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What are the 5 types of inequality in maths?

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Darryl Mertz


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Gabrielle Amaa

greater than or equal to >=, less than or equal to <=, greater than >, less than <, not equal to !=

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Maheer

Linear inequality

Polynomial inequality

Absolute value inequality

Exponential and logarithmic inequality

Rational inequality

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Michaela Sukenikova

1) >

2) <

3)

4)

5)

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Hina Ammad

less than ,greater than, less than or equals, greater than and equals , not equals to

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Modupe Sobanwa

Less than , greater than , less than or equal to , greater than or equal to, not equal to

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Hi Darryl, the 5 are: strictly less than (<), strictly greater than (>), less than or equal to (<=) greater than or equal to (>=) and different to (≠). Hope that helps!

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They are "greater than" >, "lower than" <, "greater or equal to" >_, "lower or equal to" <_, and "not equal to" ≠.

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The 5 that we use most are

1) Greater than

2) Less that

3) Equal to

4) Greater than or equal to

5) less than or equal to


There is also an identity (like an equals but with three lines instead of two). This is usually used in algebra - you can find this on a higher paper.


We can express inequalities as symbols or number lines or even be asked to solve an inequality.


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Luka Vardosanidze

Greater Than (>): This inequality symbol (>), read as "greater than," denotes that the value on the left is larger than the value on the right.


Example: 

5

>

3

5>3


Less Than (<): The symbol (<), read as "less than," indicates that the value on the left is smaller than the value on the right.


Example: 

2

<

7

2<7


Greater Than or Equal To (

≥): This symbol (

≥), read as "greater than or equal to," signifies that the value on the left is either greater than or equal to the value on the right.


Example: 

4

4

4≥4


Less Than or Equal To (

≤): The symbol (

≤), read as "less than or equal to," means that the value on the left is either less than or equal to the value on the right.


Example: 

6

6

6≤6


Not Equal To (

=): The symbol (

=), read as "not equal to," indicates that the values on both sides are not the same.


Example: 

3

8

3

=8

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There are five types of inequality in Maths as follows:

  1. Greater Than (>).
  2. Less Than (<).
  3. Greater Than or Equal (>=)
  4. Less Than or Equal (<=)
  5. Not Equal to ()

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Khurrum

Inequalities are manly >, <, lessthen or equal, greater than or equal.

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Shoaib Assar

Greater than, less than, greater than equal, less than equal, and equal sign

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Fortunately there is only one equality, which means there are plenty of inequalities! So,


A scalene triangle, its the left out triangle where none of the sides are equal!


But technically the definitions of inequality are not equal to, greater than, less than, greater than or equal and less than or equal.


The last two might be equal, but cannot be assumed.



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Harleen Kaur

Greater than (>), Less than (<), Not equal (=), Greater than or equal (>=), Less than or equal (<=)

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Reshma Ravi

Linear inequality

Quadratic inequality

Literal inequality

Slack inequality

Strict inequality

Numerical inequality



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