Inequalities in one variable 1

The topic  is a topic under the 6th Grade Math Mission. This exercise brings together multiple skills with the inequality symbols on number lines.

Types of Problems
There are three types of problems in this exercise:


 * 1) Select which statements are true or false: This problem has a numerical inequality provided at the beginning of the page. It then has students select whether certain values for the variable are correct solutions to the inequality and which are not.Iiov1-1.png
 * 2) Write an inequality: This problem has a description of infinitely many values that can be represented with an inequality. The student is asked to write a correct inequality in the space provided.Iiov1-2.png
 * 3) Make a number line: This problem provides a real-life situation that can be modeled by an inequality. The student is asked to use the manipulative to create a number line correctly modeling the situation.Iiov1-3.png

Strategies
Knowledge of inequalities and ability to translate mathematics is necessary for this problem. Speed badges are reasonable to attain because the types of problems repeat at a steady clip.
 * 1) For the Select which statements are true or false problem speed can be improved if the values that make the inequality true are selected first, and then the other values are just labeled as false.
 * 2) There is no need for "equal to" all inequalities that need to be written use only.
 * 3) Read the Make a number line problems carefully because instead of representing the values that "work" it sometimes requests the values that "don't work" to be shaded.