1.

2.

Determine whether the situation suggests direct or inverse proportion.

a. The number of raffle tickets you buy and your probability of
...........................
winning that raffle.

[1]

...........................

b. The speed and the length of time in travelling a certain distance

[1]

...........................

c. The surface area of a balloon and its diameter

[1]

...........................

d. The number of workers painting a house and the time it will

take to paint the house

[1]

...........................

e. The amount of gasoline you pump and the amount you pay

[1]

...........................

f. The number of pipes filling a tank and the time taken to fill it

[1]

Write an equation connecting the different quantities using k as the proportionality

constant.
a.

The distance

travelled by an object is directly proportional to the time spent

in travelling for an object moving at a constant

speed...............................................
b.

The density

of a material is inversely proportional to the volume of the

[1]

[1]

material
...............................................
c.

For a fixed amount of force applied on an object, its acceleration

proportional to the mass

3.

If

is directly proportional to

is inversely

[1]

of the object. ...............................................

and

when

a.

find an equation connecting

[1]

b.

find the value of

when

[1]

c.

find the value of

when

[1]

and ,

d.

draw the graph of

4. Given that

[1]

against .

[3]

is directly proportional to , complete the table.

15

30

75

36

5. The number of days

72

required to renovate a house is inversely proportional to the

[2]

number of men available. When 6 men are doing the job, the renovation takes 8
days. If it takes 12 days to complete the job, how many men are there?

6. The pressure

on a disc immersed in a liquid at a certain depth is directly

2

[2]

proportional to the square of the radius of the disc. Given that the pressure on a
disc of radius 2 m is 2 880 N/m2, calculate the pressure on a disc of radius 3.5 m.

7. If

is inversely proportional to

and

when

, find the value of

when

[2]

8. Given that
when

9.

is inversely proportional to

and that

, find the value of

[2]

The distance

travelled by a ball dropped from an airplane is directly proportional to

the square of time . Given that

10.

when

when

a.

write down the formula connecting

b.

find the distance the ball drops in 10 seconds

Given that is inversely proportional to

,
[1]

and ,

[1]

[3]

, complete the table.

80

0.08
3

11.

12.

is directly proportional to

and

a.

find an equation connecting

b.

calculate the value of

c.

calculate the values of

d.

sketch the graph of

The pressure,

and ,

[1]

[1]

125

[1]

when

when

against

[1]

Pascals, of a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature is inversely

proportional to its volume,

a.

when

the value of

when

m3. When

, find,

[1]

b.

the value of

when

[1]