QUIZ (VARIATIONS) - SET B 11. What can you observe in an inverse variation graph?

1. How will you translate the statement “the perimeter P varies a. As x increases, y increases
directly as the length of its side S”? b. As x increases, y decreases
a. S=kP b. P=S c. As y increases, x is a constant
c. P=k +S d. P=kS d. As x increases, y is a constant
2. How will you translate the statement “the amount (A) a bar will 12. Does the table below describe an inverse variation?
bend varies inversely as the width (w)” x 2 40 20
k w y 100 5 10
a. A= b. A= a. Yes
w k
c. A=kw d. w=kA b. No. it is a direct variation
c. No, it is a direct square variation
3. How will you translate the statement “ A varies directly as b d. No, it is a joint variation
and inversely to the square of c ”
13. Which of the following is a direct variation?
a. A=kbc b. A=kb c 2 4 1 1 25
kb kb a. = b. =
c. A= d. A= 2 2 8 5 5
c c c. 2 :3=12 :18 d. 3 :9=2:12
4. Translate the statement, “ B varies jointly as T and S”.
14. m varies directly as d ; d=9 when m=45. What is the
a. BTS=k b. B=kTS
value of k ?
k kT
c. B= d. B= a. 9 b. 5 c. 10 d. 45
TS S
15. y varies directly as x . If x=12 and y=144 , find y when
5. Which of the following equations represents inverse variation
if d varies inversely as g? x=4.
a. d=gk k g d a. 10 b. 12 c. 48 d. 120
b. d= c. d= d. g=
g k k 16. If y varies directly as x and y=28 when x=4, what is
For items 6-7, use the following choices. the value of k ?
a. 2 b. 6 c. 4 d. 7

a. c. 17. y varies inversely as x . y=20 when x=3 , find y when

x=5 .
a. 10 b. 6 c. 12 d. 18
18. d varies inversely as f . d=5 when f =15, find f when
b. d. d=25.
a. 3 b. 5 c. 15 d. 25
19. y varies inversely as x and y=20 when x=10 . What is
6. Which of the following graph is a graph of a direct variation? the value of the constant k ?
a. 2 b. 20 c. 100 d. 200
7. Which of the following graph of an inverse variation?
20. If m varies inversely as n and m=3 when n=4 . What is
8. In the given table below, if y varies directly as x, what is the
value of the constant k? the value of n if m=48?
x 2 6 10 a. 4 b. 10 c. 12 d. 16
y 1 3 5 21. If z varies jointly as x and y and z=10 when y=5 and
a. 1 b. 2 1 2 x=20 , find z when x=8 and y=40.
c. d.
2 3 a. 20 b. 32 c. 40 d. 12
9. Given the following table of values, what is the value of 22. B varies jointly as P and X , when B is 12, P=10 and
missing number in the box. X =240. What is the value of the constant k ?
x 2 3 5 1 b. 200 c. 1
y 10 15 ? a. d.
200 1 240
a. 5 b. 15 c. 20 d. 25 1000
10. Which of the following is a direct variation?
23. m varies jointly as n and p. If p=9 when m=72 and
a. The number of hours to finish a job and no. of workers.
b. The number of days of works and the amount of salary. n=8, find p when m=18 and n=9.
c. The distance travelled and the amount of gas in the car’s a. 1 b. 2 1 3
c. d.
tank 2 2
d. The speed of a car in kilometers per hour and the time to
get to a destination.
24. If y varies directly as x and inversely as z , and y=20
when x=5 and z=4 . Which of the following is the value of
the constant?
a. 80 b. 100 c. 16 d. 20
25. If c varies directly as d and inversely as f and c=100
when d=5 and f =2. What is c if d=3 and f =6 ?
a. 10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 40

Bonus Points: +5
The number of girls g varies directly as the number of boys b and
inversely as the number of teachers t . When there were 50 girls,
there were 20 teachers and 40 boys. How many girls were there
when there were 100 boys and 50 teachers?