Inverse Proportion

Q1. It takes 5 identical robots 12 days to paint a long

straight wall. How many robots would it take to
paint the wall in 20 days ? 

Q2. It takes 12 identical robots 15 hours to dig a

trench. How many hours would it take 5 robots to
dig the same trench ?

Q3. If it takes 3 robots 17 to hours to mow a

vast lawn, how many robots would be needed to
mow it in under 5 hours ? 

Q4. A sh tank takes 13.5 minutes to  ll at a rate 1.2

litres per minute. How many minutes would it take
to ll at 5.4 litres per minute ?

Q5. The same sh tank needs to be lled in two and

a quarter minutes. What ow rate is needed (in litres
per minute) ? 
Q6. A shuttle train travels at 5ms−1 It takes 720
seconds to get from the terminal of an airport to a
gate.

Travelling at 8ms−1 how many seconds would it

take ?

Q7. If the shuttle train must complete the

journey from the terminal of the airport to the
same gate in half an hour.

What speed would be required (in ms−1 ) ?

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