Direct & Inverse Proportion is very important topic for class 8 syllabus in CBSE Curriculum. Direct and Inverse Proportions help us to understand how quantities are dependent on each other. Let’s say if you go faster you will reach your destination in less time, similarly if a laborer works for more hours he will earn more. Here we see that speed and time are in opposite relation and hence are in inverse proportion while wage and working hours are in direct proportion. Direct and Inverse Proportion is a very important topic for class 8 to understand ratios and proportions.