Question

Devin is collecting signatures for a petition to open a new park in her town. She needs to collect at least 1,000 signatures before she can schedule a meeting with the mayor. She already has 380 signatures. If each petition page holds 80 signatures, which inequality best shows how many more pages (p) Devin needs?

Answer 1

answer choices:

a)7 ≤ p
b)8 ≤ p
c)8 < p
d)9 < p

Answer 2

she needs 1,000 signatures

subtract 380 signatures to get the # of signatures remaining

since each page holds 80, divide # of signatures remaining/80 to get # of pages

if you get a non-integer, round up.

now, as to whether it's ≤ or <, she needs **at least** 1,000 signatures, so ≤ is the more appropriate symbol. (< would be "more than 1,000 signatures")