The phrase less than divides the sentence into what should be on the left-hand side and what should be on the right-hand side of the inequality.
m+8<5
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Every inequality has an inequality symbol and values or expressions on either side of this symbol. In this exercise, we have the phrase less than so we can identify that the inequality symbol should be <.
8morethana numberm < 5On the left-hand side, we have one key phrase: more than. These words tell us the operations that will be used in our inequality. More than indicates addition.
8 more than a number m
m + 8
On the right-hand side, we have a constant. Putting these sides together, we have a complete inequality.
8 more than a number m is less than 5.
m + 8 < 5
