Question

Andre is making paper cranes to decorate for a party. He plans to make one large papercrane for a centerpiece and several smaller paper cranes to put around the table. It takesAndre 10 minutes to make the centerpiece and 3 minutes to makeeach small crane. He willonly have30 minutes to make the paper cranes once he gets home.
1.Andre wrote the inequalityto plan his time. Describe what,, 10,and 30 represent in this inequality.

2.Solve Andre’s inequality and explain what the solution means.

Answer 1

1. 10 represents the minutes to make the centerpiece, 30 represents the minutes to make the paper cranes once he gets home.