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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 140 · 40 questions
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The method (Find the 100%): Name the topic and write its formula. For percent questions, decide which value is the 100%. Check units (₹, km/h, days) and whether the answer is sensible.

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  1. 1.Diya puts ₹18500 in a bank at 7% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 3 years (in ₹)?
  2. 2.How many minutes does a car take to go 78 km at 60 km/h?
  3. 3.A town has 2060 people. Its population grows by 15%. How many people live there now?
  4. 4.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹17500 at 8% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  5. 5.Tara can finish a job in 5 days and Kavya in 30 days. Tara works alone for 2 days and then stops. Kavya finishes the rest. How many days does Kavya take?
  6. 6.What sum of money earns ₹1512 simple interest in 2 years at 4% per year (in ₹)?
  7. 7.By selling a pressure cooker for ₹1210, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 10%. What did the pressure cooker cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  8. 8.A shopkeeper buys a bicycle for ₹500 and sells it for ₹625. Find the profit percent.
  9. 9.Kavya is 6 years older than Diya. In 2 years, the sum of their ages will be 42. How old is Diya now?
  10. 10.A water tank holds 3080 litres. 5% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
  11. 11.5 years ago, Ananya’s mother was twice as old as Ananya. The mother is 13 years old now. How old is Ananya now?
  12. 12.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹980 and sells it for ₹490. Find the loss percent.
  13. 13.A bus runs at 48 km/h. How far does it go in 10 minutes (in km)?
  14. 14.A price comes down by 20% and then comes down by 40% more. By what percent has it come down in all? =
  15. 15.Change 18 km/h into metres per second.
  16. 16.A price comes down by 40% and then comes down by 30% more. By what percent has it come down in all? =
  17. 17.Find the simple interest on ₹500 at 9% per year for 5 years (in ₹).
  18. 18.Diya puts ₹500 in a bank at 11% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 4 years (in ₹)?
  19. 19.The average of 4 numbers is 58. When one more number is added, the average becomes 64. What number was added?
  20. 20.Diya can finish a job in 16 days and Sneha in 11 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  21. 21.Find the amount when ₹48000 is invested at 5% per year compound interest for 3 years (in ₹).
  22. 22.In how many years will ₹1000 earn ₹80 as simple interest at 4% per year?
  23. 23.Find the compound interest on ₹22000 at 5% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).
  24. 24.Farhan’s father is three times as old as Farhan. The sum of their ages is 24 years. How old is the father?
  25. 25.Tara can finish a job in 4 days and Saanvi in 28 days. Tara works alone for 2 days and then stops. Saanvi finishes the rest. How many days does Saanvi take?
  26. 26.In 11 years, Farhan will be three times as old as Farhan was 5 years ago. How old is Farhan now?
  27. 27.A table fan is marked at ₹4060. The shop gives a 5% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  28. 28.9 years ago, Karan’s mother was three times as old as Karan. The mother is 36 years old now. How old is Karan now?
  29. 29.The average weight of 5 children is 27 kg. One child, who weighs 31 kg, leaves the group. What is the new average weight (in kg)?
  30. 30.Two discounts of 10% and 10%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
  31. 31.Find the compound interest on ₹48125 at 4% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).
  32. 32.Ananya can finish a job in 5 days and Aditya in 16 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 1 day? =
  33. 33.By selling a pair of shoes for ₹483, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 5%. What did the pair of shoes cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  34. 34.The price of a bicycle is ₹900. It goes up by 30%. What is the new price (in ₹)?
  35. 35.A pair of shoes bought for ₹1600 is sold at a profit of 25%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  36. 36.By selling a pair of shoes for ₹1056, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 40%. What did the pair of shoes cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  37. 37.Find the simple interest on ₹10900 at 7% per year for 4 years (in ₹).
  38. 38.A car runs for 4 hours at 44 km/h and then for 1 hour at 39 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
  39. 39.A watch marked at ₹4440 is sold for ₹3330. What is the discount percent?
  40. 40.A bicycle marked at ₹500 is sold for ₹475. What is the discount percent?

Answer key

  1. 22385
  2. 78
  3. 2369
  4. 112
  5. 18
  6. 18900
  7. 1100
  8. 25
  9. 16
  10. 2926
  11. 9
  12. 50
  13. 8
  14. 52
  15. 5
  16. 58
  17. 225
  18. 720
  19. 88
  20. 176/27
  21. 55566
  22. 2
  23. 2255
  24. 18
  25. 14
  26. 13
  27. 3857
  28. 18
  29. 26
  30. 19
  31. 3927
  32. 21/80
  33. 460
  34. 1170
  35. 2000
  36. 1760
  37. 3052
  38. 43
  39. 25
  40. 5

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