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Writing Inequalities

• A mathematical sentence that contains one of the following symbols is an inequality.

Verbal Description	Symbol
Is less than	<
Is greater than	>
Is less than or equal to	≤
Is greater than or equal to	≥
Is not equal to	≠

• The solution of an inequality is any value that makes the inequality true. The graph of an inequality shows that an inequality can have many solutions. A closed circles indicates that a value is included. An open circle indicates that a value is not included.