Write Inequality for 'c is greater than 3'

Published on April 24, 2026

Pre-Algebra

Learn how to translate the verbal statement 'c is greater than 3' into a mathematical inequality using the correct symbol.

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The problem asks to write an inequality for the statement " is greater than 3".
The statement " is greater than 3" means that the value of is larger than 3. In mathematical notation, “greater than” is represented by the symbol .
Therefore, we can write the inequality as:
Looking at the provided options in the image, we need to select the one that represents " is greater than 3". The options are:
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We need to fill in the blanks with and 3 in the appropriate order and with the correct inequality symbol. Since is greater than 3, the inequality is . This corresponds to the second option with the correct values filled in.
The final answer is .