Systems of Linear Inequalities: Card Sort

COMMON CORE STANDARDS:

CCSS.MATH.HSA.REI.D.10 Understand that the graph of an equation in two variables is
the set of all its solutions plotted in the coordinate plane, often forming a curve (which
could be a line).
CCSS.MATH.HSA.CED.A.3 Represent constraints by equations or inequalities, and by
systems of equations and/or inequalities, and interpret solutions as viable or nonviable
options in a modeling context.

SKILLS USED:
Matching systems of linear inequalities in standard form to their correct graphs, verbal
description, and possible solution. Students will then self-reflect on their learning and
describe how systems of linear inequalities are used in the everyday world.
 
DIRECTIONS:
Students will work in small groups, 2 or 3 are my favorite size groups for this card sort
matching activity. Cut out the cards for systems of linear inequalities, graphs, verbal
descriptions, and interpreting solutions. Students will group the cards according to their
matches. The final result will have 8 groups of 4 cards each. If you want to re-use these
cards, I recommend printing on card-stock and laminating.
(*NOTE: PRINT IN COLOR OR GRAYSCALE. The grids are gray; if printed in black and
white, the grids may not show.)

DIFFERENTIATION:
The differentiation for this activity will be in the heterogeneous grouping with assigned
roles. I like to pre-plan my students into color groups and as they walk into the room I
hand them a color card. Then I tell them to get into pairs or groups of 3 (your choice!)
of which every person has a different color card. If your classes are like mine, you will
have to make sure they don’t switch color cards to be with their best friends! Announce
which roles are for each color card, for ex. Green Cards are the Techies.
Sample Color Coding: Red cards=Advanced Student, Blue Cards=Intermediate
Student, Green Cards=Beginner Level Student

Sample Roles:
Recorder- Does all the writing and scratch work- great role for medium student
Techie- Does all the calculating- great role for beginner level student
Leader- Keeps everyone in the group on task and oversees, but does not do all the
work – great role for advanced student
Time-Keeper-Reminds group of time every # of minutes
Speaker - I like to ask each group a specific question as a summary and have the
middle or beginner level student be the speaker.
Helper-assists each person in the group as well as run errands for the group- another
great role for the advanced student
*For this activity, I like the roles of Recorder, Techie, and Helper

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 Verbal Descriptions
D1 D2
A party planner is buying A landscaper is buying plants
beef at $8 per pound and and potting soil for a client.
chicken at $5 per pound for The soil costs $3 per bag and
a party. The planner only the plants cost $5 each. The
has $40 to spend and plans landscaper wants to buy at
to buy at least 4 pounds of least 5 plants but cannot
chicken. spend over $90.
D3 D4
A soccer team is selling lemonade
A jewelry maker is selling to buy new shin guards. The
necklaces for $7 and pairs original flavored lemonade costs
of earrings for $6. The goal is $2 per cup and the strawberry
to make at least $84 and lemonade costs $3 per cup. The
the jewelry maker only has team needs to earn at least $60
enough material to make and they know they will sell more
than 10 original flavored
11 earrings at most.
lemonades.
D5 D6
A high school student can work
no more than 10 hours per week An entrepreneur sells large
doing two jobs. The babysitting shovels for $5 and small
job pays $8 per hour and the shovels for $2. The goal is to
dog-walking job pays $5 per sell over 50 shovels and
hour. The student needs to earn make over $200 in revenue.
at least $40 per week to pay
bills.
D7 D8
A construction contractor is buying
A movie theatre is selling flooring to cover at most 800
movie tickets. Adult tickets square feet with a budget of
are $8 and children tickets $1200. The contractor wants to use
hardwood flooring and carpeting.
are $5. The theatre has 80
Each pack of hardwood flooring
seats and needs to bring in covers 20 square feet and costs
at least $400 in ticket sales. $35. Each roll of carpeting covers
40 square feet and costs $30.
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 Systems of Linear Inequalities

E1 E2 E3 E4
⎧5x + 2y > 200 ⎧8x + 5y ≥ 40 ⎧ 7x + 6y ≥ 84 ⎧8x + 5y ≤ 40
⎨ ⎨ ⎨ ⎨
⎩ x + y ≥ 50 ⎩x + y ≥ 4 ⎩ x + y ≤ 11 ⎩ x + y ≥ 10
E5 E6 E7 E8
⎧3x + 5y ≤ 90 ⎧8x + 5y ≥ 40 ⎧5x + 2y > 200 ⎧8x + 5y > 400
⎨ ⎨ ⎨ ⎨
⎩y ≥ 5 ⎩ x + y ≤ 10 ⎩ x + y > 50 ⎩ x + y < 80
E9 E10 E11 E12
⎧2x + 3y ≤ 60 ⎧8x + 5y ≤ 40 ⎧2x + 3y ≥ 60 ⎧20x + 40y ≤ 800
⎨ ⎨ ⎨ ⎨
⎩ x + y ≥ 10 ⎩y ≥ 4 ⎩ x > 10 ⎩35x + 30y ≤ 1200
E13 E14 E15 E16
⎧ 7x + 6y ≥ 84 ⎧20x + 35y ≤ 800 ⎧8x + 5y ≥ 400 ⎧3x + 5y ≤ 90
⎨ ⎨ ⎨ ⎨
⎩ y ≤ 11 ⎩ 40x + 30y ≤ 1200 ⎩ x + y ≤ 80 ⎩x ≥ 5

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 Graphs
y y
G1 G2

20 50
18
16 40
14
12 30
10
8 20
6
4 10
2
3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 x 10 20 30 40 50 x

y y
G3 G4

100 10
90 9
80 8
70 7
60 6
50 5
40 4
30 3
20 2
10 1
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
y y
G5 G6

10 10
9 9
8 8
7 7
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
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 Graphs
y y
G7 G8

100 50
90
80 40
70
60 30
50
40 20
30
20 10
10
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 x 10 20 30 40 50 x
y y
G9 G10

20 100
18 90
16 80
14 70
12 60
10 50
8 40
6 30
4 20
2 10
3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 x 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 x
y y
G11 G12

10 10
9 9
8 8
7 7
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
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 Interpreting Solutions
C1 C2
The entrepreneur could sell only The entrepreneur can sell 20 large
small shovels. shovels and 50 small shovels.

C3 C4
The jewelry maker can make 3 The jewelry maker can make 6
necklaces and 10 earrings. necklaces and 7 earrings.

C5 C6
The movie theatre must sell more The movie theatre could sell an
adult tickets than children’s tickets. equal number of adult tickets and
children tickets.
C7 C8
The landscaper can buy 3 bags of The landscaper can buy a
soil and 17 plants. maximum of 18 plants.

C9 C10
The high school student can only
The high school student can
babysit between 5-8 hours a week
babysit for 5 hours and dog walk
and walk dogs between 8-10 hours a
for 5 hours in one week. week.
C11 C12
The party planner could buy The party planner could buy
1 pound of beef and a maximum of 4 pounds of
5 pounds of chicken. chicken.
C13 C14
The construction contractor could The construction contractor could
purchase 30 packs of hardwood purchase 5 packs of hardwood
flooring and 5 rolls of carpeting. flooring and 30 rolls of carpeting.
C15 C16
The soccer team can sell 10 The soccer team can sell 12
original flavored lemonades and original flavored lemonades and
20 strawberry lemonades. 12 strawberry lemonades.

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 Systems of Linear Inequalities Card Sort: Student Recording Sheet
Name____________________________________________ Date ________________ Period __________
Directions: The matches are grouped horizontally (across). Write the numbers next to the letters
that belong in one group.

D1 E G C

D2 E G C

D3 E G C

D4 E G C

D5 E G C

D6 E G C

D7 E G C

D8 E G C

1) What specifically did you gain a better understanding of in this activity?

2) Describe how systems of inequalities are beneficial to the real-world.

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Systems of Inequalities Card Sort: ANSWER KEY

D1 E10 G5 C11

D2 E5 G9 C8

D3 E13 G11 C4

D4 E11 G1 C16

D5 E6 G6 C9

D6 E7 G10 C1

D7 E15 G3 C6

D8 E12 G2 C13

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