9 Questions
In a direct proportion, if one quantity increases, what happens to the other quantity?
It increases
What happens to one quantity in an inverse proportion when the other quantity increases?
It decreases
In a partitive proportion, how does one part relate to the whole?
It increases
What is the term used to represent the number of parts per 100?
Percentage
In a given problem, if the quantity of one item decreases as the other increases, what type of relationship is being expressed?
Inverse proportion
If the whole is divided into equal parts, and the relationship between one part and the whole is being examined, what type of proportion is being studied?
Partitive proportion
What term is used to represent the number of parts per 100?
Percent
In a direct proportion, if one quantity increases, what happens to the other quantity?
It increases
If the quantity of one item decreases as the other increases in a given problem, what type of relationship is being expressed?
Inverse proportion
Study Notes
Proportions
- In a direct proportion, if one quantity increases, the other quantity also increases.
- In an inverse proportion, if one quantity increases, the other quantity decreases.
- In a partitive proportion, one part relates to the whole by showing a specified fraction of the whole.
- The term used to represent the number of parts per 100 is percentage.
- If the quantity of one item decreases as the other increases in a given problem, an inverse proportion relationship is being expressed.
- If the whole is divided into equal parts, and the relationship between one part and the whole is being examined, a partitive proportion is being studied.
- The term used to represent the number of parts per 100 is percentage.
- In a direct proportion, if one quantity increases, the other quantity also increases.
Test your understanding of direct, inverse, and partitive proportions by finding missing terms. Learn about the relationships between quantities in direct and inverse proportions, and how parts relate to the whole in a partitive proportion.
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