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5 Direct and Inverse Proportion

This document contains instructions and 13 questions for a GCSE maths exam on direct and inverse proportion. Students are asked to show their working and answers in the spaces provided. The questions involve calculating values based on proportional relationships given in formulas or descriptions. Marks are provided for each question to guide students on time spent. Students are advised to read questions carefully, check their work, and try to answer every question in the allotted time.

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5 Direct and Inverse Proportion

This document contains instructions and 13 questions for a GCSE maths exam on direct and inverse proportion. Students are asked to show their working and answers in the spaces provided. The questions involve calculating values based on proportional relationships given in formulas or descriptions. Marks are provided for each question to guide students on time spent. Students are advised to read questions carefully, check their work, and try to answer every question in the allotted time.

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GCSE (1 – 9)

Direct and Inverse Proportion

Instructions

• Use black ink or ball-point pen.


• Answer all questions.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• Diagrams are NOT accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
• You must show all your working out.

Information

• The marks for each question are shown in brackets


– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

Advice

• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.


• Keep an eye on the time.
• Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end

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1 A machine fills 1000 bottles in 5 hours.

Work out how many hours it would take the machine to fill 1200 bottles.

…..........................
(Total for question 1 is 2 marks)

2 It costs £0.75 to buy 5 bananas.

Work out how much it would cost to buy 7 bananas.

…..........................
(Total for question 2 is 2 marks)
3 3 tins of beans and 4 tins of tomatoes costs £2.73.

5 tins of beans costs £1.55.

Work out how much one tin of tomatoes costs.

…..........................
(Total for question 3 is 2 marks)

4 There are 500 sheets in a pack of paper. 500 sheets of paper weigh 2.5kg.

Work out the weight of 50 sheets of paper.

…..........................
(Total for question 4 is 2 marks)
5 It takes 2 painters 4 days to complete a job.

Work out how many days it would take 1 painter to complete the same job.

…..........................
(Total for question 5 is 2 marks)

6 It takes 3 machines 2 days to produce a batch of products

Work out how long it would take 1 machine to produce the same batch of products.

…..........................
(Total for question 6 is 2 marks)
7 It takes 3 painters 6 days to complete a job.

Work out how many days it would take 2 painters to complete the same job.

…..........................
(Total for question 7 is 2 marks)

8 It takes 5 machines 6 hours to produce 1000 DVDs

Work out how long it would take 4 machines to produce 1000 DVDs.

…..........................
(Total for question 8 is 2 marks)
9 x is inversely proportional to y.
1000
x is given by the formula: x=
y
Find the value of x when y = 50

x =…..........................
(Total for question 9 is 2 marks)

10 y is directly proportional to x.

y is given by the formula: y = 0.4x

Find the value of y when x = 6

y =…..........................
(Total for question 10 is 2 marks)
11 The weight of a piece of wire (w grams) is directly proportional to its length (l cm).

w is given by the formula: w = 30l

Find the length of a wire weighing 75 grams.

l =…..........................cm
(Total for question 11 is 2 marks)

12 The force, F, between two magnets is inversely proportional to the square of the distance, x cm,
between them.

36
F is given by the formula: F=
x2

Find the Force when two magnets are 3 cm apart.

F =…..........................N
(Total for question 12 is 2 marks)
13 Here are four graphs.
y y
A B

O x O x

y y
C
D

O x O x

Match each graph with a statement in the table below.

Proportionality relationship Graph letter

y is directly proportional to x

y is inversely proportional to x

y is directly proportional to x2

y is inversely proportional to x2

(Total for question 13 is 2 marks)

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