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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 162 · 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.Kabir cycles to his school at 90 km/h and comes back by the same road at 45 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
  2. 2.A water tank holds 860 litres. 15% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
  3. 3.Priya can finish a job in 6 days and Zoya in 19 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 2 days? =
  4. 4.After a 10% discount, a cricket bat costs ₹3528. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  5. 5.A table fan marked at ₹3440 is sold for ₹3268. What is the discount percent?
  6. 6.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹1440 and sells it for ₹1512. Find the profit percent.
  7. 7.Change 5 m/s into km/h.
  8. 8.A price goes up by 15% and then goes up by 20% more. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
  9. 9.Change 18 km/h into metres per second.
  10. 10.By selling a study lamp for ₹576, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 10%. What did the study lamp cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  11. 11.A study lamp bought for ₹900 is sold at a loss of 20%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  12. 12.Tara works twice as fast as Meera. Together they finish a job in 5 days. How many days would Meera take alone?
  13. 13.A shop sells an average of 67 kg of sugar a day for 2 days, and then 22 kg a day for the next 4 days. What is the average sale per day for all 6 days (in kg)?
  14. 14.Change 36 km/h into metres per second.
  15. 15.Two discounts of 25% and 20%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
  16. 16.Meera’s father is twice as old as Meera. The sum of their ages is 24 years. How old is the father?
  17. 17.A shopkeeper buys a watch for ₹1140 and sells it for ₹1254. Find the profit percent.
  18. 18.A study lamp marked at ₹4740 is sold for ₹4266. What is the discount percent?
  19. 19.Find the amount when ₹31250 is invested at 12% per year compound interest for 3 years (in ₹).
  20. 20.A pair of shoes bought for ₹780 is sold at a profit of 20%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  21. 21.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹15000 at 8% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  22. 22.In how many years will ₹5700 earn ₹1197 as simple interest at 7% per year?
  23. 23.Find the compound interest on ₹17056 at 25% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).
  24. 24.Pooja can finish a job in 11 days and Arjun in 15 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 1 day? =
  25. 25.A shop sells an average of 31 kg of sugar a day for 5 days, and then 69 kg a day for the next 5 days. What is the average sale per day for all 10 days (in kg)?
  26. 26.A shopkeeper buys a study lamp for ₹900 and sells it for ₹720. Find the loss percent.
  27. 27.In how many years will ₹9900 earn ₹297 as simple interest at 3% per year?
  28. 28.In 16 years, Ishaan will be twice as old as Ishaan was 4 years ago. How old is Ishaan now?
  29. 29.In how many years will ₹3000 earn ₹1800 as simple interest at 15% per year?
  30. 30.A pair of shoes marked at ₹840 is sold for ₹798. What is the discount percent?
  31. 31.In 4 years, Rohan will be twice as old as Rohan was 5 years ago. How old is Rohan now?
  32. 32.Change 15 m/s into km/h.
  33. 33.The average of 9 numbers is 20. When one more number is added, the average becomes 21. What number was added?
  34. 34.The simple interest on ₹10600 for 5 years is ₹2650. What is the rate of interest (% per year)?
  35. 35.A price comes down by 5% and then comes down by 15% more. By what percent has it come down in all? =
  36. 36.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 63, 81, 73, 59. What is their average mark?
  37. 37.Find the simple interest on ₹11500 at 12% per year for 4 years (in ₹).
  38. 38.A water tank holds 780 litres. 50% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
  39. 39.Find the compound interest on ₹38000 at 5% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).
  40. 40.A town has 3220 people. Its population grows by 5%. How many people live there now?

Answer key

  1. 60
  2. 731
  3. 25/57
  4. 3920
  5. 5
  6. 5
  7. 18
  8. 38
  9. 5
  10. 640
  11. 720
  12. 15
  13. 37
  14. 10
  15. 40
  16. 16
  17. 10
  18. 10
  19. 43904
  20. 936
  21. 96
  22. 3
  23. 9594
  24. 26/165
  25. 50
  26. 20
  27. 1
  28. 24
  29. 4
  30. 5
  31. 14
  32. 54
  33. 30
  34. 5
  35. 19.25
  36. 69
  37. 5520
  38. 390
  39. 3895
  40. 3381

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