Gita used 6.18 pounds of strawberries and 6.1 pounds of raspberries to make jam. Complete the following:

Write an inequality to represent the two amounts.
Write one to two complete sentences explaining what your inequality means about the amounts of fruit Gita used.

Question

Gita used 6.18 pounds of strawberries and 6.1 pounds of raspberries to make jam. Complete the following:

Write an inequality to represent the two amounts.
Write one to two complete sentences explaining what your inequality means about the amounts of fruit Gita used.

Mercury · Answer

old question but will respond so this can be closed

is 6.18 greater, or less, than 6.1? (compare the digits in the hundredths place, and think about 6.1 as 6.10 if that's still confusing)

then write __ > __ where the bigger number goes into the first blank

as for the sentences, simply state something like "The inequality states that the first quantity _______ (pounds of raspberries/strawberries) is greater than the second quantity (pounds of raspberries/strawberries), meaning that she used more ______ (raspberries/strawberries)"