A student wants to purchase some new school supplies. He wants to buy a calculator that costs $24 and some notebooks for school. Each notebook costs $2. The student only has $37 to spend.

Question

A student wants to purchase some new school supplies. He wants to buy a calculator that costs $24 and some notebooks for school. Each notebook costs $2. The student only has $37 to spend.

Let n represent the number of notebooks that he buys.

Which inequality describes this scenario?

Responses

37 is greater than 2 n plus 24

24 n plus 2 is greater than or equal to 37

Answer 1

A student wants to purchase some new school supplies. He wants to buy a calculator that costs $24 and some notebooks for school. Each notebook costs $2. The student only has $37 to spend.

2n + 24 is less than or equal to 37