WORD PROBLEMS

INVOLVING DIRECT
AND PARTITIVE
PROPORTION
 REVIEW
• Complete the sentences.
•a) Ten books is to 5 pupils as ______
books is to 15 pupils.
•b) Three bananas for P4.00 as 12
bananas for _____.
•c) Seven boy scouts to a tent as 42
boy scouts to _____ tents.
 REVIEW

• Find the missing term to make

the proportion true.
•a) 9:N = 27:15
•b) N:8 = 12:32
•c) 5:3 = 25:N
•Roy and Al sell
newspapers on
weekends to earn extra
money. For every 3
newspapers that Roy
sells, Al sells 5. If Roy
sold 15 newspapers,
how many did Al sell?
Roy and al sell newspapers on weekends to
earn extra money. For every 3 newspapers that
roy sells, al sells 5. If roy sold 15 newspapers,
how many did al sell?
• Analyze the problem.
• a) What are given?
• b) What is being asked?
• c) Illustrate the problem.
 SET UP A PROPORTION.

• This is a direct proportion.

• The quantities change in the same direction.
 ANNOUNCEMENT
• The Glee Club and the Dance Club are
auditioning members for the forthcoming
stage presentation. All interested pupils
must see Mr. Jessie Coronel for the
audition on Friday, 1:00 p.m. at the e-
room.
After one week, 72 pupils were accepted. The glee
club and the dance club agreed that the ratio of
participants is 4:5, respectively. How many pupils
were chosen for each club?
• What is asked?
• What are the given data?
• What is the relationship of 72 pupils to the ratio 4:5?
• How can you solve the problem?
• What operation/s are you going to use to find the
answer? 7)
• What will you multiply to 4 and 5 to have a sum of 72?
• What is the equation?
 4N+5N=72
•4n + 5n = 72
•9n = 72
•n = 72 ÷ 9
•n = 8
•(4 x 8) + (5 x 8) = 72
•32 + 40 = 72
GROUP ACTIVITY
 ANALYZE EACH PROBLEM AND
WRITE A PROPORTION TO SOLVE IT.

• A tree casts a shadow

of 12 metres when a 5-
metre pole casts a
shadow of 4 metres.
How tall is the tree?
 ANALYZE EACH PROBLEM AND
WRITE A PROPORTION TO SOLVE IT.
•The ratio of Math
books to other books
in a class is 8 to 5.
How many Math
books are there if
there are 247 books in
all?
 ANALYZE EACH PROBLEM AND
WRITE A PROPORTION TO SOLVE IT.
•The ratio of duck eggs to chicken
eggs in an egg store is 2:7. If there
are 312 duck eggs in the store,
how many chicken eggs are
there?
•How do you solve word
problems involving direct
and partitive proportion?
 SOLVE THE GIVEN PROBLEMS.

• The ratio of cats to dogs is 6:5. There are

495 dogs and cats in a certain barangay.
• a) How many cats are there?
• b) How many dogs are there?
 SOLVE THE GIVEN PROBLEMS.

•The ratio of 2 numbers is 3:5.

The larger number is 30. What
is the smaller number?
 SOLVE THE GIVEN PROBLEMS.

•There are 3 teachers to 125 pupils

during the school program. How
many teachers were there if there
were 2 500 pupils?
 SOLVE THE GIVEN PROBLEMS.

•The ratio of male teachers to

female teachers in our school is
2:9. If there are 108 female
teachers, how many teachers are
male?
 ANALYZE AND SOLVE THE
PROBLEMS CAREFULLY.
• 1) The ratio of doors to windows is 1:5. There are
186 doors and windows in a building. How many
doors are there? windows?
• 2) The ratio of the angles of a triangle is 3:4:5.
Find the measure of each angle.
• 3) Three numbers are in the ratio 1:4:7. Find the
second number if their sum is 276.
• 4) The difference between two numbers is 40.
They are in the ratio 9:7. What are the numbers?