Common Core: 6th Grade Math : Understand What Makes an Equation or Inequality True and Why: CCSS.Math.Content.6.EE.B.5

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Example Questions

Example Question #71 : Understand What Makes An Equation Or Inequality True And Why: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.B.5

Which value for  would make the equation below true? 

 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can use substitution to determine the value of 

Because we are looking for the number that when subtracted from  equals , our correct answer is 

Example Question #71 : Understand What Makes An Equation Or Inequality True And Why: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.B.5

Which value for  would make the inequality below true? 

Possible Answers:

All of the choices are correct

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can use substitution to determine which value of  makes the inequality true. 

 

, because 

 

, because 

 

, because 

Because we are looking for a value of  that makes the expression less than  is our correct answer. 

Example Question #72 : Understand What Makes An Equation Or Inequality True And Why: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.B.5

Which value for  would make the inequality below true? 

 

Possible Answers:

None of the answer choices

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can use substitution to determine which value of  makes the inequality true. 

 

, because 

 

, because 

 

, because 

Because we are looking for a value of  that makes the expression less than  is our correct answer. 

Example Question #74 : Understand What Makes An Equation Or Inequality True And Why: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.B.5

Which value for  would make the inequality below true? 

 

 

Possible Answers:

None of the answer choices 

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can use substitution to determine which value of  makes the inequality true. 

, because 

 

, because 

 

, because 

 

, because 

Because we are looking for a value of  that makes the expression less than  none of our answer choices are correct. 

Example Question #73 : Understand What Makes An Equation Or Inequality True And Why: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.B.5

Which value for  would make the inequality below true? 

Possible Answers:

All of the choices are correct

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can use substitution to determine which value of  makes the inequality true. 

 

, because 

 

, because 

 

, because 

Because we are looking for a value of  that makes the expression less than  is our correct answer. 

Example Question #73 : Understand What Makes An Equation Or Inequality True And Why: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.B.5

Which value for  would make the inequality below true? 

 

Possible Answers:

All of the choices are correct

Correct answer:

All of the choices are correct

Explanation:

We can use substitution to determine which value of  makes the inequality true. 

 

 

 

Because we are looking for a value of  that makes the expression less than , all of our choices are correct. 

Example Question #75 : Understand What Makes An Equation Or Inequality True And Why: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.B.5

Which value for  would make the inequality below true? 

 

Possible Answers:

None of the answer choices 

Correct answer:

None of the answer choices 

Explanation:

We can use substitution to determine which value of  makes the inequality true. 

, because 

 

, because 

 

, because 

 

, because 

Because we are looking for a value of  that makes the expression less than ,  none of the choices are correct. 

Example Question #78 : Understand What Makes An Equation Or Inequality True And Why: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.B.5

Which value for  would make the inequality below true? 

Possible Answers:

None of the answer choices 

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can use substitution to determine which value of  makes the inequality true. 

 

, because 

 

, because 

 

, because 

Because we are looking for a value of  that makes the expression greater than  is our correct answer. 

Example Question #79 : Understand What Makes An Equation Or Inequality True And Why: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.B.5

Which value for  would make the inequality below true? 

Possible Answers:

All of the choices are correct 

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can use substitution to determine which value of  makes the inequality true. 

 

, because 

 

, because 

 

, because 

Because we are looking for a value of  that makes the expression greater than  is our correct answer. 

Example Question #80 : Understand What Makes An Equation Or Inequality True And Why: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Ee.B.5

Which value for  would make the inequality below true? 

 

 

Possible Answers:

None of the answer choices 

Correct answer:

None of the answer choices 

Explanation:

We can use substitution to determine which value of  makes the inequality true. 

, because 

 

, because 

 

, because 

 

, because 

Because we are looking for a value of  that makes the expression greater than , none of the choices are correct. 

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