Proportion
Proportion: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Proportion and Variation, Types of Proportion, Direct Proportion, Graphical Implication of Proportion & Equation Implication of Proportion etc.
Important Questions on Proportion
In a group of buffaloes and ducks, the number of legs are more than twice the number of heads. What is the number of buffaloes in the group?

A juice centre requires guavas for . How many dozen guavas will it require for ?

If , and mode of is , then the mode of is:

men take days to earn . How many men will earn in two days?

A sum of is to be divided among Priya, Preeti and Sonu in such a way that times Priya's share, times Preeti's share and times Sonu's share are all equal. What is the share of Priya?


Mayank can do a piece of work in days. Sanjay can do the same work in days. The wage for full work is . If both work together to complete the work, then find out the earning of Sanjay if the wages are paid in proportion to work done.


If p is the third proportional to then what is the fourth proportional to

If is subtracted from each of , the numbers, so obtained are in proportion. The ratio of to is_____.

An insect which is climbing on a vertical pole in such a way that on one day it climbs a height of on next day it comes down . If height of the pole is , find the no. of days in which it will reach the top.

If persons working hours a day for each of days produce units of work, then the units of the work produced by persons working hours a day for each day is:



A sum of is divided amongst and in the ratio . What is the difference between the shares of and ?

In a proportion, the product of the first and fourth terms is and that of the second and third term is . The value of is __________.

If the length, breadth, and height of the room are in the ratio . The breadth and height of the room are halved and length of the room is doubled. Then area of the four walls of the room will:

A kid has coins of different denominations- paise coins, paise coins, and coins. In all, he has . The ratio of a number of paise coins: Number of paise coins: coins . How many paise coins does he have?

There are only three kinds of books in the library, namely fiction, non-fiction, and biology. Ratio of fiction to non-fiction is ; ratio of non-fiction to biology is . Total number of books is more than . What is the minimum number of books in the library?

