Question

In the deli where Tran works, a customer ordered 0.25 pound of cheese. When Tran puts the cheese slices on the scale, they weigh 0.247 pound. Write an inequality to compare the actual weight of the cheese to the weight the customer ordered.

Answer 1

And inequality is written to compare two quantities.

The best way to show how these two quantities compare would be to put is zero to the right of the five in 0.25. Make it 0.250.

Please see the attached picture for two correct ways to write this inequality.