• Equality is the basis for comparison (more, less, equal)

• Equality is about comparing quantities

• Equality is a relationship between 2 quantities

• Equality is important because students don’t see that equality has to do with number of things and not the physical attributes such as size or mass when we are sorting by the attribute of quantity.

An equation is a statement showing that two mathematical expressions are equal. (Learn Alberta)

An inequality is a mathematical sentence that shows the relationship between quantities that are not equal. The symbols used are "not equal to" (≠), "less than" (<), and "greater than" (>).  (Learn Alberta)