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1.3 Variations

Essential Mathematics · Grade 11 · 26 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Direct and inverse variation
  • Joint and combined variation
  • Graphs of variation
  • Applications of variations in real life

What you will be able to do

  • identify direct and inverse variations of different quantities
  • determine direct and inverse variations of different quantities
  • determine joint and combined variations in different situations
  • apply direct, inverse, joint and combined variations to real life situations
  • appreciate the use of direct and indirect variations in day to day life

Key questions

“How are variations applied in real life?”

Lessons

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  1. Quantities that vary together
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Tell the difference between quantities that rise together and quantities where one falls as the other rises.
  2. Direct variation and the constant
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Write direct variation as y = kx and find the constant of variation k.
  3. Direct variation from a table
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Use a table of values to find k and write the rule of a direct variation.
  4. Direct variation: finding unknowns
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Use one known pair of values to find k and then answer other questions.
  5. Direct variation with a power
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Work out direct variation when one quantity varies as the square of another.
  6. Graphs of direct variation
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Read a direct variation from its graph and use the slope as the constant.
  7. Wages and hours worked
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Apply direct variation to wages paid at a fixed hourly rate.
  8. The cost of similar items
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Apply direct variation to the cost of buying many similar items.
  9. Fuel and distance
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Relate the distance travelled to the fuel used when consumption is steady.
  10. Mass and length of a rod
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Relate the mass of uniform rods to their length.
  11. Inverse variation and the constant
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Write inverse variation as y = k รท x and find the constant from the product.
  12. Inverse variation from a table
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Use the constant product in a table to write the rule of an inverse variation.
  13. Inverse variation: finding unknowns
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Use one known pair to find k and then answer other questions in an inverse variation.
  14. Inverse variation with a power
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Work out inverse variation when one quantity varies as 1 over the square of another.
  15. Graphs of inverse variation
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Read an inverse variation from its curve and its constant product.
  16. Workers and time
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Relate the number of workers to the time taken to finish a fixed job.
  17. Speed and time for a journey
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Relate the speed of a vehicle to the time taken for a fixed distance.
  18. Pressure and volume of a gas
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Relate the pressure and volume of a fixed mass of gas at steady temperature.
  19. Joint variation
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Write and use joint variation when a quantity varies as the product of two others.
  20. Volume of a cylinder
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Apply joint variation to the volume of a cylinder, which depends on r squared and h.
  21. Combined variation
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Write combined variation when a quantity is directly proportional to one and inversely proportional to another.
  22. Combined variation: a worked example
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Work through a full combined variation, finding the constant and a new value.
  23. Comparing graphs of variation
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Use the shape of a graph to tell direct variation from inverse variation.
  24. Current, voltage and resistance
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Apply combined variation to the current in a circuit.
  25. Variations around us
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Sort real life situations into direct, inverse, joint and combined variations.
  26. Variations: mixed review
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Bring together direct, inverse, joint and combined variation in one review.