Write and solve the sentence as an inequality.
A number minus 3 is less than -5.

x - 3 < -5 is the inequality x < -2 is the solution

Step-by-step explanation:

x - 3 < -5

add 3

x < -2

0.01429

Step-by-step explanation:

1.429 x

Now is just 1/100 or 0.01, because 10^2 is 100

Now we can multiply 1.429 by 0.01 which is 1.429 x 0.01

Or the easy way, we can just place the decimal two places to the left because the power is -2, so 2 places to the left. Moving the decimal to the left makes the number smaller.

So, take 1.492 and move its decimal 2 places to the left

We get 0.01429