Fifteen times a number is greater than or equal to 55

Answer 1

Hi Jabari,

Is the question to turn this verbal expression into a mathematical expression? If so:

"Fifteen times a number" can be written as 15 * n, where n stands for our unknown number.

"is greater than or equal to" can be written with the symbol that combines the "greater than" and "equal to" signs: ≥

"55" is 55.

We can put these together to get:

15*n ≥ 55

If the question is to solve for n, then we can proceed as such:

15*n ≥ 55 Divide each side by 15

n ≥ 11/3