DIRECT AND INVERSE PROPORTION - WORKSHEET

1. A 10 m 50 cm high vertical pole casts a shadow 6 m long. Find at the same

time the length of the shadow cast by another pole 5 m 60 cm high.

2. A loaded truck travels 168 km in 5 hours. How far can it travel in 25

minutes?

3. A farmer has enough food to feed 30 animals in his cattle-fret for 4 days,
How long would the food last if there were 10 less animals in his farm?

4. 4 people can build a mom in 3 days. if there are only 3 persons to be

engaged in the building task, then how long should they take to complete
the task?

5. If 20 bottles can he packed in 15 boxes. Then how many bottles of the

same batch can be packed in each box when there are 25 boxes?

6. A car takes 1.5 hours to reach a destination by traveling at the speed of 80

km/h. How long will it rake when the car travels at the speed of 60 km/hr?

7. A school has 9 periods a day each of 40 minutes duration. How long would
each period be, if the school has 8 periods a day, assuming the number of
school-hours to be the same?

8. If 25 meters of cloth costs Rs. 1575, how many meters of it can be bought
for Rs. 2016?

9. Pranshu takes 125 minutes to walk a distance of 100 m. What distance

would he cover in 315 minutes?

10. If x and y vary inversely as each other and x = 10 when y = 6 . Find y

when x=15

11.Shreya cycles to her school at an average speed of 12 km/hr. It takes her

20 minutes to reach the school. If she wants to reach her school in 15
minutes, what would be her average speed?
12. A car is moving at a uniform speed of 45 km/h. (a) How far will it travel
in 5 hours? (b) Find the distance covered in 40 minutes

13. A workforce of 210 men with a supervisor can finish a certain piece of
work in 5 months. How many extra men must he employ if he want to
complete the job in just 2 months?

14. A water tanker can finish a certain journey in 10 hours at the speed of
38 km/hr. By how much should its speed be increased so that it may take
only 8 hours to cover the same distance?

15. In a hostel of 50 girls there are good provisions for 40 days. If 30 more
girls join the hostel, how long will these provisions last?

16. A school has 8 periods a day, each of 45 minutes duration. How long
would each period be if the school has 9 periods a day, assuming the
number of school hours to be the same?