Solving One-Step Inequalities Worksheet

Why Did Farmer Jones Keep The Chickens Away From The Other Animals?

Solve any inequality below. CIRCLE the letter next to the correct answer. Write this letter in the box at the bottom of the page that contains the number of that exercise. Keep working and you will discover the answer to the title question. Two of the numbers will not be used.

1) $x + 5 > 9$

(N) $x > 4$

(R) $x < 4$

2) $3x \le 15$

(S) $x \ge 5$

(L) $x \le 5$

3) $u - 1 \ge -4$

(O) $u \ge -3$

(L) $u \le -3$

4) $6x < 12$

(V) $x > 2$

(U) $x < 2$

5) $6x < -12$

(B) $x > -2$

(C) $x < -2$

6) $-6x < 12$

(S) $x > -2$

(D) $x < -2$

7) $-6x < -12$

(E) $x > 2$

(W) $x < 2$

8) $z + 4 > -3$

(G) $z > -7$

(A) $z < -7$

9) $m - 12 \le 2$

(S) $m \ge 14$

(K) $m \le 14$

10) $-5x > 20$

(D) $x > -4$

(W) $x < -4$

11) $-5x > -20$

(T) $x > 4$

(F) $x < 4$

12) $x - 10 < -1$

(F) $x > 9$

(N) $x < 9$

13) $\frac{1}{2}n \ge 15$

(H) $n \ge 30$

(I) $n \le 30$

14) $\frac{1}{2}n \ge -15$

(E) $n \ge -30$

(M) $n \le -30$

15) $-\frac{1}{2}n \ge 15$

(R) $n \ge -30$

(U) $n \le -30$

16) $-\frac{1}{2}n > -15$

(I) $n > 30$

(U) $n < 30$

17) $x + 15 < 4$

(E) $x > -11$

(A) $x < -11$

18) $8x > -56$

(S) $x > -7$

(N) $x < -7$

19) $d - 7 \le -16$

(T) $d \ge -9$

(A) $d \le -9$

20) $\frac{2}{3}x > 8$

(I) $x > 12$

(T) $x < 12$

21) $-\frac{2}{3}x > 8$

(D) $x > -12$

(G) $x < -12$

22) $-2x \le -42$

(P) $x \ge 21$

(X) $x \le 21$

23) $t + 13 \ge 30$

(E) $t \ge 17$

(P) $t \le 17$

24) $4a \le -20$

(F) $a \ge -5$

(L) $a \le -5$

25) $-\frac{1}{8}k > -1$

(P) $k > 8$

(C) $k < 8$

This question includes visual content: A worksheet titled 'Why Did Farmer Jones Keep The Chickens Away From The Other Animals?'. The page contains 25 numbered boxes, each containing a simple algebraic inequality and two multiple-choice options (each with a letter). At the bottom of the page, there is a grid of numbered boxes corresponding to the exercise numbers, designed to fill in the letters of the correct answers to reveal a message.