Two-step inequalities

Two-step inequalities are to one-step inequalities what two-step equations are to one-step equations – the same thing, but a bit more work is needed in order to solve them. Two-step inequalities are very easy to solve and the rules you have to adhere to are the same as for the one-step inequalities – remember that you need to change the sign of inequality when multiplying or dividing the whole inequality with a negative number. The order of operations will not come into play often since there are not many operations to perform here.

We will now show you on this example how this inequality looks like and what it takes to solve it:

4x + 8 > 20

The first thing you need to do is to put all the numbers on the right side and the variables on the left. Then perform the additions and subtractions. Like this:

4x > 20 – 8

4x > 12

The only thing left to do now is to divide the whole inequality by 4 to get the final, simplified result. Since the number we are dividing the inequality by is positive, it is not necessary to change the sign of inequality. Therefore:

4x > 12 |:4

x > 3

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And now we have the final result. If you wish to practice solving two-step inequalities a bit more, please feel free to use the worksheets below.

Two-step inequalities exams for teachers

Exam Name File Size Downloads Upload date
Integers
Two-step inequalities – Integers – very easy 463.2 kB 15974 September 3, 2019
Two-step inequalities – Integers – easy 463.3 kB 15605 September 3, 2019
Two-step inequalities – Integers – medium 463.2 kB 23812 September 3, 2019
Two-step inequalities – Integers – hard 464.4 kB 9219 September 3, 2019
Two-step inequalities – Integers – very hard 463.3 kB 6756 September 3, 2019
Decimals
Two-step inequalities – Decimals – very easy 463.7 kB 4088 September 3, 2019
Two-step inequalities – Decimals – easy 463.6 kB 3706 September 3, 2019
Two-step inequalities – Decimals – medium 463.6 kB 3979 September 3, 2019
Two-step inequalities – Decimals – hard 463.4 kB 2686 September 3, 2019
Two-step inequalities – Decimals – very hard 463.4 kB 2496 September 3, 2019
Fractions
Two-step inequalities – Fractions – very easy 467 kB 5304 September 3, 2019
Two-step inequalities – Fractions – easy 466.9 kB 4555 September 3, 2019
Two-step inequalities – Fractions – medium 467.4 kB 4908 September 3, 2019
Two-step inequalities – Fractions – hard 467.4 kB 3009 September 3, 2019
Two-step inequalities – Fractions – very hard 467.6 kB 3379 September 3, 2019

Two-step inequalities worksheets for students

Worksheet Name File Size Downloads Upload date
Two-step inequalities – Integers 4.4 MB 11691 September 3, 2019
Two-step inequalities – Decimals 5.3 MB 3668 September 3, 2019
Two-step inequalities – Fractions 5.6 MB 3846 September 3, 2019