Direct and Inverse Proportion

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1 Sarah is painting the walls of her house.
The total cost of the paint needed is directly proportional to the number of tins of paint that
Sarah buys.

(a) On the axes, sketch a graph showing this relationship.

Total cost
of paint

0 (1)
0 Number of tins of paint

Sarah asks her friends to help her paint the house.

The time taken to paint the house is inversely proportional to the number of people painting.

(b) On the axes, sketch a graph showing this relationship.

Time taken to
paint the house

0 (1)
0 Number of people painting

(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)

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2 The graphs of y against x represent different types of proportionality.

Match each type of proportionality in the table to the correct graph.

Graph A Graph B Graph C

y y y

O x O x O x

Graph D Graph E
y y

O x O x

Type of
Graph Letter
proportionality

y∝x

y ∝ x2

y ∝ x3

y∝ x

1
y∝x

(Total for Question 2 is 3 marks)

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3 y is directly proportional to x
y = 60 when x = 4

Find the value of y when x = 20

(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

4 R is inversely proportional to G
R = 80 when G = 3

Work out the value of R when G = 16

(Total for Question 4 is 3 marks)

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5 H is directly proportional to p2
H = 50 when p = 10

Work out the value of H when p = 6

(Total for Question 5 is 3 marks)

6 J is inversely proportional to F
J = 12 when F = 9

Work out the value of J when F = 4

(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

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7 q is directly proportional to r3
q = 250 when r = 10
Work out the value of q when r = 3
Give your answer as a mixed number.

(Total for Question 7 is 4 marks)

8 v is inversely proportional to the square of e

v = 0.2 when e = 8

Work out the value of v when e = 10

(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)

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9 (a) x is directly proportional to y

Complete the table of values.

x 6 9

y 1 3

(2)

(b) b is inversely proportional to c

Complete the table of values.

b 10 200

c 4 2
(2)

(c) p is directly proportional to q2

Complete the table of values.

p 64 100

q 1 4
(2)

(d) m is inversely proportional to n

Complete the table of values.

m 6 30

n 25 400
(2)

(Total for Question 9 is 8 marks)

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10 m is directly proportional to the cube root of n

m = 8 when n = 8000

Work out the value of m when n = 1.25 × 10-4

(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)

11 The table shows a set of values for x, y and z

x 2 8 50
y 100 25 4
z 1 2 5

Use a phrase from the box below to complete each of the statements.
Each phrase could be used once, more than once or not at all.

directly proportional inversely proportional not proportional

x is to y

y is to z2

x is to z2

(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

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12 A is directly proportional to B3
When A = 6, B = 2

B is inversely proportional to C
When B = 150, C = 0.2

Work out the value of A when C = 45

Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

(Total for Question 12 is 5 marks)

13 F, G and H have positive values.

F is directly proportional to the square root of G

When F = 1, G = 0.16

G is inversely proportional to the cube of H

When G = 1000, H = 0.2

Work out the value of H when F = 20

(Total for Question 13 is 5 marks)

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14 A, B and C are positive values.

A is inversely proportional to the square root of B

When A = 1.5, B = 100

B is directly proportional to C2
When B = 0.09, C = 0.1

Find a formula for A in terms of C.

Give your answer in its simplest form.

(Total for Question 14 is 5 marks)

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15 f is directly proportional to g2
2
When f = 2 , g = 4
3
g is inversely proportional to h
When g = 40, h = 0.3

Find a formula for f in terms of h.

Give your answer in its simplest form.

(Total for Question 15 is 5 marks)

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