O-LEVEL VARIATION

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Direct Variation
1. 𝐴 ∝ 𝐵. 𝐴 = 12 and 𝐵 = 4. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
c) value of 𝐴 when 𝐵 = 6 [3;18]
2. 𝐴 ∝ 𝐵. 𝐴 = 5 and 𝐵 = 10. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
1 1
c) value of 𝐴 when 𝐵 = 15 [2 ; 7 2]
3. 𝐴 ∝ 𝐵2 . 𝐴 = 50 and 𝐵 = 5. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
c) value of 𝐴 when 𝐵 = 6 [2;72]
2
4. 𝑃 ∝ 𝑄3 . 𝑃 = 2 3 and 𝑄 = 2. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
1
c) value of 𝑃 when 𝑄 = 3 [3 ; 9]
5. 𝑃 ∝ √𝑄. 𝑃 = 20 and 𝑄 = 16. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
c) value of 𝑃 when 𝑄 = 36 [5;30]
6. M is proportional to N. 𝑀 = 24 and 𝑁 = 6. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
c) value of 𝑀 when 𝑁 = 8 [4;32]
1
7. V is directly proportional to the square of W. 𝑉 = 4 2 and 𝑊 = 3. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
1 1
c) value of 𝑉 when 𝑊 = 5 [2 ; 12 2]
8. X varies as the square root of Y. 𝑋 = 10 and 𝑌 = 16. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
1 1
c) value of 𝑋 when 𝑌 = 25 [2 2 ; 12 2]
9. y varies directly as the square of (𝑥 + 2). 𝑦 = 75 and 𝑥 = 3. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
c) value of 𝑦 when 𝑥 = 4 [3;108]
10.D is proportional to the cube of N. 𝐷 = 21.6 when 𝑁 = 3. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of D and N
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Inverse Variation
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11.𝑃 ∝ 𝑄 . 𝑃 = 8 and 𝑄 = 6. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
c) value of 𝑃 when 𝑄 = 4 [48;12]
1
12.𝐴 ∝ 𝐵+2 . 𝐴 = 12 and 𝐵 = 3. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
2
c) value of 𝐴 when 𝐵 = 4 [60; 1 3]
1
13.𝑃 ∝ 𝑄2 . 𝑃 = 5 and 𝑄 = 4. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
c) value of 𝑃 when 𝑄 = 3 [80;8.89]
1
14.𝑃 ∝ 𝑄3 . 𝑃 = 10 and 𝑄 = 6. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
c) value of 𝑃 when 𝑄 = 4. [2160;33.75]
1
15.𝑃 ∝ . 𝑃 = 20 and 𝑄 = 16. Find the
√𝑄
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
c) value of 𝑃 when 𝑄 = 25. [80;16]
16.M is inversely proportional to N. 𝑀 = 14 and 𝑁 = 8. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
1
c) value of 𝑀 when 𝑁 = 12 [112; 9 3]
17.V varies inversely as the square of W. 𝑉 = 6 and 𝑊 = 5. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
c) value of 𝑉 when 𝑊 = 10 [150;1.5]
18.X varies inversely as (𝑦 + 1). 𝑋 = 12 and 𝑦 = 9. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
c) value of 𝑋 when 𝑦 = 8 [120; 14]
19.y varies inversely as the square of (𝑥 + 2). 𝑦 = 12 and 𝑥 = 7. Find the
a) constant
b) relationship of the letters
value of 𝑦 when 𝑥 = 9. [48; 3]
20.p varies inversely as the square root of (𝑞 + 1). 𝑝 = 25 when 𝑞 = 15. Find
a) The relationship of 𝑝 and 𝑞
b) p when 𝑞 = 8 [100;12.5]

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 Joint Variation
21.𝐴 ∝ 𝐵𝐶. 𝐴 = 12 when 𝐵 = 8 and 𝐶 = 6. Find the
a) constant
b) relation of the letters
c) value of 𝐴 when 𝐵 = 12 and 𝐶 = 9 [0.5;54]
22.𝐴 ∝ 𝐵2 𝐶. 𝐴 = 21,6 when 𝐵 = 3 and 𝐶 = 8. Find the
a) constant
b) relation of the letters
c) value of 𝐴 when 𝐵 = 4 and 𝐶 = 10 [0.3;48]
23.𝑃 ∝ 𝑄3 𝑅2 . 𝑃 = 43.2 when 𝑄 = 3 and 𝑅 = 4. Find the
a) constant
b) relation of the letters
c) value of 𝑃 when 𝑄 = 4 and 𝑅 = 6 [0.1;230.4]
𝐵
24.𝐴 ∝ 𝐶 . 𝐴 = 4.8 when 𝐵 = 8 and 𝐶 = 10. Find the
a) constant
b) relation of the letters
c) value of 𝐴 when 𝐵 = 15 and 𝐶 = 12 [6;7.5]
𝑄
25.𝑃 ∝ (𝑅+1) . 𝑃 = 43.2 when 𝑄 = 3 and 𝑅 = 4. Find the
a) constant
b) relation of the letters
c) value of 𝑃 when 𝑄 = 4 and 𝑅 = 6 [0.1;230.4]
26.𝑝 is directly proportional to 𝑞 and inversely proportional to the square of 𝑟. 𝑝 = 15 and
𝑞 = 40 when 𝑟 = 8. Find
a) The relation of the letters
b) The value of 𝑝 when 𝑞 = 42 and 𝑟 = 12 [24;7]
27.𝑝 is directly proportional to 𝑞 and the square of 𝑟. 𝑝 = 38.4 and 𝑞 = 12 when 𝑟 = 4.
Find
a) The relation of the letters
b) The value of 𝑝 when 𝑞 = 16 and 𝑟 = 5 [0.2;80]
28.𝑝 is proportional to the square of 𝑞 and the square root of 𝑟. 𝑝 = 27 and 𝑞 = 3 when 𝑟 =
16. Find
a) The relation of the letters
b) The value of 𝑝 when 𝑞 = 5 and 𝑟 = 36 [12;50]
29.𝐴 varies jointly as the square of 𝐵 and inversely as 𝐶. 𝐴 = 19.2 and 𝐵 = 4 when 𝐶 = 10.
Find
a) The constant of proportionality.
b) The relation of the letters
c) The value of 𝐴 when 𝐵 = 18 and 𝐶 = 12. [12;18]
30.𝑃 is directly proportional to the cube of 𝑄 and the square of 𝑅. 𝑃 = 9.6 and 𝑄 = 4 when
𝑅 = 5. Find
a) The relation of the letters
b) The value of 𝑃 when 𝑄 = 6 and 𝑅 = 8 [3.75;10]
Partial Variation
31.𝐴 = ℎ + 𝑘𝐵. 𝐴 = 13 when 𝐵 = 5 and 𝐴 = 17 when 𝐵 = 7. Find
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 a) constants
b) relationship of A and B
c) value of A when 𝐵 = 10 [2,3;23]
32.𝑃 = ℎ + 𝑘𝑄. 𝑃 = 42 when 𝑄 = 6 and 𝑃 = 52 when 𝑄 = 8. Find the
a) constants
b) relationship
c) value of P when 𝑄 = 11 [5,12;77]
2
33.𝑃 = ℎ + 𝑘𝑄 . 𝑃 = 32 when 𝐵 = 3 and 𝑃 = 53 when 𝐵 = 4. Find the
a) constants
b) relationship of P and Q
c) value of A when 𝑄 = 5 [3,5;80]
34.𝐴 = ℎ + 𝑘√𝐵. 𝐴 = 13 when 𝐵 = 9 and 𝐴 = 16 when 𝐵 = 16. Find the
a) constants
b) relationship of A and B
c) value of A when 𝐵 = 36 [3,4;22]
2
35.𝑃 = ℎ𝑄 + 𝑘𝑄 . 𝑃 = 65 when 𝑄 = 5 and 𝑃 = 90 when 𝑄 = 6. Find
a) constants
b) formula connecting P and Q
c) value of P when 𝑄 = 8 [2,3;152]
36.A is partly constant and partly varies as B. 𝐴 = 130 when 𝐵 = 15 and 𝐴 = 170 when
𝐵 = 20. Find the
a) constants
b) relationship of A and B
c) value of A when 𝐵 = 22 [8,10;186]
37.A is partly constant and partly varies as the square of B. 𝐴 = 100 when 𝐵 = 4 and 𝐴 =
200 when 𝐵 = 6. Find the
a) constants
b) relationship of A and B
c) value of A when 𝐵 = 7 [5,20;265]
38.The cost of producing the laptops is partly constant and partly varies as the number of
laptops produced. The cost of 30 is $1 700 and that of 40 is $2 200. Find the cost of
producing 45 laptops. [2 450]
39.The cost of feeding the learners is partly constant and partly varies as the number of
learners to be fed. The cost of feeding 10 is $120 and the cost of feeding 15 is $155. Find
the cost of feeding 24. [218]
40.The cost of making dresses is partly constant and partly varies as the square of the
number of dresses to be made. 5 dresses cost $60 and 6 cost $82. Find the
a) Formula that can be used to determine the cost C of any number of dresses, N
b) cost of making 12 dresses. [2,10;298]

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