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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 210 · 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.Change 10 m/s into km/h.
  2. 2.Two discounts of 10% and 10%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
  3. 3.After a 30% discount, a bicycle costs ₹168. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  4. 4.By selling a table fan for ₹667, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 15%. What did the table fan cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  5. 5.Sneha’s father is twice as old as Sneha. The sum of their ages is 21 years. How old is the father?
  6. 6.The simple interest on ₹16300 for 4 years is ₹2608. What is the rate of interest (% per year)?
  7. 7.What sum of money earns ₹78 simple interest in 1 year at 6% per year (in ₹)?
  8. 8.A watch is marked at ₹1340. The shop gives a 50% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  9. 9.The average of 4 numbers is 35. When one more number is added, the average becomes 40. What number was added?
  10. 10.A bicycle is marked at ₹3400. The shop gives a 40% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  11. 11.A shop sells an average of 67 kg of sugar a day for 4 days, and then 31 kg a day for the next 2 days. What is the average sale per day for all 6 days (in kg)?
  12. 12.A cricket bat is marked at ₹510. The shop takes 25% off, and then a further 20% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  13. 13.After a 30% discount, a cricket bat costs ₹70. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  14. 14.The average weight of 7 children is 45 kg. One child, who weighs 51 kg, leaves the group. What is the new average weight (in kg)?
  15. 15.Vivaan can finish a job in 17 days and Meera in 8 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  16. 16.A shop sells an average of 22 kg of sugar a day for 4 days, and then 40 kg a day for the next 2 days. What is the average sale per day for all 6 days (in kg)?
  17. 17.Find the simple interest on ₹7400 at 8% per year for 1 year (in ₹).
  18. 18.The price of a school bag changes from ₹2540 to ₹2413. By what percent did it come down?
  19. 19.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹380 and sells it for ₹456. Find the profit percent.
  20. 20.A car runs for 1 hour at 70 km/h and then for 1 hour at 30 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
  21. 21.10 years ago, Priya’s mother was four times as old as Priya. The mother is 50 years old now. How old is Priya now?
  22. 22.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹900 and sells it for ₹1350. Find the profit percent.
  23. 23.By selling a cricket bat for ₹252, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 5%. What did the cricket bat cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  24. 24.What sum of money earns ₹4230 simple interest in 3 years at 15% per year (in ₹)?
  25. 25.A price comes down by 15% and then comes down by 20% more. By what percent has it come down in all? =
  26. 26.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹30800 at 25% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  27. 27.Find the compound interest on ₹42752 at 25% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
  28. 28.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹12500 at 12% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  29. 29.Kabir’s father is twice as old as Kabir. The sum of their ages is 30 years. How old is the father?
  30. 30.By selling a bicycle for ₹30, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 50%. What did the bicycle cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  31. 31.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹200 and sells it for ₹160. Find the loss percent.
  32. 32.Find the compound interest on ₹15625 at 4% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
  33. 33.Change 108 km/h into metres per second.
  34. 34.A car runs for 4 hours at 51 km/h and then for 4 hours at 39 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
  35. 35.After a 20% discount, a table fan costs ₹912. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  36. 36.A pair of shoes is marked at ₹1680. The shop gives a 5% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  37. 37.Marks of 6 friends in a quiz: 83, 82, 68, 69, 68, 86. What is their average mark?
  38. 38.A town has 1400 people. Its population grows by 15%. How many people live there now?
  39. 39.By selling a pair of shoes for ₹1078, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 30%. What did the pair of shoes cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  40. 40.The average of 5 numbers is 43. When one more number is added, the average becomes 46. What number was added?

Answer key

  1. 36
  2. 19
  3. 240
  4. 580
  5. 14
  6. 4
  7. 1300
  8. 670
  9. 60
  10. 2040
  11. 55
  12. 306
  13. 100
  14. 44
  15. 136/25
  16. 28
  17. 592
  18. 5
  19. 20
  20. 50
  21. 20
  22. 50
  23. 240
  24. 9400
  25. 32
  26. 1925
  27. 40748
  28. 180
  29. 20
  30. 60
  31. 20
  32. 1951
  33. 30
  34. 45
  35. 1140
  36. 1596
  37. 76
  38. 1610
  39. 1540
  40. 61

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