END OF UNIT TEST UNIT 19 PROPORTION

Topics: Ratio, Direct and Inverse Proportion

50 marks 40 minutes Maximum Grade A*

Name: _____________________
Teacher: _____
Mark:

50

Instructions:

There are 12 questions in total.

Write your answers in this booklet.
Show as much working as you can.
Calculators are allowed.

1 Alberto, Carlos and Maria share an inheritance of $54 000 in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5.
a What fraction of the money does Alberto get?
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b Find the amount received by Alberto, Carlos and Maria
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[3 marks]
c Alberto decides to divide his share between savings and investments. He saves
$8100.
What is the ratio of savings to investments? Write your answer in its simplest
terms.
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[2 marks]

It takes 5 people 20 days to complete the repair of a stretch of road. How long
will 8 people take?
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A scout leader bought 24 tins of beans for a total of $10.08 at the supermarket.
How much will the following cost her?
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Concrete is made using 540 kg of cement, 1728 kg of stone, 1026 kg of sand

and 249 litres of water. This makes enough concrete to lay 1.5 m3 of house
foundations.
How much of each of these ingredients is needed to make enough concrete to
fill 8 m3 of foundations required for a new house?
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[3 marks]

A restaurant has orders for pasta, fish and steak in the ratio 5 : 4 : 3. They run
out of fish, so three-quarters of those who ordered fish change their order to
steak, and the rest change to pasta.
What is the ratio of pasta to steak orders now?
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[2 marks]

a) p varies directly with q. Find the missing value in this table.

p

15

20

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b) The mass (M) of a steel rod varies directly with the length (L). Find the
missing mass in this table.
L
M

64.0

80.0
72.0
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marks]

R is directly proportional to T. If R = 60 when T = 10,

a Find a formula for R in terms of T.
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b Calculate the value of R when T = 7

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c Calculate the value of T when R = 54
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H is directly proportional to p2. If H = 36 when p = 3,

a Find a formula for H in terms of p.
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b Calculate the value of H when p = 2.

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c Calculate a value of p when H = 100
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9 The volume, V, of a container is directly proportional to the cube of its height, h.

When its height is 4 cm, its volume is 48 cm3.
a What is the volume if the height is 3 cm?
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b If the height is doubled to 6 cm, how many times bigger will the volume be?
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10C is inversely proportional to W. If C = 4 when W = 10,

a Find a formula for C in terms of W.
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b Calculate the value of C when W = 5.

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[1 mark]

c Calculate the value of W when C = 20.

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11

The number of days, d, taken to harvest the corn in a field is inversely

proportional to the number of men, m, who help.
a Explain what happens to the number of days taken to harvest the corn if the
number of men is doubled.
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b Sketch a graph of d against m on the axes below:

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12The electrical resistance of copper wire is inversely proportional to the square of
its diameter. Show that if the resistance of a length of copper wire 1.2 mm in
diameter is 8 ohms, then its resistance will reduce by four times when the
diameter is doubled.
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[Total: 50 marks]
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