Direct Proportion

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Direct Proportion: Overview

This topic defines direct proportion as the relation between two quantities in which a constant value is equal to the ratio of the two. The proportional symbol is depicted on it. The same symbol is used for inverse proportion.

Important Questions on Direct Proportion

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A machine in a Pepsi factory fills 580 bottles in 5 hours. How many bottles will it fill in 4 hours?

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If the cost of 9 books is 180, how much will 15 books cost?

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A machine in a Pepsi factory fills 680 bottles in 5 hours. How many bottles will it fill in 3 hours?

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If x1=5, y1=7.5, x2=7.5 then find y2 if x and y vary directly.

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If the cost of 20 books is 180, how much will 15 books cost?

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Ashwani has a road map with a scale of 1 cm=24 km

Which mathematical concept is used here? Why we use road map?

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Ashwani has a road map with a scale of 1 cm=24 km

If the distance on the road is k km, if corresponding distance covered on map is 11 cm. Find the value of k.

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Ashwani has a road map with a scale of 1 cm=24 km. The distance covered in the map is k cm, if she drives on a road for 168 km, then find the value of k.

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The students of Anju's class sold posters to raise money. Anju wanted to apply the concept of variation for finding the amount of money her class would make for different numbers of posters sold. She knew that they could raise 250 for every 60 posters sold.

If Anju's class raise exactly 2000, then how many posters would they need to sell?

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The students of Anju's class sold posters to raise money. Anju wanted to apply the concept of variation for finding the amount of money her class would make for different numbers of posters sold. She knew that they could raise 250 for every 60 posters sold.

How much money would Anju's class make for selling 102 posters? Express your answer in )

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Here is a keyboard of a harmonium.

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Why do we use musical instruments in daily life? What is the value depicted from it?

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A car is travelling 60 km in 2 h. If the distance travelled by the car in 6 h is k km, if the speed remains constant. Find the value of k.

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Amrita takes 18 h to travel 720 km. The time taken by her to travel 360 km is k h. If speed of Amrita is constant, then find the value of k.

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If 18 km/h = k m/s, then find the value of k.

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If 1 euro=82, then x euros can be bought for 1640. What is the value of x?

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1 inch=2.5 cm, if there are 30 cm in k inch then find the value of k.

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The variables x and y in the given table, vary directly. Find the value of a+b+c+d.

x 1.8 4.8 a b 9.6
y 0.6 c 2.1 2.7 d

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Find the values of x if the terms is in proportion.

3:4::x:8