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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 218 · 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.How many minutes does a car take to go 112 km at 32 km/h?
  2. 2.After a 5% discount, a cricket bat costs ₹988. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  3. 3.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹15200 at 15% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  4. 4.A watch is marked at ₹3960. The shop gives a 5% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  5. 5.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹1800 and sells it for ₹2250. Find the profit percent.
  6. 6.The average of 9 numbers is 28. When one more number is added, the average becomes 33. What number was added?
  7. 7.A price comes down by 20% and then comes down by 10% more. By what percent has it come down in all? =
  8. 8.The price of a school bag changes from ₹3700 to ₹4440. By what percent did it go up?
  9. 9.Karan and Kabir together finish a job in 5 days. Karan alone takes 6 days. How many days would Kabir take alone?
  10. 10.Diya puts ₹14500 in a bank at 2% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 1 year (in ₹)?
  11. 11.The price of a bicycle is ₹2880. It goes up by 30%. What is the new price (in ₹)?
  12. 12.Two discounts of 20% and 25%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
  13. 13.Ananya can finish a job in 15 days and Isha in 17 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  14. 14.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹32300 at 10% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  15. 15.Kavya’s father is twice as old as Kavya. The sum of their ages is 42 years. How old is the father?
  16. 16.The price of a school bag changes from ₹3380 to ₹1690. By what percent did it come down?
  17. 17.A bicycle bought for ₹680 is sold at a loss of 10%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  18. 18.Find the simple interest on ₹4600 at 9% per year for 1 year (in ₹).
  19. 19.Farhan and Arjun together finish a job in 12 days. Farhan alone takes 14 days. How many days would Arjun take alone?
  20. 20.Karan is 5 years older than Ananya. In 9 years, the sum of their ages will be 59. How old is Ananya now?
  21. 21.Find the amount when ₹1875 is invested at 4% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  22. 22.Kabir cycles to his school at 30 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)?
  23. 23.In 19 years, Saanvi will be twice as old as Saanvi was 6 years ago. How old is Saanvi now?
  24. 24.A study lamp is marked at ₹4380. The shop gives a 10% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  25. 25.Rahul can finish a job in 16 days and Zoya in 20 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  26. 26.Find the compound interest on ₹31250 at 8% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
  27. 27.Aarav and Rohan together finish a job in 2 days. Aarav alone takes 3 days. How many days would Rohan take alone?
  28. 28.A price goes up by 10% and then goes up by 5% more. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
  29. 29.Marks of 6 friends in a quiz: 52, 64, 61, 42, 38, 37. What is their average mark?
  30. 30.A town has 260 people. Its population grows by 40%. How many people live there now?
  31. 31.The average of 7 numbers is 35. When one more number is added, the average becomes 36. What number was added?
  32. 32.Farhan can finish a job in 12 days and Nisha in 22 days. Farhan works alone for 6 days and then stops. Nisha finishes the rest. How many days does Nisha take?
  33. 33.By selling a bicycle for ₹943, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 15%. What did the bicycle cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  34. 34.8 years ago, Rahul’s mother was twice as old as Rahul. The mother is 30 years old now. How old is Rahul now?
  35. 35.By selling a bicycle for ₹969, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 5%. What did the bicycle cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  36. 36.A pair of shoes marked at ₹740 is sold for ₹555. What is the discount percent?
  37. 37.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹10400 at 15% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  38. 38.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹27500 at 8% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  39. 39.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹27500 at 12% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  40. 40.Change 30 m/s into km/h.

Answer key

  1. 210
  2. 1040
  3. 342
  4. 3762
  5. 25
  6. 78
  7. 28
  8. 20
  9. 30
  10. 14790
  11. 3744
  12. 40
  13. 255/32
  14. 323
  15. 28
  16. 50
  17. 612
  18. 414
  19. 84
  20. 18
  21. 2028
  22. 36
  23. 31
  24. 3942
  25. 80/9
  26. 8116
  27. 6
  28. 15.5
  29. 49
  30. 364
  31. 43
  32. 11
  33. 820
  34. 19
  35. 1020
  36. 25
  37. 234
  38. 176
  39. 396
  40. 108

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