less than

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fewer than

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smaller than

<

strictly less than

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less than or equal

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at most

<

not more than

<

at the greatest

<

at a maximum of

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greater than

>

more than

>

bigger or larger than

>

strictly greater than

>

greater than or equal

>

at least

>

no less than

>

no smaller than

>

at a minimum of

>

One variable inequalities:

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One variable inequalities:

 <

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One variable inequalities:

 > 

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open circle

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One variable inequalities:

 > 

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closed circle

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Two variable inequalities:

 < 

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Two variable inequalities:

 < 

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Two variable inequalities:

 > 

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Two variable inequalities:

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> or >

greater than

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less than

Read the following inequality:

8 > -2

eight is greater than negative two

Read the following inequality:

-5 < -2

negative five is less than negative two

Read the following inequality:

x < 0

x is less than or equal to zero

Read the following inequality:

x > 14

x is greater than or equal to fourteen

Read the following inequality:

3 > x

x is less than three

Yes

No

Yes