DIRECT PROPORTION

1. If 9 people can build 15 houses, how many houses can 12 people build?
2. The amount of sales tax on a new car is directly proportional to the purchase
price of the car.
Victor bought a new car for $30,000 and paid $1,500 in sales tax.

Wesley bought a new car from the same dealer and paid $2,375 sales tax.

How much did Wesley pay for his car? 47500

3. The cost of insurance on a house is directly proportional to the area of the
house.
Alan has a 2,500 square-foot house and pays a monthly insurance premium of
$67.50
Bella has a 3,800 square-foot house insured with the same company. What is
her monthly premium? 102.6
4. The stopping distance (d meters) of a car is directly proportional to the square
of its speed (s km/h) when the brakes are applied.

A car travelling at 50 km/h requires a stopping distance of 20 meters.

If the stopping distance is 51.2 meters, what is the speed of the car when the
brakes are applied? 128km/h
5. John pays premiums of $76 per month on his property valued at $152,000
How much does Karen pay on her property valued at $259,000? 129.50
INVERSE PROPORTION

1. If 10 people take 15 days to build a house, how many days do 12 people need to build
one?12.5 days
2. If 13 people can build a boat in 18 days, how long would it take 6 people to build one boat? 39
days
3. If 4 pipes can fill a pool in 25 minutes, how long would it take 10 pipes to fill the same pool?
10 mins
4. 3 pipes take 60 minutes to water the field. How much time it will take to water with 6 pipes?
5. 15 workers can complete a road construction in 7 days. How many workers will be required to
complete this road in 3 days? 35 workers
6. A farmer has enough food to feed 20 animals in his cattle for 6 days. How long would the food
last if there were 10 more animals in his cattle? 4 days
7. Five workers take 12 days to weed a field. How many days would 6 workers take? 10 days
X1Y1 = X2Y2
 8. Example:
It takes 4 men 6 hours to repair a road. How long will it take 8 men to do the
job if they work at the same rate?

Solution:
The number of men is inversely proportional to the time taken to do the job.
Let t be the time taken for the 8 men to finish the job.
4×6=8×t
24 = 8t
t = 3 hours
9. If there are 6 builders, it takes 80 days to complete the house.
How many builders must be employed to build the house in just 16 days? 30
days
10. It takes 3 mechanics to repair a car for 8 hours. How long will it take for 8
mechanics to do the repair if they work at the same rate?

PARTITIVE PROPORTION

1. If Ara wants to stock 144 T-shirts and the ratio of white, plain colored and printed is 1:3:2,
how many of each type should Ara stock?
2. A sum of money to be shared is in the ratio 3:5:7. If the smallest share is 2500, How much
money is shared?