GUMACA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Math 9
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Lesson 1 – VARIATION
Name: __ALTHEA MARIE O. RAMOS__________ Section:__GR.9-HIGANTES___________
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Shade the circle of the correct answer. If your answer is not among the choices, shade letter E.s
1. As the number of pens you buy increases, the amount you have to pay increases. How does the number
of pens vary with the amount to be paid?
A. dire ctly B. inversely C. jointly D. indirectly
_______ 2. The cost c varies directly as the number n of pencils is written as?
A. c=kn B. k=cn k k
C. n=
D. . c=
c n
_______ 3. The speed r of a moving object is inversely proportional to the time t travelled is written as.
A. r= kt k C. t= kr r
B. . r = D. . =r
t k
_______ 4. Which is an example of direct variation?
A. xy=10 2 C. y=5x 2
B. . y= D. . =x
x y
5. Which of these quantities are inversely related?
A. side of a cube and its surface area C. the number of tickets sold and the gross sales
B. diameter of a circle and its circumference D. distance traveled by the car and the gas left in
the tank.
6. How does the area of rectangle vary as its length and width?
A. dire ctly B. inversely C. jointly D. indirectly

7. A car travels a distance of d km in t hours. The formula that relates d to t is d =kt. What kind of
variation is it?
A. direct B. inverse C. joint D. combined
8. What kind of variation tells “if the ratio of one quantity to the product of the other quantities is
constant, then they vary jointly”?
A. inverse B. direct C. combined D. joint

9. This is a variation where one quantity varies directly to other quantity and inversely to the other
quantity?
A. combined B. joint C. inverse D. direct
10. Which of the following describes an inverse variation?
A. B. C. D.
x 2 3 4 5 x 40 30 20 10 x 1 2 3 4 x 4 8 10 12
y 5 10 5 2 y 8 6 4 2 y 5 10 15 20 y 2 4 5 6
3 2
11. Which of the these graphs show an inverse relationship between x and y.
A.

B. C. D.

12.Which of the following variation states that “if y varies directly to the square of x, there is a non-
y 2
zero constant k such that 2 =k∨ y=k x ?
x
A. direct B. direct square C. inverse D. inverse square
13. y varies directly as x such that when x=10, y=4. Find y when x=15.
A4 B. 6 C. 8 D. 10

14. y varies inversely as x such that when x=12 , y=9. Find y when x=27.
A. 3 B. 4 C.9 D. 18

15. Which of the following is an equation of joint variation?

8 xz 2x
A. y= 8x B. y= C. y= D. y=
x 2 z
 16. y varies jointly as x and z such that when x=5 and z= 8, y=20. What is the constant variation?
1 1
A. B. C. 2 D. 4
4 2

17. Manuel can assemble 7 books in 4 minutes. At this rate, how many books can he assemble in 2
hours?
A. 14 B. 69 C. 105 D. 210
18. Five men can build a hut in 6 days. In how many days can 10 men build the same hut ?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 9 D. 12

19. JC’s pay check (P) varies directly as the number of hours (h) worked. The pay is p1500 for
working 20 hours. Find the pay for working 30 hours.
A. Php 25 B. 1850 C. Php 2250 D. Php 2450

20. The amount of gasoline used by a car varies jointly as the distance traveled and the square root
of the speed. Suppose a car used 25 liters on a 100 km trip at 100kph, about how many liters will it
use on a 1000-km trip at 64kph?
A. 100 L B. 200L C. 300L D. 400L
II. PERFORMANCE ASSSESSMENT.
Read the phrases at the right column in the table below. If the phrase is a direct variation write DV, IV if it is an
inverse variation and N if it is neither direct or inverse. 1.i 2.n 3.I 4.D 5.I 6.D 7. N 8. N 9. D 10 .D
B. Supply the missing value if y varies jointly as x and z
A.
1.___IV___ The number of hours to I. y x z k Equation
finish a job to the number of ANSWERS
men working. 1.) A. 11.) A. 30 3 5 2 Y=2xz
2. ___N___ The amount of water to the 2.) A 12.) A. 80 10 4 2 Y= 2xz
space that water did not 3.) A. 13.) C.
occupy in a particular 4.) C. 14.) B. 132 6 8 4 Y=4xz
container. 5.) B. 15.) B.
3. __IV___ The number of persons 6.) C. 16.) B. 60 10 2 3 Y=3xz
sharing a pie to the size of 7.) A. 17.) D.
the slices of the pie. 8.) B. 18.) B. 48 16/3 12 3/4 3
Y= xy
4. __DV__ The area of the wall to the 9.) B. 19.) C. 4
amount of paint used to 10.) B. 20.) B.
cover it. C. Supply the missing value if y varies directly to v
5.___IV__ The time spent in walking to and w and inversely to z.
the rate at which a person y v w z k equation
walks.
6.__DV___ The time of a teacher spends 5 12 14 24 5/7 y=5vw/7z
checking papers to the
number of students.
7. __N___ The cost of life insurance to
18 4 18/5 8 10  y=10 vw/z
the aged of the insured
96 16 24 6 3/2 3 vw
person. y=
8. ___N___ The age of a used car to its 2z
resale value. 20 5/6 6 2 8 8 vw
y=
9. __DV___ The amount of money raised z
in a concert to the number of 168/5 12 7 15 6 y=6vw/z
tickets sold.
10. __DV__ The distance an airplane
flies to the time travelling.

IV. REFLECTION
In this lesson,
I learned that the difference between direct variation and inverse Prepared by: Checked by:
variation is – DIRECT VARIATION A variation where the variable
closely related to each other . WHILE INVERSE VARIATION A
variation opposite to Direct Variation. 
GRADIEL P. ESTANISLAO BRENDA P. LIBRANDA
The equation of joint variation is ____________________________
I learned easily ______________variation because Grade 9 Math teacher HTIII-Math