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DIRECT AND INVERSE PROPORTIONS – PRACTICE SHEET

1. Which of the following vary directly and which vary inversely with each other and
which are neither of the two?
(i) The time taken by a train to cover a fixed distance and the speed of the train.
(ii) The distance travelled by CNG bus and the amount of CNG used.
(iii) The number of people working and the time to complete a given work.
(iv) Income tax and the income.
(v) Distance travelled by an auto-rickshaw and time taken.
(vi) Number of students in a hostel and consumption of food.
(vii) Area of the walls of a room and the cost of white washing the walls.
(viii) The number of people working and the quantity of work.
(ix) Simple interest on a given sum and the rate of interest.
(x) Compound interest on a given sum and the sum invested.
Solve the following :
2. The variable x varies directly as y and x = 80 when y is 160. What is y when x is 64?
3. If x varies inversely as y and y = 60 when x = 1.5. Find x. when y = 4.5.
4. Sobi types 108 words in 6 minutes. How many words would she type in half an hour?
5. If Naresh walks 250 steps to cover a distance of 200 metres, find the distance
travelled in 350 steps.
6. A car travels a distance of 225 km in 25 litres of petrol. How many litres of petrol will
be required to cover a distance of 540 kilometres by this car?
7. The cost of 27 kg of iron is Rs 1,080, what will be the cost of 120 kg of iron of the
same quality?
8. At a particular time, the length of the shadow of Qutub Minar whose height is 72 m is
80 m. What will be the height of an electric pole, the length of whose shadow at the
same time is 1000 cm?
9. A packet of sweets was distributed among 10 children and each of them received 4
sweets. If it is distributed among 8 children, how many sweets will each child get?
10. Shabnam takes 20 minutes to reach her school if she goes at a speed of 6 km/h. If
she wants to reach school in 24 minutes, what should be her speed?
11. The following table shows the distance travelled by one of the new eco-friendly
energy-efficient cars travelled on gas.
Litres of gas 1 0.5 2 2.5 3 5

Distance (km) 15 7.5 30 37.5 45 75

Which type of properties are indicated by the table? How much distance will be
covered by the car in 8 litres of gas?
12. If a and b vary inversely to each other, then find the values of p, q, r ;
x, y, z and l, m, n.
(i)
a 6 8 q 25

b 18 p 39 r

(ii)
a 2 y 6 10
b x 12.5 15 z

(iii)
a l 9 n 6
b 5 m 25 10

13. 44 cows can graze a field in 9 days. How many less/more cows will graze the same
field in 12 days?
14. 30 persons can reap a field in 17 days. How many more persons should be engaged
to reap the same field in 10 days?
15. If 25 metres of cloth costs Rs 337.50, then
(i) What will be the cost of 40 metres of the same type of cloth?
(ii) What will be the length of the cloth bought for Rs 810?
ANSWERS:
1 – (i) Inverse (ii) Direct (iii) Inverse (iv) Direct (v) Direct (vi) Direct
(vii) Direct (viii) Direct (ix) Direct (x) Neither of the two
2- y = 128
3- x = 20
4- 540 words
5- 280 m
6- 60 litres
7- Rs 4,800
8-9m
9- 5 sweets
10- 5 km/hr
11- Direct proportion, 120 km
12- (i) 27/2 = p, 36/13 = q, 108/25 = r
(ii) x = 45, y = 7.2, z = 9
(iii) l = 12, m = 20/3, n = 12/5
13- 11 cows
14- 21 person
15- (i) Rs 540
(ii) 60 m

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