O LEVEL (P1)

PROPORTIONAL
QUESTION'S
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1 (a) When Peter went to Hong Kong, he changed £50 into $616.
Calculate what one British pound (£) was worth in Hong Kong dollars ($).

(b) It takes 8 hours for 5 people to paint a room.

How long would it take 4 people?

Answer (a) £1 = $..........................................[1]

(b) .................................................h [1]

2 (a) When an object is falling, the air resistance varies as the square of the speed.
At a certain speed, the resistance is 30 newtons.
What is the resistance at twice this speed?

(b) y is inversely proportional to x.

Given that y = 6 when x = 4, find the value of y when x = 3.

Answer (a) ................................. newtons [1]

(b) y = ............................................[2]
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3 It is given that y is directly proportional to the square of x and that y = 1 when x = 12.

Find

(a) the formula for y in terms of x,

(b) the values of x when y = 9.

Answer (a) y = ......................................[2]

(b) x = .................. ..................[1]

4 T is inversely proportional to the square of L.

Given that T = 9 when L = 2, find

(a) the formula for T in terms of L,

(b) the values of L when T = 25.

Answer (a) T = ......................................[2]

(b) L = ......................................[1]
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5 y is directly proportional to the square root of x.

Given that y = 12 when x = 36,

find

(a) the formula for y in terms of x,

Answer (a) y = .............................. [2]

(b) the value of x when y = 10.

Answer (b) x = .............................. [1]

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6 y is inversely proportional to x.
Given that y = 250 when x = 4, find y when x = 80.

Answer y = ......................................[2]
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7 y is inversely proportional to x2.

Some values of y and x are given in the table below.

x 3 2 q

y 4 p 1

Find

(a) the formula for y in terms of x,

Answer (a) y = ............................... [2]

(b) the value of p,

Answer (b) p = ............................... [1]

(c) the two values of q.

Answer (c) q = ............... , ............. [1]

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8 It is given that y is inversely proportional to the square of x and that y = 48 when x = 12.
Find

(a) the formula for y in terms of x,

Answer (a) y = .............................. [2]

(b) the values of x when y = 3.

Answer (b) x = .............. , .............. [1]

9 y varies inversely as the square of x.

Given that y = 4 when x = 3, find the value of y when x = 2.

Answer y = ...................................... [2]

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10 y is directly proportional to the square of x.

Given that y = 50 when x = 5, find the value of y when x = 3.

Answer y = ...................................... [2]

11 y is directly proportional to the square of x.

Given that y = 2 when x = 4, find y when x = 10.

Answer y = .................................. [2]

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12 y is inversely proportional to x.
The table shows some values of x and y.

x 3 4 q n
y 20 p 5 m

(a) Find p.

Answer p = .................................. [1]

(b) Find q.

Answer q = .................................. [1]

(c) Express m in terms of n.

Answer m = ................................. [1]

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13 y is inversely proportional to the square of x.

Given that y = 2 when x = 6, find the value of y when x = 2.

Answer y = ............................... [2]

14 y is inversely proportional to x .
1 1
Given that y = 5 when x = 20, find y when x = 7 .

Answer y = .............................. [2]

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15 y is directly proportional to the square of x.

Given that y = 32 when x = 4, find y when x = 3.

Answer y = ............................... [2]

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21 R is directly proportional to the cube of p.

When p = 2, R = 24.

(a) Find the formula for R in terms of p.

Answer R = ..................................... [1]

(b) Find the value of p when R = 192.

Answer p = ....................................... [2]

(c) Which of the diagrams below represents the graph of R against p?

R R R R R

p p p p p
Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3 Diagram 4 Diagram 5

Answer Diagram ...................... [1]

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17 P is directly proportional to the square of Q�

When P = 9, Q = 6�

(a) Find the formula for P in terms of Q�

Answer P = �������������������������������������� [1]

(b) Find the values of Q when P = 25�

Answer Q = �������������� or ������������������ [2]

18 y is inversely proportional to x.

Given that y = 20 when x = 2, find y when x = 5.

Answer y = ......................................... [2]

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19 The cost of a mirror is directly proportional to the square of its width.

A mirror of width 40 cm costs $24.

Work out the cost of a mirror of width 60 cm.

Answer $ .......................................................... [2]

20 When the speed of a car is v m/s, its braking distance is d m.

d is directly proportional to the square of v.
When the speed of the car is 8 m/s the braking distance is 5 m.

Find the formula for d in terms of v and hence find the braking distance when the speed of the car
is 40 m/s.

Answer Formula d = ............................................

Braking distance = .......................... m [3]

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21 y is inversely proportional to x.

Given that y = 9 when x = 8, find y when x = 6.

Answer y = ....................................... [2]

22 y is inversely proportional to the square of x.

Given that y = 3 when x = 2, find y when x = 5.

Answer y = ........................................ [2]

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23 yisinverselyproportionaltothesquareofx.

Giventhaty=24whenx=2,findywhenx=8.

Answery=..................................... [2]

24 (a)
p 27 33
q 9 r

Given that p is directly proportional to q, find the value of r.

Answer r = .................................. [1]

(b)
x 2 10
y 25 1

Complete the sentence below describing the relationship between x and y.

y is inversely proportional to ........................................ [1]

(c) M is directly proportional to L3.

How many times larger is M when L is multiplied by 2?

Answer ........................................ [1]

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25 y varies directly as the square root of x.

Given that y = 18 when x = 9, find y when x = 4.

Answer y = ................................................. [2]

26 (a) y is directly proportional to the square of x.

Given that y = 8 when x = 4, find y when x = 3.

Answer y = ............................................. [2]

(b) p is inversely proportional to q.

It is known that p = 15 for a particular value of q.

Write down the value of p when this value of q is doubled.

Answer p = ............................................. [1]

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27 y is directly proportional to the square of x.

When x = 10, y = 20.

Find the value of y when x = 6.

Answer y = ..................................... [2]

28 y is inversely proportional to x.

Given that y = -50 when x = 3, find y when x = -10.

Answer y = .................................... [2]

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29 y varies inversely as the square of x.

(a) When x = 2, y = 9.

Find the value of y when x = 3.

Answer y = .................................... [2]

(b) When x = n, y = p.

Write down an expression for y, in terms of p, when x = 2n.

Answer .......................................... [1]

30 y is inversely proportional to the square of x.

The table shows some values for x and y.

x 2 4 p

y 3 3 48
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(a) Find the equation connecting x and y.

Answer ........................................... [2]

(b) Find the value of p.

Answer p = ..................................... [1]