DIRECT AND INVERSE PROPORTION
Practice exercise
1. 75 basketballs cost $1,143.75. Find the cost of 26 basketballs.
2. 7 men can complete a work in 52 days. In how many days will 13 men finish the same
work?
3. If David sells 2 gallons of juice for $4, how much money will he get by selling 17 gallons
of juice?
4. A book contains 120 pages and each page has 35 lines. How many pages will the book
contain if every page has 24 lines per page?
5. The cost of a taxi is $40.50 for 15 miles. Find the cost for 20 miles.
6. A truck covers a particular distance in 3 hours with the speed of 60 miles per hour. If the
speed is increased by 30 miles per hour, find the time taken by the truck to cover the
same distance.
7. In a business, if A can earn $7500 in 2.5 years, At the same rate, find his earning for 4
years.
8. David can complete a work in 6 days working 8 hours per day. If he works 3 hours per
day, how many days will he take to complete the work?
9. In 36.5 weeks, Miguel raised $2372.50 for cancer research. How much money will he
raise 20 weeks?
10. Alex takes 15 days to reduce 30 kilograms of his weight by doing 30 minutes exercise
per day. If he does exercise for 1 hour 30 minutes per day, how many days will he take
to reduce the same weight?
11. If two pencils cost $1.50, how many pencils can you buy with $9.00?
12. A school buys 8 gallons of juice for 100 kids. How many gallons do they need for 175
kids?
13. 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?
14. If it takes 15 artists to make a statue in 48 hours, how many artists would be required to
complete the same in 30 hours?
15. 3 painters complete painting a house in 12 hours. How many hours will 6 workers take?
16. It takes 12 hours to fill a water reservoir with water if 21 liters are poured into it per
minute. How long will it take to fill the reservoir if 8 liters of water are poured into it per
minute?
17. Two people take 15 minutes to clean the room. How many minutes will three people
take to clean the same room?
18. 10 students take 8 hours to decorate their classroom. How many hours will 5 students
take to decorate the same classroom?
19. 8 students take 2 hours to complete the work on a project. How many hours will 5
students take to complete the work on the same project?
20. It takes 18 hours to cover a distance if the car travels at 50 miles per hour. How many
hours will it take to cover the same distance if the speed of the car is increased to 75
miles per hour?
Answers
1. The cost of 2626 basketballs is $396.50.
2. 13 men will finish the same work in 28 days.
3. David will earn $34 by selling 17 gallons of juice.
4. If every page has 24 lines per page, the book will contain 175 pages.
5. the cost for 20 miles is $54.
6. Time taken by the truck is 2 hours.
7. The earning for 4 years is $12000.
8. David can complete the work in 16 days working 3 hours per day.
9. the money raised in 20 weeks is $1300.
10. it will take 5 days to reduce 30 kilograms of weight.
11. 12 Pencils
12. 14 gallons
13. 3 Hours
14. the statue will be completed in 30 hours by 24 artists.
15. 6 painters will complete painting the house in 6 hours.
16. It will take 31 hours 30 minutes to fill the reservoir if the flow of the water is 8 liters per
minute.
17. 3 people will take 10 minutes to clean the same room.
18. 5 students will take 16 hours to decorate the same classroom.
19. 5 students will take 3 hours 12 minutes to complete the project. Or 3.2hours
20. It will take 12 hours to cover the same distance if the car travels at the speed of 75 miles
per hour.