 51 to 57. An open circle is at 54. Everything to the left of the circle is shaded.

Where, if any, did Ren first make a mistake in his work?
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
No mistake found

Mercury · Answer

key: "More than 36 employees stated their preference."

this doesn't match up with one of the steps he wrote.

go through the steps one more time and see where the discrepancy is.