Question 1

Hello! Can anyone help me? How do you remember the difference between: ≤ ≥ < > and the open dot and the closed dot. Also, for example, if there's the problem: x ≤ 5 . Here's my questions (P.S.: This all applies to a number line): Which direction should the line go? Should the dot be opened or closed? Is there a way to remember it? Thanks to y'all for answering! Plz try and answer soon! Bye!

Accepted Answer

Not sure if you know the signs or not, but one way of thinking about greater than and less than is to make signs with your thumb and pointing finger. If the sign looks like your left hand (<), left is less than. If the sign looks like your right hand (>), Tony the Tiger says right is Grrrrrrrrrrrreater. If you have a line underneath (≥ or ≤) you have to add the phrase or equal to, so ≥ is greater than or eqaul to and ≤ is less than or equal to.
As far as the open and closed circle, the best way is to understand what it really means. If you were just going to show x=3, you would put a closed dot on 3. So a closed dot means the point counts and you need the equal sign below the line (≥ or ≤). If you have an open circle, the point does not count, thus no equal line. If you have a positive variable on the left, the sign points toward the direction that you draw the line (so x< and x≤ both point toward the left, so start at your point (either open or closed), draw left and end with an arrow <------. If the sign points to the right (> or ≥), then start at point (either open or closed) and draw to the right --------->.
Does this help, or do you need more?

Question 2

when do you close the circle?1!

Accepted Answer

graph x is less than 4.0 lets draw yourself a number line

Question 3

what does it mean when the dot is open on the 2 and the line is going both negative and positive ways?

Accepted Answer

It means that All Real Numbers except 2 is the solution.

Question 4

For some reason, I cannot remember when to use an open circle, and when to use a solid dot on these number lines.

Accepted Answer

I always remember: an open circle is around the number, so it doesn't actually touch the number, meaning it does not include the number itself. A filled in dot is really on the number itself, so that does include the number.

Question 5

why do you not stop at dot 3?

Accepted Answer

Because there are many fraction and decimals that sit in between 3 and 4.  All values less than 4 are solutions.  So, the graph needs to include numbers like 3.5; 3 5/8; 3.9999; etc.

Hope this helps.

Question 6

How would you graph x=4?

Accepted Answer

Vertical line going through 4 on x axis.

Question 7

How i can solve this:
16< |6-3x| < 19 ?

Accepted Answer

Split it into a compound inequality:
16< |6-3x|  and  |6-3x| < 19
Solve each individually, then find the intersection of the two results.

Question 8

Would it still be x < 4 if you did not put a circle on 4?

Accepted Answer

The dot or circle is always used so there is no ambiguity as to where the inequality starts. An open dot tells you that the inequality is "<" or ">" with the arrow's direction telling you which applies. A solid dot tells you that the inequality is ">=" or "<=".

Question 9

Is 6/8 greater than 6/10

Accepted Answer

Yes. To double check, you can convert `6 / 8` to `30 / 40` and `6 / 10` to `24 / 40`.
Clearly, `6 / 8 = 30 / 40` is greater than `6 / 10 = 24 / 40`.

6th grade

Course: 6th grade > Unit 7

Plotting an inequality example

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