# Exam-Style Questions on Inequalities

## Problems on Inequalities adapted from questions set in previous exams.

### 1.

GCSE Higher

Describe the unshaded (white) region by writing down three inequalities.

### 2.

GCSE Higher

On the grid below indicate the region that satisfies all three of these inequalities.

$$y>-2$$ $$x+y<5$$ $$y-1 \le \frac{x}{2}$$

### 3.

GCSE Higher

Show that you understand equations and inequalities by answering the following:

(a) Solve $$5x^2=80$$

(b) Solve $$8x + 2 \gt x + 7$$

(c) Write down the largest integer that satisfies $$8x - 2 \lt 25$$

(d) Solve the following pair of equations

$$3x + 5y = 21$$ $$8x - 5y = 1$$

### 4.

GCSE Higher

Solve $$2x^2 + 7x - 15 <0$$

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