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Direct proportion:Worded problems

Twelve contexts: taxi fares, exchange rates, wages, fuel, springs, map scales. The first two start from a double number line. Find the formula, then use it; four work backwards. Hint on the first four only.

A free GCSE Higher ratio and proportion lesson on direct proportion: worded problems, spec codes R10 and R13. It has a lesson deck to teach from with a visualiser, a worksheet with answers, a puzzle, an exit ticket, end of unit tests and a method video.

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