Corbett Maths
Inverse Proportion
Take an indirect view of proportionality. Using a similar approach of direct variation, the resource shows how to solve inverse proportions. The video steps through finding the constant of proportionality to write the formula for the...
Curated OER
Proportions
In this proportions worksheet, students solve and complete 7 various types of problems. First, they determine the better buy based on the information provided for each word problem. Then, students find the value of a variable given its...
Mathed Up!
Direct and Inverse Proportionality
Direct your young mathematicians to a resource on direct and inverse variation. A video first reviews concepts on direct and inverse proportionality. Individuals then answer a set of questions in pure and applied mathematics involving...
Willow Tree
Direct and Inverse Variations
Enhance pupil understanding of proportions and variable relationships by studying direct and inverse variation. Use the idea of a proportional relationship to teach direct variation. Then use a similar pattern to help individuals...
PBS
Scale City — Inverse Proportions and Shadows in the Real World
Bring the resource out from the shadows. Viewers of a short video learn about drive-in theaters and how operators project images onto a large screen. They then perform an experiment to determine the relationship between the distance of...
Bowels Physics
Direct and Inverse Relationships
Viewers learn to recognize direct and inverse relationships in the world of physics with a presentation that reveals how to recognize a direct versus an inverse relationship from a formula or graph. After showing basic examples, the...
02 x 02 Worksheets
Inverse Variation
Discover an inverse variation pattern. A simple lesson plan design allows learners to explore a nonlinear pattern. Scholars analyze a distance, speed, and time relationship through tables and graphs. Eventually, they write an equation to...
Iredell - Statesville Schools
Direct and Inverse Variation Worksheet
Provide learners with a worksheet that provides problems that focuses on direct and inverse variations, proportional relationships, graphing, and word problems. The goal is to find the outcome and decide what type of variation the...
CPM
Direct, Joint, and Inverse Variation
Here is a quick guide to direct, joint, and inverse variation used in realistic situations. Each topic has a page of notes and examples followed by practice problems. The resource explains each type of variation and provides their...
Noyce Foundation
Measuring Up
Teach the basics of measurement and conversion with a five-lesson resource that builds an understanding of proportion and measurement conversion from elementary through high school. Initially, young scholars use ratios to determine soup...
Curated OER
Solving Proportions
In this solving proportions worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 16 different equations that include using proportions. First, they define a proportion and begin by eliminating the fractions in each. Then, students multiply both...
University of Georgia
Splat!
What does viscosity have to do with splatter? An activity shows that the viscosity of a substance is inversely proportional to the distance of its splatter. Learners conduct the experiment by collecting data, graphing, and analyzing the...
Curated OER
Twelve Inverse Variation Problems
In this inverse variation worksheet, students solve twelve inverse variation problems. Five of these problems are multiple choice and seven are free-response problems. this worksheet is designed are preparation for the Math Regents Exam.
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Ratios, Proportions, and Percents - Week 4
In this ratio, proportion and percent worksheet, students solve problems involving ratios and proportions. They identify the percent of increase and decrease, solve ratio problems with proportions, and find sale prices. This two-page...
Curated OER
Direct and Inverse Variation
In this direct and inverse variation worksheet, 9th graders solve 10 different problems that include various situations in variations. First, they find the constant of proportionality when given each variable measure. Then, students...
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Fraction/Decimal/Proportion Equations
In this algebra worksheet, students solve linear equations for the given variable. They use combining like terms to simplify equations. Students use opposite operations to isolate the variable.
Curated OER
Exercise Set 3.3: Variation
In this variation worksheet, students solve 26 variation problems. Students determine the missing variable by using joint, direct, or inverse variation.
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WINDMILL POWER
Young scholars study operations with real numbers using mental computation or paper-and-pencil calculations. They judge the reasonableness of numerical computations and their results. They set up and solve proportions for direct and...
Virginia Department of Education
Types of Variations
Scholars determine how two quantities vary with respect to each other. They complete a fill-in-the-blank activity by stating whether the entities vary directly, inversely, or jointly, create equations that match different variations, and...
Flipped Math
Calculus AB/BC - Modeling Situations with Differential Equations
Differentiate between models. Pupils watch as the video works through three examples of creating a differential equation to model a situation. Scholars use their knowledge of proportional relationships to set up the equations and to...
Noyce Foundation
Measuring Mammals
Explore the meaning of scale and proportion with a set of five activities that examines the topic from elementary through high school. The first lessons explore ratio by examining pictures of different sizes. The next three activities...
Curated OER
Direct, Inverse, And Joint Variation
Students engage in a lesson that has them practice solving equations using multiplication and division. They practice solving problems using the properties needed and then students practice changing word problems into an equation.
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Inverse (Indirect) Machines
Students observe relationships between quantities. Students complete activities for three different classes of levers. In groups, students build each type of lever. Students identify levers in their daily surroundings. Students observe...
Curated OER
Dividing
Fifth graders explore the inverse proportional relationship and direct proportional relationship. They complete division chart showing the inverse relationship and direct relationship. Students are shown that division problems can be...