The Big Idea – Hope in Unfair Seasons

Inequalities show when one amount is greater than, less than, or not equal to another. In schools, technology gaps appear when some students have laptops or tablets and others do not. God cares about fairness and wants all students to have access to the tools they need to learn.

A school has 500 students. Only 320 have laptops.

• Students with laptops: 320
• Students without laptops: 180

Inequality:

• Let x = number of new laptops needed.
• 320 + x ≥ 500

Solution: x ≥ 180

The school needs at least 180 more laptops for every student to have one.

Scripture Connections

• Proverbs 22:2 (KJV): “The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.”
• Matthew 7:12 (KJV): “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.”

Which word(s) stand out to you.

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