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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 231 · 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.In 24 years, Nisha will be three times as old as Nisha was 2 years ago. How old is Nisha now?
  2. 2.A shopkeeper buys a bicycle for ₹120 and sells it for ₹150. Find the profit percent.
  3. 3.Pooja can finish a job in 19 days and Arjun in 4 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 2 days? =
  4. 4.A pair of shoes marked at ₹1940 is sold for ₹970. What is the discount percent?
  5. 5.Manav can finish a job in 6 days and Kabir in 3 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  6. 6.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹660 and sells it for ₹495. Find the loss percent.
  7. 7.Change 72 km/h into metres per second.
  8. 8.A town has 100 people. Its population grows by 15%. How many people live there now?
  9. 9.A shopkeeper buys a bicycle for ₹120 and sells it for ₹156. Find the profit percent.
  10. 10.The average weight of 8 children is 34 kg. One child, who weighs 48 kg, leaves the group. What is the new average weight (in kg)?
  11. 11.A price goes up by 30% and then comes down by 10%. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
  12. 12.Karan’s father is twice as old as Karan. The sum of their ages is 18 years. How old is the father?
  13. 13.In how many years will ₹1800 earn ₹630 as simple interest at 7% per year?
  14. 14.The price of a bicycle is ₹1940. It goes up by 5%. What is the new price (in ₹)?
  15. 15.A shopkeeper buys a watch for ₹640 and sells it for ₹960. Find the profit percent.
  16. 16.A car runs for 1 hour at 20 km/h and then for 1 hour at 32 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
  17. 17.In how many years will ₹11100 earn ₹1998 as simple interest at 6% per year?
  18. 18.Aditya can finish a job in 10 days and Diya in 7 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  19. 19.A car runs for 4 hours at 21 km/h and then for 4 hours at 61 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
  20. 20.Isha is 7 years older than Zoya. In 7 years, the sum of their ages will be 35. How old is Zoya now?
  21. 21.The simple interest on ₹4600 for 1 year is ₹460. What is the rate of interest (% per year)?
  22. 22.Nisha is 2 years older than Farhan. In 10 years, the sum of their ages will be 58. How old is Farhan now?
  23. 23.A car runs for 4 hours at 76 km/h and then for 4 hours at 74 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
  24. 24.Find the simple interest on ₹19500 at 8% per year for 2 years (in ₹).
  25. 25.In 7 years, Pooja will be twice as old as Pooja was 4 years ago. How old is Pooja now?
  26. 26.Diya puts ₹8800 in a bank at 13% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 2 years (in ₹)?
  27. 27.A table fan marked at ₹2560 is sold for ₹2304. What is the discount percent?
  28. 28.Two discounts of 20% and 10%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
  29. 29.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹800 at 5% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  30. 30.Find the simple interest on ₹5400 at 10% per year for 4 years (in ₹).
  31. 31.Nisha can finish a job in 5 days and Vivaan in 8 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 1 day? =
  32. 32.A shop sells 1480 cups of tea a month. Next month it sells 5% more. How many cups does it sell next month?
  33. 33.Diya puts ₹19600 in a bank at 15% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 5 years (in ₹)?
  34. 34.Kabir cycles to his school at 63 km/h and comes back by the same road at 18 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
  35. 35.A study lamp marked at ₹1060 is sold for ₹901. What is the discount percent?
  36. 36.Arjun’s batting average after 5 innings is 43 runs. How many runs must Arjun score in the next innings to raise the average to 45?
  37. 37.A bicycle is marked at ₹3200. The shop gives a 15% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  38. 38.Marks of 5 friends in a quiz: 38, 40, 49, 36, 27. What is their average mark?
  39. 39.A shop sells an average of 24 kg of sugar a day for 3 days, and then 72 kg a day for the next 5 days. What is the average sale per day for all 8 days (in kg)?
  40. 40.Find the compound interest on ₹27696 at 25% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).

Answer key

  1. 15
  2. 25
  3. 23/38
  4. 50
  5. 2
  6. 25
  7. 20
  8. 115
  9. 30
  10. 32
  11. 17
  12. 12
  13. 5
  14. 2037
  15. 50
  16. 26
  17. 3
  18. 70/17
  19. 41
  20. 7
  21. 10
  22. 18
  23. 75
  24. 3120
  25. 15
  26. 11088
  27. 10
  28. 28
  29. 2
  30. 2160
  31. 13/40
  32. 1554
  33. 34300
  34. 28
  35. 15
  36. 55
  37. 2720
  38. 38
  39. 54
  40. 15579

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