Understand Solving an Equation or Inequality as a Process of Answering a Question

For each problem, substitute the given value and decide: does it make the equation or inequality true or false?

Grade 6·19 problems·~25 min·Common Core Math - Grade 6·standard·6-ee-b-5

Work through problems with immediate feedback

Fluency Practice

For the inequality $x < 5$ , is $x = 5$ a solution?

Yes — 5 is the boundary, so it's included.

Yes — values close to 5 work, so 5 itself works.

No — $5 < 5$ is false because 5 is not less than 5.

It depends on the context.