GCSE Maths Revision | Ratio and Proportion
Proportion - Worksheet
Skill
Group A - Direct proportion
𝑦 is directly proportional to 𝑥. Work out the missing value:
1) 2) 3)
4) 5) 6)
7) 8) 9)
10) 11) 12)
Group B - Inverse proportion
𝑦 is inversely proportional to 𝑥. Work out the missing value:
1) 2) 3)
4) 5) 6)
7) 8) 9)
10) 11) 12)
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GCSE Maths Revision | Ratio and Proportion
Proportion - Worksheet
Group C - Formulas and graphs
𝑥 and 𝑦 are variables. 𝑘 is a constant. State if the following represent direct proportion, inverse
proportion of neither:
1 4
1) 𝑦 α 𝑥
2) 𝑦 = 𝑘𝑥 3) 𝑦 = 𝑥
𝑘
4) 𝑦 = 4 + 𝑥 5) 𝑦 = 𝑥
6) 𝑦 α 𝑥
7) 𝑦 = 𝑥 − 𝑘 8) 𝑦 = θ 𝑥 9) 𝑦 = 4𝑥
10) 11) 12)
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GCSE Maths Revision | Ratio and Proportion
Proportion - Worksheet
Applied
1) (a) If 4 apples cost 200𝑝, find the cost of 7 apples.
(b) If 5 books cost £20, find the cost of 3 books.
2) (a) A machine fills 200 bottles in 10 minutes.
How many bottles are filled in 13 minutes?
(b) The total contents of 8 bottles is 15 litres.
What is the contents of 5 bottles?
3) (a) A fast train travelling at 100 𝑘𝑚𝑝ℎ takes 3 hours to complete a journey.
How long will it take a slower train travelling at 50 𝑘𝑚𝑝ℎ?
(b) A slow bus travelling at 40 𝑘𝑚𝑝ℎ takes 60 minutes to complete a motorway
journey. How long will it take a faster bus travelling at 75 𝑘𝑚𝑝ℎ?
4) (a) 7 taps fill a swimming pool in 100 minutes.
How long would it take for 5 taps to fill the same swimming pool?
(b) It takes 3 workers 8 hours to build a shed.
How long would it take 5 workers to build the same type of shed?
Give your answer in hours and minutes.
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GCSE Maths Revision | Ratio and Proportion
Proportion - Exam Questions
1) Here is a recipe for 16 flapjacks:
125 𝑔 Butter
125 𝑔 Golden Syrup
50 𝑔 Sugar
175 𝑔 Oats
(a) Sarah wants to make 32 flapjacks.
How much golden syrup should she use?
….……………g
(2)
(b) Tariq wants to make 8 flapjacks.
How much sugar should he use?
….……………g
(2)
(c) Ursula has 0. 5 𝑘𝑔 of oats and plenty of other ingredients.
Can she make 40 flapjacks?
Explain how you got your answer.
(4)
(6 marks)
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Proportion - Exam Questions
2) 6 workers take 14 hours to paint a fence.
How many hours do 4 men need to paint the same fence?
….…………hours
(2 marks)
3) Given that 𝑦 is inversely proportional to 𝑥, complete the table of
values:
(3 marks)
4) (a) 𝑦 is inversely proportional to 𝑥. When 𝑥 = 5, 𝑦 = 4.
Find an equation for 𝑦 in terms of 𝑥.
𝑦 =……………
(3)
(b) Find 𝑦 when 𝑥 is 10.
𝑦 =.……………
(2)
(c) Find 𝑥 when 𝑦 is 0. 5.
𝑥 =.……………
(2)
(7 marks)
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GCSE Maths Revision | Ratio and Proportion
Proportion - Answers
Question Answer
Skill Questions
Group A 𝑦 is directly proportional to 𝑥. Work out the missing
value:
1) 1) 𝑦 = 6
2) 2) 𝑦 = 15
3) 3) 𝑦 = 24
4) 4) 𝑦 = 18
5) 5) 𝑦 = 30
6) 6) 𝑦 = 54
7) 7) 𝑦 = 24
8) 8) 𝑦 = 28
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Proportion - Answers
9) 9) 𝑦 = 36
10) 10) 𝑦 = 24
11) 11) 𝑦 = 28
12) 12) 𝑦 = 40
Group B 𝑦 is inversely proportional to 𝑥. Work out the
missing value:
1) 1) 𝑦 = 6
2) 2) 𝑦 = 4
3) 3) 𝑦 = 2
4) 4) 𝑦 = 25
5) 5) 𝑦 = 10
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GCSE Maths Revision | Ratio and Proportion
Proportion - Answers
Group B 6) 6) 𝑦 = 12. 5
contd
7) 7) 𝑦 = 9
8) 8) 𝑦 = 6
9) 9) 𝑦 = 4
10) 10) 𝑦 = 30
11) 11) 𝑦 = 12
12) 12) 𝑦 = 18
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GCSE Maths Revision | Ratio and Proportion
Proportion - Answers
Group C 𝑥 and 𝑦 are variables. 𝑘 is a constant. State if the
following represent direct proportion, inverse
proportion of neither:
1) 𝑦α
1 1) inverse proportion
𝑥
2) 𝑦 = 𝑘𝑥 2) direct proportion
3) 𝑦=
4 3) inverse proportion
𝑥
4) 𝑦=4+𝑥 4) neither
5) 𝑦=
𝑘 5) inverse proportion
𝑥
6) 𝑦α𝑥 6) direct proportion
7) 𝑦=𝑥−𝑘 7) neither
8) 𝑦 = θ𝑥 8) neither
9) 𝑦 = 4𝑥 9) direct proportion
10) 10) neither
11) 11) direct proportion
12) 12) inverse proportion
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GCSE Maths Revision | Ratio and Proportion
Proportion - Answers
Question Answer
Applied Questions
1) a) If 4 apples cost 200𝑝, find the cost of 7 apples. a) 200 ÷ 4 × 7 = 350
350𝑝 or £3. 50
b) If 5 books cost £20, find the cost of 3 books. b) 20 ÷ 5 × 3 = 12
£12
2) a) A machine fills 200 bottles in 10 minutes. a) 200 ÷ 10 × 13 = 260
How many bottles are filled in 13 minutes? 260 bottles
b) The total contents of 8 bottles is 15 litres. b) 15 ÷ 8 × 5 = 9. 375
What is the contents of 5 bottles? 9. 375 litres
3) a) A fast train travelling at 100 𝑘𝑚𝑝ℎ takes 3 hours a) 3 × 2 = 6
to complete a journey. 6 hours
How long will it take a slower train travelling at
50 𝑘𝑚𝑝ℎ?
b) A slow bus travelling at 40 𝑘𝑚𝑝ℎ takes 60 b) 40 × 60 ÷ 75 = 32
minutes to complete a motorway journey. 32 mins
How long will it take a faster bus travelling at
75 𝑘𝑚𝑝ℎ?
4) a) 7 taps fill a swimming pool in 100 minutes. a) 100 × 7 ÷ 5 = 140
How long would it take for 5 taps to fill the 140 mins = 2 hours 20 mins
same swimming pool?
b) It takes b) 3 × 8 ÷ 5 = 4. 8
3 workers 8 hours to build a shed. 4. 8 hours = 4 hours 48 mins
How long would it take 5 workers to build the
same type of shed?
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GCSE Maths Revision | Ratio and Proportion
Proportion - Mark Scheme
Question Answer
Exam Questions
1) Here is a recipe for 16 flapjacks:
125 𝑔 Butter
125 𝑔 Golden Syrup
50 𝑔 Sugar
175 𝑔 Oats
(a) Sarah wants to make 32 flapjacks. How (a) 125 × 2 (1)
much golden syrup should she use?
250 𝑔 (1)
(b) Tariq wants to make 8 flapjacks. How (b) 50 ÷ 2 (1)
much sugar should he use?
25 𝑔 (1)
(c) Ursula has 0. 5 𝑘𝑔 of oats and plenty of (c) 0. 5 × 1000 = 500 𝑔 (1)
other ingredients. Can she make 40
40 ÷ 16 = 2. 5 (1)
flapjacks?
175 × 2. 5 = 437. 5 𝑔 (1)
Explain how you got your answer
Yes and 437. 5 𝑔 is less than 500 𝑔 oe (1)
2) 6 workers take 14 hours to paint a fence. 14 × 6 ÷ 4 (1)
How many hours would 4 men have taken 21 hours (1)
to paint the same fence?
3) Given that y is inversely proportional to𝑥,
complete the table of values:
24 (1)
16 (1)
6 (1)
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GCSE Maths Revision | Ratio and Proportion
Proportion - Mark Scheme
4) (a) y is inversely proportional to x. (a) 𝑦 = 𝑘
or 4 =
𝑘
oe (1)
𝑥 5
When 𝑥 = 5, 𝑦 = 4.
𝑘 = 20 (1)
Find an equation for y in terms of x.
20
𝑦= 𝑥 (1)
(b) Find y when 𝑥 is 10. (b) 𝑦 = 20 (1)
10
(1)
𝑦=2
(c) Find 𝑥 when 𝑦 is 0. 5. (c) 0. 5 = 20
or 𝑥 =
20
oe (1)
𝑥 0.5
𝑥 = 40 (1)
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