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CAT Ratio and Proportion — practice questions — page 2

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Simple interest at a fixed rate and time changes in direct proportion with the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the direct proportionsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the inverse pairsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the proportion numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the proportion wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Direct or inverseRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the proportion cluesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Proportion bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Simple interest at a fixed rate and time changes in direct proportion with the:

  1. Bank name
  2. Branches
  3. Weekday
  4. Principal
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Correct answer: D. Principal

1. Double the principal, double the interest. 2. Simple interest is directly proportional to principal. 3. Compound interest does not behave so simply. _Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 13, Direct and Inverse Proportions._

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Catch the direct proportions

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Sugar and cost
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Petrol and km
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Cloth and cost
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Pole and shadow
  5. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Workers, time
  6. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Speed, time
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Pipes, time
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Price, books
Category
Direct
Instructions
Catch the pairs that vary directly. Let the inverse pairs fall.
_Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 13, Direct and Inverse Proportions._

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Pop the inverse pairs

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Other terms
  1. Sugar, cost
  2. Petrol, km
  3. Cloth, cost
  4. Map, distance
Matching terms
  1. Workers, hours
  2. Speed, time
  3. Pipes, minutes
  4. Price, count
  5. Students, days
  6. Rows, columns
Instructions
Pop the situations where one quantity rises as the other falls. Leave the direct ones.
_Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 13, Direct and Inverse Proportions._

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