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Inequality
Conventional Questions
1. [14-15 Mid-year Exam, 2]
1 x
(a) Solve the inequality 0.5  and represent the solution graphically. (1 mark)
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1 x
(b) It is given that 0.5  and y = 3 – 2x. Find the range of values of y. (2 marks)
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2. [14-15 Mid-year Exam, 3]

Car A and car B travel in the same direction from the same starting point at the speeds of
45 km/h and 60 km/h respectively. By using an inequality, find the minimum time taken
(in minutes) for the cars to travel so that the distance between them is at least 6 km.
(2 marks)

3. [14-15 Mid-year Exam, 9]

4  5x 4  5x 2 x  9
(a) Solve   . (2 marks)
2 3 5
(b) Hence write down all possible values of x if x is a non-negative integer. (1 mark)

4. [14-15 Mid-year Exam, 12]

There are x pages in a book. On the first day, Kiki read 10 pages less than one fourth of the
total number of pages of the book. On the second day, she read 10 pages more than 20% of the
remaining pages. It is known that the number of pages read on the first day is not more than
that on the second day. Using an inequality, find the maximum number of pages of the book.
(3 marks)
5. [14-15 Final Exam, 6]
A disc of a Japanese concert costs 5000 JPY. Consider the following two methods of buying x
discs.
Method 1: Buy them in Japan, an 8% consumption tax will be charged.
Method 2: Buy them through an online store, a shipment cost of (600 + 300x) JPY will be
charged.
By setting up an inequality, find the minimum value of x such that the total cost paid by method
2 is less than that paid by method 1. (4 marks)
6. [15-16 Mid-year Exam, 1]
There are a total of 100 chickens and pigs in a farm. If the total number of legs of the animals
is less than 300, find the maximum number of pigs in the farm by setting up an inequality.
(3 marks)
7. [15-16 Mid-year Exam, 4]
51  3x 
(a) (i) Solve the inequality  6 and represent the solution graphically. (2 marks)
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(ii) If x is an integer, what is the minimum value of x? (1 mark)

(b) It is given that x  1 and y = 7 – 15x. Find the range of the values of y. (2 marks)

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8. [15-16 Final Exam, 1]

x 5x
Solve the inequality  14  and represent the solution graphically. (2 marks)
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9. [15-16 Final Exam, 2]

Mary has 20 coins which consists of $2-coins and $5-coins only. If the total value of the coins
is greater than $64, find the maximum number of $2-coins. (3 marks)

10. [16-17 Mid-year Exam, 1]

x x 1 1
(a) Solve the inequality   and represent its solutions graphically. (3 marks)
5 2 4
(b) Write down the smallest integral value of x satisfying the inequality in (a). (1 mark)

11. [16-17 Mid-year Exam, 2]

It is given that the sum of three consecutive numbers is greater than 102. By using an inequality,
find the smallest possible value of the smallest number. (3 marks)

12. [16-17 Mid-year Exam, 9]

There are some $1-coins, $2-coins and $5-coins in the wallet. It is given that there are 5
$1-coins and there are 20 coins in total. If the total amount of the coins is not less than $50, find the
minimum number of $5-coins by using inequality. (3 marks)

13. [16-17 Final Exam, 9]

3  2x
(a) Solve the inequality 7  and represent the solution graphically. (3 marks)
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x
(b) It is given that x > –16 and y  1  . Find the range of values of y. (2 marks)
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14. [16-17 Final Exam, 12]
Jane plans to invest a total of $120000 in both Bank A and Bank B. Bank A offers 4% p.a. simple
interest rate and Bank B offers 6% p.a. simple interest rate. Let $x be the amount of money invested
in Bank A. By setting up an inequality, what is the range of x that her total investment could still be
guaranteed more than $6500 interest per year? (3 marks)

15. [17-18 Mid-year Exam, 3]

2
The bus fare for an adult is $a. The fare for each child is of an adult’s fare. If the total fare of two
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adults and four children is not more than $84, what is the maximum bus fare for an adult? (3 marks)
16. [17-18 Mid-year Exam, 4]
It is given that x  2 and y = 6 – 5x.
(a) Find the range of the values of y. (2 marks)
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(b) If y is a negative integer, write down all possible values of y. (1 mark)

17. [17-18 Final Exam, 2]

Solve 3x  17  6 x  22 . (2 marks)

18. [18-19 F.3 Standardized test 1, #2]

7
(a) Solve 2 x   29 x  10 . (2 marks)
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 7  3y  7  7  3y 
(b) Hence, or otherwise, solve 2    29   10 . (2 marks)
 5  2  5 
19. [18-19 F.3 Standardized test 1, #4]
Sara has 5 candies and Teresa has 19 candies. Teresa gives x candies to Sara such that the
number of candies Teresa has will not be less than twice of that of Sara’s. By setting an
inequality, find the greatest value of x. (2 marks)

20. [18-19 Mid-year Exam, 2]

5x 2 x  1
(a) Solve   4. (2 marks)
2 3
(b) How many positive integers satisfy the inequality in (a)? (1 mark)

21. [18-19 Mid-year Exam, 7]

Joe drives due east at a speed of 80 km/h. 30 minutes later, Katherine starts diving due west at a
speed of 60 km/h from the same starting point. By setting up an inequality, find the least time
needed for Joe to be at least 600 km apart from Katherine.
(3 marks)
22. [18-19 Final Exam, 2]
7x  1
(a) Solve the inequality  5 and represent the solution graphically. (2 marks)
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(b) Write down all negative integers which satisfy the inequality in (a). (1 mark)

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