Interval notation worksheet for Algebra 2
A square parenthesis means the endpoint is included and a round one means it is not. Infinity always gets a round parenthesis, because you never reach it.
Also taught in Precalculus, at its own level and with its own examples.
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How to do these
Write in interval notation:
- -2 is not included, so a round parenthesis.
- 5 is included, so a square parenthesis.
The answer is .
Where students go wrong
Using a square parenthesis against infinity. It is never included, so it always takes a round one. The other slip is reversing the order: the smaller number always comes first.
Also called writing intervals, set notation or parenthesis and parenthesis notation.
What you can put on this worksheet
- An inequality as an interval
- Write in interval notation: →
- Read an interval off a number line
- Write the graph in interval notation. — number line, labeled -1, 0, 1, 2, 3 →