Everyday Maths Practice Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 229 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.A school bag marked at ₹2540 is sold for ₹2286. What is the discount percent?
2. 2.A shop sells an average of 30 kg of sugar a day for 6 days, and then 36 kg a day for the next 6 days. What is the average sale per day for all 12 days (in kg)?
3. 3.Two discounts of 10% and 10%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
4. 4.10 years ago, Pooja’s mother was three times as old as Pooja. The mother is 34 years old now. How old is Pooja now?
5. 5.Aditya is 6 years older than Manav. In 10 years, the sum of their ages will be 36. How old is Manav now?
6. 6.A price goes up by 25% and then goes up by 10% more. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
7. 7.By selling a pressure cooker for ₹1974, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 5%. What did the pressure cooker cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
8. 8.Priya works twice as fast as Manav. Together they finish a job in 3 days. How many days would Manav take alone?
9. 9.Find the compound interest on ₹35000 at 12% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).
10. 10.The price of a school bag changes from ₹1860 to ₹2232. By what percent did it go up?
11. 11.A shop sells an average of 70 kg of sugar a day for 4 days, and then 35 kg a day for the next 3 days. What is the average sale per day for all 7 days (in kg)?
12. 12.By selling a cricket bat for ₹1904, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 40%. What did the cricket bat cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
13. 13.Ishaan’s batting average after 9 innings is 37 runs. How many runs must Ishaan score in the next innings to raise the average to 39?
14. 14.The average of 7 numbers is 34. When one more number is added, the average becomes 39. What number was added?
15. 15.Change 35 m/s into km/h.
16. 16.Diya is 7 years older than Sneha. In 8 years, the sum of their ages will be 71. How old is Sneha now?
17. 17.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹9300 at 10% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
18. 18.The price of a school bag changes from ₹2820 to ₹2961. By what percent did it go up?
19. 19.Diya puts ₹12900 in a bank at 2% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 2 years (in ₹)?
20. 20.Aditya can finish a job in 13 days and Ananya in 14 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 2 days? =
21. 21.A price comes down by 10% and then comes down by 15% more. By what percent has it come down in all? =
22. 22.A pressure cooker is marked at ₹1660. The shop gives a 5% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
23. 23.A water tank holds 340 litres. 40% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
24. 24.The price of a school bag changes from ₹1320 to ₹1452. By what percent did it go up?
25. 25.A table fan marked at ₹1340 is sold for ₹670. What is the discount percent?
26. 26.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹160 and sells it for ₹168. Find the profit percent.
27. 27.Find the amount when ₹46875 is invested at 12% per year compound interest for 3 years (in ₹).
28. 28.Diya puts ₹15400 in a bank at 3% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 2 years (in ₹)?
29. 29.Find the simple interest on ₹10900 at 3% per year for 4 years (in ₹).
30. 30.A study lamp marked at ₹580 is sold for ₹493. What is the discount percent?
31. 31.Change 30 m/s into km/h.
32. 32.The average weight of 8 children is 35 kg. One child, who weighs 56 kg, leaves the group. What is the new average weight (in kg)?
33. 33.In how many years will ₹14900 earn ₹5811 as simple interest at 13% per year?
34. 34.A price goes up by 50% and then goes up by 15% more. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
35. 35.Two discounts of 25% and 20%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
36. 36.Karan is 4 years older than Aditya. In 9 years, the sum of their ages will be 42. How old is Aditya now?
37. 37.A shopkeeper buys a pressure cooker for ₹1080 and sells it for ₹1620. Find the profit percent.
38. 38.Diya can finish a job in 18 days and Farhan in 27 days. Diya works alone for 16 days and then stops. Farhan finishes the rest. How many days does Farhan take?
39. 39.A shopkeeper buys a pressure cooker for ₹1660 and sells it for ₹1909. Find the profit percent.
40. 40.Diya puts ₹18100 in a bank at 5% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 2 years (in ₹)?

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