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12 Proportions
D) Synopsis
Unitary method:

A method in which the value of a quantity is first obtained to find the value of any
required quantity is called unitary method.

Direct proportion:
() Two quantities x and y are said to be in direct proportion if they increase (decrease)
together in such a manner that the ratio of their corresponding values remains constant.

(i That is, if k Ik is a positive number], then x and y are said to vary directly. In such

a case if y, and y, are the values of y corresponding to the values *, and x, of x

respectively then y,
=
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25 Examples:

(a) As the number of articles increases, their cost increases. Cost is directly proportional
to the number of articles.
more the number of men, the work is done in a
more given time. Work done is
(b) The
directly proportional to the number of men working at it.

Inverse proportion:
and y are said to be in inverse proportion if an increase in x
causes a
(i) Two quantities x
of their
proportional decrease in y (and vice-versa) in such a manner that the product
constant.
corresponding values remains
In this case, if y, and y, are the
i) That is, ifay =k, then x andy are said to vary inversely.
and x, of x respectively then x, y, X, y, or
=

values of y corresponding to the values x,

Examples:
time it takes to complete a given work. The time
d (a) The more men employed, the less
number of persons working at it.
taken to finish a work is inversely proportional to the
distance decreases. The time
given
(b) If speed of car is increased, time taken to cover a
to the
covering a certain distance is inversely proportional
taken by any vehicle in
speed of the vehicle.

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Each question
has only one correct option

the given table. 06 A train is moving at a unifon

Proportion
01 Observe 75 km/hr. How far will
ravelspeedin 36
it
4 4 6 8
10 12 minutes ?

8 12 16 20 24 (A) 60 km
(B) 40 km
r and y ? (C) 50 km
What can be said about (D) 45 km
and y are directly proportional. 07 Ifx andyare directly
(A) x
the respective values of proportional, find
B) x is inversely proportional to y. in the table given. *,and y,
(C) y is inversely proportional tox | 10
There is no proportionality
(D)
between x and y.
30 50 80 .
A van covers 432 km with 36
litres of (A) 8,,= 2;), =
100
02 (B) 5 ; = 8;y, = 100
diesel. How much distance would it
cover with 25 litres of diesel
?
(C),2, =8;y,=100
(A) 200 km (B) 300 km
(D)5,x, =8,y, =
120
(C) 100 km (D) 350 km 08 If the weight of 15 sheets of thick
paper is 50 grams, how many shets
03 A photograph of a type of bacteria
enlarged 50000 times attains a length of the same paper would weigh1
1
of 5 cm. What is the actual length of
bacteria? kilograms?
(A) 300 (B) 250
(A) 1000 cm (B) 10 cm
C) 200 (D) 375
(C) 10 cm (D) 10 cm
09 If 32 horses 112 kg ofgram in
consume
04 If the cost of 27 bags of paddy is 9450, will
a certain period, how much gram
what is the cost of 36 bags of paddy?
be consumed 16 horses during the
by
(A) 12000 (712600 same period ?

(C)16200 (D) 10620 (A) 56 kg (B) 48.5 kg

(C) 31.5 kg (D) 50 kg

05 The scale of a map is 1:3 x 10. Two
cities are 5 cm apart on the map. Find is 151/
the actual distance between them in 10 The price of357 mangoes
What will be the approximate priCeO
kilometres.
49 dozens of such mangoes ?
(A) 1500 km (B) 1000 km (B) 73500
(A) 3000
(C) 1100 km (D) 2000 km (D) 2500
C)4000

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of wire is "d" 17 Awheel revolves 19500 times in 3
he COSt
# t h ec o s t

what isthe cost of "y" metres hours. How many times does it revolve
wpees,
the s a m e rate ? in 7 hours ?
wire at
(B) ty) (A) 54500 (B) 55400
(C) 45500 (D) 50450
(D)
C(bd)
18 Suman drove 244 km in 4 hours. How
rod long will he take to drive 366 km going
f11.25
m ofa uniform iron weighs at the same speed ?
will be the weight of 6
42.75 kg, what
same rod? (A) 8 hours (B) 4 hours
m ofthe
(A) 22.8 kg (B) 25.6 kg (D) 6 hours
(C) 10 hours
(D) 26.5 kg
(C) 28 kg finish typing 3pages in 5
pages
19 A typist can
A Dypist minutes does it
of a map, 0.6 cm represents
minutes. How many
BOn scale the distance between the
a

6.6 km. If take him to type 10 pages?

on the map is
80.5 cm. What is 17.6 minutes
points (A) 16.7 minutes (B)
distance between these
the actual 160 minutes
(C) 180 minutes (D)
places?
(B) 72.5 km litres of petrol to cover
(A) 9 km 20 A car needs 33 78
Petrol costs
(C) 190.75 km
(D) 885.5 km a distance of 363 km. would one spend
shadow per litre. How much
17.5 m high casts a
journey of407
km by that car?
14 A flagstaff40.25 m. What is the
height on a

of length a
shadow
(A) 2886
(B)2780
which casts
of the building under
similar
28.75 m (D) 2870
of length (C) 2618
conditions ? 60 days.In
men can do a work in
(B) 12.5 m
21 If 15 do it?
men
(A) 10 m
(D) 21.25 m
how many days will 36
(C) 17.5 m (B) 20
chillies cost
60 (A) 18
green
quarter kg of will 200g
cost?
(D) 30
If a (C) 25
15 how many
paise
paise, (B) 54 paise in 15 days. For
42 men can reap a field
(A) 48 paise
(D) 72 paise 22 in 35 days, how
reaping the same field
(C) 56 paise tablespoons
men are required ?
needs 5 many
rolls
for 20 of
(B) 16
tablespoons

A recipe
16 How many rolls?
(A) 12
for30
butter.
of needed
(D) 24
is (C) 18
(B) 7
butter

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(A)
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one

36. How
correct option ]

30 varies inversely as square

oportions
23 John bought
much should he pay for 5
such books?

(B)12
that y= 3 for *
for y = 4.
=
find the oty.venot
(A) 18
(C) 72 (D)20 (A) 3 (B) 9 (C)
A shirt costs 7 520
and a pair of trousers (D)
24 much does it costfor 2
31 Acontractor can complete a cet
cost 145. How of work in 9 tain ples
days. He
such shirts and 3 pairs
of such trousers ?
number of men, but 6 of employed certain
(B) 71475 ther
(A) 71040 absent from the very first beng
(D) 7435 could finish the work in 15day,
da there
(C) 605 ays.
A travels 210 km in 3 hours.
How many men were
originally employedHow?
25 van

farcan it travel in 5 hours? (A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 18 (D)

24
(A) 350 km (B) 70 km
32 36 men can onstruct a bridge in
(D) 270 km In how 18
(C) 35 km days. many days will 27
complete the construction? men
dresses froma 40 m
26 A tailor makes 16 material
long material. How much (A) 12 (B) 18 (C) 22
(D) 2
dresses?
would be needed for 20 such 33 A rope makes 70 rounds of theciqum
(A) 20m (B) 60 m
ference of a cylinder whose radus of
(C) 28 m (D) 50m the base is 14 cm. How many times can
it go round a cylinder with radius 20 cm?
A shopkeeper makes a profit of 7 15
27 from 36 tins of oil. How much profit (A) 40 (B) 49 (C) 100 (D) S4
does he make from 66 such tins? 34 A certain number of men canfinisha
(A) 32.50 (B)722.50 piece of work in 100 days. If, therewere
(C) 27.50 (D)18.50 10 men less, it would take 10 daysmore
for the work to be finished. How man
28 A car takes 3 hours to reach a destination men were there originally ?
by travelling at 60 km/h. How long will
it take while travelling at 90 km/h ? (A) 75 (B) 82

(A) 1 hour 30 minutes (C) 100 (D) 110

(B) 1 hour 40 minutes

camp, 95 men provisions
had
35 In a 30 men lertne
(C) 2 hours 40 minutes 200 days. After 5 days,
camp. For how many days wil
(D) 2 hours ?
last
remaining provisions
29 If 24 workers can paint a wall in 45 (B) 285
hours, how many workers are required (A) 180
to do the same work in 20 hours? 16 (D) 200

(A) 45 (B) 24 (C) 54 (D) 36

C) 1399
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men
had provisions for 42 A car takes one hour to cover a certain
on of500 days, a reinfo nforcement distance at 60 km/h.. How long will the
After 3 a
AYS.
2 7days.
arrived.
.For how
For h o many m o r e same journey take at 80 km/h?
men
provisions last ?
300 remaining (A) 45 minutes (B) 2 hours
i l lthe
days
1 18 (C) 90 minutes (D) 3 hours
(B) 16 (C) 17 (D)
( A 15

lasts for 8 for 29 men

43 Amen
fort had provision of food for 150
for 45 days. After 10 days, 25 men
camp
in a would the food last left the fort. For how many days does
weeks.
Fo o How
H o w
long
f o r
1 0m e n ?
the remaining food last?
(B) 24 weeks
(A) 22.3 weeks

(B) 37 4 (C) 42 (D) 54

(C) 3 2 w e e k s
(D) 23.2 weeks (A) 29
of land in tly
complete
a job in 8 days. 44 5 women can clear a piece
orkers women will
B 86 worke

workers
a r e n e e d e d to 4 days. How many more
many
advance ? be required to clear it in
one day ?
HOW 2 days in
mplete the job 20 C) 25 (D) 15
8 (C) 10 (D) 6 (A) 10 (B)
(B) his
(A)
4 minutes to reach
lasts for a
week for 25 45 Satish takes 24
what
of food 15 km/h. At
A supply would it last if 5 school, travelling at school
How long to reach his
families. to be supplied
? speed must he go
are
in 18 minutes ?
families
more
(B) 6 days (B) 30 km/h
A) 5 days (A) 20 km/h 1e
(D) 18 km/h
(D) 1 weeks (C) 24 km/h
C ) o fa week
needed to
are
8 of cattle feed
bags will
hours. In 46 months. How long
e

a wall in 5 for 2
can paint feed 4 cows
40 5 people 3 people paint the feed 6
cows?

how many
hours c a n the same feed lastto
same wall ? (B) 1 months
(A) 4 months
(B) 8 hours
(A) 8 hours (D) 3 months
(C) 1 months

to buy 26
has money
(D) 8 hours shopkeeper
How many
(C) hours 47 A worth F 2500 each.
each
cycles able to buy if
days. be
house in 20
will
a cycles he
Three people paint
more?
take to 100
people costing
How many days do 30 cycle
(B) 23
do the same ? (A) 20
(D) 25
(B) 2 days (C) 24
(A) 3 days
(D) 12 days 5
(C) 60 days
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48 Rajitha brought 7 registers for 875

5
c
tons
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then identify the true statements. 52 Aman completes

& aa job
(A) cost ofS registers is 625
At this rate, how
many more d
it take him to finish
10da
da
the ioh 2w
(B) cost of each register is 75

cost of 9 registers is 1125

(A) 5 (B) 6
(C) 7
(C) )
(D) cost of dozen registers is 1500 53 If 45 students can cons
a
food
in 2 months, for
how manystock o
49 The cost of 97 metre of cloth is 13289 does the same stock of
food lasttfordays
then identify the true statements. students? 27
(A) 25 metres of cloth can be purchased (A) 100 (B) 144
for 3425 (C) 160 (D) 180
(B) 99 metres of cloth can be purchased 54 A man working 8 hours a
day
for13563 days to complete a project. Howtakess
many
hours a day must he work to
(C) 101 metres of cloth can be purchased
it in 4 days ?
complete
for13873
(A) 10 (B) 11
(D) cost of 12 metres cloth is 1644
(C) 12 (D) 14
50 Ifr and y vary inversely. Ifa = 4 then y
55 Arope makes 260 rounds of a cylinder
6. Identify the value ofr and y which
with base radius 20 How many cm.
are in the same inverse variation.
times can it go round a cylinder with
(A)*=3 and y = 8 base radius 26 cm?
(B)*12 andy = 2 (A) 130 (B 300

(C) *=6 and y = 4 (C) 200 (D) 150

In a camp, there is a meal for 120 men
(D) x=5 and y = 4.8
or 200 children. If 150 children have
51 Ifr and y vary inversely, taken the meal, how many men will be
catered to with the remaining meal?

12 6 bc (A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 40 (D) 50

a1616 8 0.5 d 57 A wheel that has 6 cogs is meshed with

the
a larger wheel of 14 cogs. When
Identify the suitable values of a, b, c
smaller wheel has made 21 revolutions,
and d. what is the number of revolutionsmad
(A) a 8 (B) b 12 by the larger wheel?
(D) 49
12
(C) c186 (D) d=22 (A) 4 (B) 9 C)

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