Demystifying - Inverse proportion problems

Drills

Workers and time, speed and journey time, solved by finding the fixed product.

Author note — to cover

Cover workers and time, taps filling tanks, speed and journey time, and supplies lasting fewer days, all solved via the fixed product such as total worker-hours, including non-integer answers and whole-worker sense checks. Recognising which model applies is the sibling page; algebraic k/x equations are Higher only. Both tiers. (R10)

  • Fluency — direct questions on inverse proportion problems, limited to this lesson's stated scope (4 questions).
  • Application — use the same skill in unfamiliar or contextual questions without introducing a later method (4 questions).
  • Check — questions built around the exclusions and likely misconceptions named in the lesson brief (4 questions).

The test

—coming soon—

Where to go next

The method this drill practises is taught on Inverse proportion problems.