If you had an inequality x is less than or equal to 8 would you shade towards the origin or away from the origin

the big side of the arrow is the open side.

6>5
5<6

mark your point: 8

On the number line, "less than" means "to the left of"
So, in this case, that means toward the origin, and to infinity and beyond ...

To determine which direction to shade the inequality x ≤ 8, you need to consider the number line.

When the inequality includes "less than or equal to" (≤), it means that the variable x can take any value that is less than or equal to the given value (in this case, 8).

To shade the solution on a number line, you should shade towards the smaller values, which in this case would be towards the origin (to the left).

Therefore, to visually represent the solution, you would shade the region on the number line that is to the left of or up to 8.