GKT101: General Knowledge for Teachers – Math

1. The Russo-Japanese War was a conflict between Russia and Japan that started in the year $1904$.

Let $x$ represent any year. Write an inequality in terms of $x$ and $1904$ that is true only for values of $x$ that represent years before the start of the Russo-Japanese War.

2. John's goal is to have more than $-7$ dollars in his bank account by the end of the month.

The variable $d$ is the number of dollars in John's bank account at the end of the month.

Write an inequality in terms of $d$ that is true only if John meets his monthly goal.

3. Water boils at $212^{\circ}$ Fahrenheit.

Write an inequality that is true only for temperatures $(t)$ that are higher than the boiling point of water.

4.Two puppies, Ruth and Scoonsie, are playing together. Scoonsie weighs $11$ kilograms, and Ruth is lighter than Scoonsie.

Write an inequality that describes $r$, Ruth's weight in kilograms.