Math Exercise Proportions

Exercise: (Direct Proportions) Find the missing term (x) in the given proportions.
6 12 1 3
1.) 9 = x 15.) =
x 27
7 x x 4
2.) 8 = 48 16.) 7 = 14
x 72 4 x
3.) 10 = 90 17.) 9 = 54
3 27 5 35
4.) x = 81 18.) =
x 49
5 x 3 24
5.) 8 = 32 19.) 10 = x
2 24 1 x
6.) x = 60 20.) 2 = 40
x 8 2 8
7.) 15 = 30 21.) 9 = x
7 56 x 35
8.) 9 = x 22.) 8 = 56
12 x 10 40
9.) 15 = 75 23.) =
x 64
4 x 3 12
10.) 7 = 91 24.) 7 = x
2 22 5 15
11.) 5 = x 25.) =
x 27
6 x 4 x
12.) 7 = 42 26.) 5 = 30
x 25 2 x
13.) 8 = 40 27.) 7 = 14
3 x 1 x
14.) 8 = 72 28.) 4 = 20
5 45 7 14
29.) =
x 54
30.) 9 = x
Answer Key: (Direct Proportions)

1.) 18 11.) 55 21.) 36
2.) 42 12.) 36 22.) 5
3.) 8 13.) 5 23.) 16
4.) 9 14.) 27 24.) 28
5.) 20 15.) 9 25.) 9
6.) 5 16.) 2 26.) 24
7.) 4 17.) 24 27.) 4
8.) 72 18.) 7 28.) 5
9.) 60 19.) 80 29.) 6
10.) 52 20.) 20 30.) 18
Answer Key: (Inverse Proportions)

1.) 8 days 12.) 8 minutes
2.) 1 hour 13.) 8 hours
3.) 3 days 14.) 8 people
4.) 10 minutes 1
15.) 3 days
5.) 25 people 3
6.) 50 sheep 16.) 7 students
7.) 4 hours 17.) 16 dogs
8.) 30 builders 18.) 10 days
9.) 30 minutes 19.) 8 hours
1 20.) 5 people
10.) 4 hours
2
1
11.) 2 hours
2
Exercise: (Inverse Proportions) Solve the following problems.
1.) During a camp, the food supply brought by 6 boys lasted for 12
days. How long would the supply last if they we’re 9 boys?
2.) It takes 4 pipes 2 hours to fill the pool. How long would it take if we
have 8 pipes?
3.) 3 ladies prepared food that was enough for 6 days for their
vacation. Just as they’re about to leave, 3 more ladies joined them.
For how long will the food last now?
4.) At a food stall, the time taken by the costumers to be served is
inversely proportional to the number of employees. It takes 30
minutes for the costumers to be served when 5 employees are
working. How long will it take if 15 employees are working?
5.) A certain research took 125 days to complete if 5 people work on
it. How many people are needed to complete the certain research
with 25 days?
6.) It takes 28 days for 100 sheep to eat all the grass in the field. How
many days would it take 50 sheep to eat all the grass?
7.) An airplane took 6 hours to fly from Philippines to Singapore at
400 mph. How long would it take if the airplane flew at 600 mph?
8.) According to the engineer, it takes 80 days for 6 builders to
complete the house. How many builders must be employed to
build the house in just 16 days?
9.) 3 pipes take 60 minutes to fill the water field. How much time will it
take if there are 6 pipes?
10.) If 9 students can finish the puzzle piece in 6 hours, how long
will it take 12 students to finish the same puzzle?
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11.) If 5 street sweepers can clean a certain street in 3 2 hours, how
long will it take 7 of them to clean that street?
12.) In a village, it took 16 minutes for a garbage truck to collect all
the trash bags. How long will it take if 2 garbage trucks are
collecting?
13.) On a Christmas eve, it took 4 hours for 8 people to finish
preparing the meals. How long would it take if there are only 4
people?
14.) An extra-large pizza served 12 people with each of them having
2 slices. How many people would be serve if each of them will
have 3 slices?
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15.) It took 20 men 2 2 days to finish repainting the school. How long
might the job have taken if only 15 men have been working?
16.) 5 students spent 14 nights to finish a certain project. How many
students could have completed the same project in 10 nights?
17.) 12 dogs can dig a hole as big as a pond in 8 days. How many
dogs can dig the same hole in 6 days?
18.) If 5 farmers can plow the field in 20 days, in how many days’
will 10 farmers plow the same field?
19.) It takes 4 hens 6 hours to lay a dozen eggs. How long will it
take 3 hens to lay a dozen eggs?
20.) It takes 3 people 20 hours to paint the fences in a barn. How
many people would it take to paint the fences in 12 hours?
Exercise: (Partitive Proportions) Solve the following problems using

partitive proportions.
1.) In a class of 54, the ratio of boys to girls is 4:5. How many boys are
there?
2.) The ratio of the 4 sides of a quadrilateral is 2:4:5:7. How long was the
longest side if the perimeter of the quadrilateral was 180 cm?
3.) Father divided the Php 500.00 allowance to his 3 daughters in a ratio
of 1:2:5. How much was the biggest share?
4.) The total weight of Annie, Ben, and Cassie is 132 kg with a ratio of
3:4:5. What is Ben’s weight?
5.) A certain sum of money was shared in the ratio of 3:4:7. If the
smallest share was Php 30.00, how much was the sum of money?
6.) During a class field trip, the ratio of parents to children was 4:7. If
there are 16 parents, how many people attended the field trip?
7.) Grandmother bought 35 apples and shared it to Me, My Sister, and
My Cousin in a ratio of 4:2:1. How many apples did I get?
8.) The ratio of John’s, Andrew’s, and Gavin’s marbles is 4:2:3. If Gavin
has 18 marbles, what is the total number of marbles the 3 of them
has?
9.) Ash fed Pikachu strawberries and blueberries in a ratio of 1:5. If
Pikachu ate 36 berries in total, how many blueberries did Pikachu
ate?
10.) During a war, the king assigned 200 warriors to different
positions such as archers, knights, and lancers, in a ratio of 3:4:1.
How many warriors are assigned on being an archer?
11.) A Php 6000.00 allowance was divided among Lisa, Joy, and
Susan. If Lisa got Php 1500.00, Joy got Php 2000.00, and Susan got
Php 2500.00, what was the ratio of their shares? (Lisa: Joy: Susan)
12.) Simon got Php 2000.00 on his birthday. He bought snacks,
supplies, and saved the rest of it, in a ratio of 2:3:5. How much of his
money did Simon save?
13.) The ingredients for a certain recipe of breading for frying
chicken were Flour, Cornstarch, Pepper, and Garlic Powder, with a
ratio of 4:1:1:2. If the total weight of the breading was 4kg, how much
Garlic powder do you need?
14.) At a café, the owner told his employee that when preparing Iced
Coffee, the ratio of coffee powder to sugar should be 3:1. If an order
was in a large cup, and you’ll need 6 tbsp. of coffee powder, how
many tablespoons of sugar should the employee add?
15.) In our compound, the ratio of male dogs to female dogs is 2:3.
If there are 4 male dogs, what is total number of dogs in our
compound?
16.) In a forest, the ratio of Maple trees, Orange trees, and Apple
trees is 3:5:6. If there are 70 trees in total, how many Apple trees
were there?
17.) During an activity, the ratio of students who passed, the
students who did not pass, and the students who were absent is
5:2:1. If there are 6 students who were absent during the activity,
what is the total number of students in that class?
18.) The 2 million pesos’ grand prize on a competition was divided
among 3 lucky winners in a ratio of 1:1:2. How much money was the
largest share?
19.) My friend sorted a pack of MnM’s candy pack according to its
color. She said that the ratio of green, blue and red candies was
3:1:4. If there are 16 pieces of red candies, what was total number of
green and blue candies?
20.) The ratio of 3 poles was 2:4:5. If the shortest was 4 meters tall,
what was the difference between the height of the other 2 poles?
Answer Key: (Partitive Proportion)

1.) 24
2.) 70 cm
3.) Php 312.50
4.) 44kg
5.) Php 140.00
6.) 44
7.) 28
8.) 54
9.) 30
10.) 75
11.) 3:4:5
12.) Php 1,000.00
13.) 1kg
14.) 2 tbsp.
15.) 10
16.) 30
17.) 48
18.) 1 million pesos/
Php 1,000,000.00
19.) 16
20.) 2 m/ 2 meters

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Exercise: (Direct Proportions) Find the missing term (x) in the given proportions.

Answer Key: (Direct Proportions)

2.) 42 12.) 36 22.) 5

3.) 8 13.) 5 23.) 16

4.) 9 14.) 27 24.) 28

5.) 20 15.) 9 25.) 9

6.) 5 16.) 2 26.) 24

7.) 4 17.) 24 27.) 4

8.) 72 18.) 7 28.) 5

9.) 60 19.) 80 29.) 6

10.) 52 20.) 20 30.) 18

Answer Key: (Inverse Proportions)

Exercise: (Partitive Proportions) Solve the following problems using

Answer Key: (Partitive Proportion)

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