What you need to know
Check yourself against these “I can” statements.
- I can recognise the graphs of direct and inverse proportion
- I can solve direct and inverse proportion problems
- I can combine proportion statements, like y ∝ x² and x ∝ m, to link y and m
- I can split a line in a given ratio (Further Maths)
Practise this topic
2 resources🔤 Fill the Gaps
Fill the Gaps: Maths Vocabulary
A sentence explaining one of the unit’s key words, with gaps. Pick the right word for each gap from the words scattered round it: the right ones and plenty of wrong ones. A deck for every unit.
🧩 ConnectionsRatio & Proportion
Simplify ratios written as multiples, decimals, 1 : n, with units or as money shared out. Reversed ratios and unit and sharing traps from Standard; fractions and three-part ratios on Hard.
These are the pages for Proportion in the GCSE + AQA Further Maths scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) Higher (1MA1), plus AQA Level 2 Further Mathematics (8365). Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.