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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 249 · 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.Marks of 6 friends in a quiz: 32, 23, 15, 32, 14, 34. What is their average mark?
  2. 2.What sum of money earns ₹1974 simple interest in 3 years at 7% per year (in ₹)?
  3. 3.Dev and Sneha together finish a job in 15 days. Dev alone takes 24 days. How many days would Sneha take alone?
  4. 4.Dev can finish a job in 11 days and Pooja in 10 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 1 day? =
  5. 5.Kabir cycles to his school at 50 km/h and comes back by the same road at 75 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
  6. 6.A table fan bought for ₹80 is sold at a loss of 10%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  7. 7.The price of a school bag changes from ₹940 to ₹658. By what percent did it come down?
  8. 8.The price of a school bag changes from ₹240 to ₹336. By what percent did it go up?
  9. 9.A water tank holds 4140 litres. 15% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
  10. 10.A shop sells 180 cups of tea a month. Next month it sells 50% more. How many cups does it sell next month?
  11. 11.Ishaan’s batting average after 8 innings is 33 runs. How many runs must Ishaan score in the next innings to raise the average to 36?
  12. 12.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 31, 33, 34, 22. What is their average mark?
  13. 13.Rahul works twice as fast as Manav. Together they finish a job in 10 days. How many days would Manav take alone?
  14. 14.The average of 4 numbers is 51. When one more number is added, the average becomes 53. What number was added?
  15. 15.By selling a watch for ₹1225, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 25%. What did the watch cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  16. 16.Find the amount when ₹31250 is invested at 4% per year compound interest for 3 years (in ₹).
  17. 17.Kabir cycles to his school at 45 km/h and comes back by the same road at 90 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
  18. 18.A water tank holds 2640 litres. 25% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
  19. 19.Two discounts of 10% and 50%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
  20. 20.A bicycle is marked at ₹580. The shop takes 25% off, and then a further 20% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  21. 21.What sum of money earns ₹1875 simple interest in 5 years at 5% per year (in ₹)?
  22. 22.A car runs for 1 hour at 40 km/h and then for 1 hour at 36 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
  23. 23.A bicycle is marked at ₹1280. The shop gives a 50% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  24. 24.Change 40 m/s into km/h.
  25. 25.A bicycle bought for ₹1340 is sold at a profit of 30%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  26. 26.Diya and Dev together finish a job in 3 days. Diya alone takes 12 days. How many days would Dev take alone?
  27. 27.The simple interest on ₹8600 for 3 years is ₹3096. What is the rate of interest (% per year)?
  28. 28.Arjun can finish a job in 12 days and Nisha in 3 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  29. 29.The simple interest on ₹7800 for 3 years is ₹1170. What is the rate of interest (% per year)?
  30. 30.A shop sells an average of 24 kg of sugar a day for 2 days, and then 31 kg a day for the next 5 days. What is the average sale per day for all 7 days (in kg)?
  31. 31.A shop sells 620 cups of tea a month. Next month it sells 20% more. How many cups does it sell next month?
  32. 32.Kabir cycles to his school at 12 km/h and comes back by the same road at 84 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
  33. 33.In how many years will ₹12300 earn ₹1230 as simple interest at 5% per year?
  34. 34.What sum of money earns ₹3630 simple interest in 3 years at 10% per year (in ₹)?
  35. 35.The average of 4 numbers is 34. When one more number is added, the average becomes 40. What number was added?
  36. 36.A pair of shoes marked at ₹4580 is sold for ₹2748. What is the discount percent?
  37. 37.In 15 years, Zoya will be twice as old as Zoya was 6 years ago. How old is Zoya now?
  38. 38.A bus runs at 20 km/h. How far does it go in 15 minutes (in km)?
  39. 39.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹15000 at 12% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  40. 40.The average weight of 9 children is 42 kg. One child, who weighs 50 kg, leaves the group. What is the new average weight (in kg)?

Answer key

  1. 25
  2. 9400
  3. 40
  4. 21/110
  5. 60
  6. 72
  7. 30
  8. 40
  9. 3519
  10. 270
  11. 60
  12. 30
  13. 30
  14. 61
  15. 980
  16. 35152
  17. 60
  18. 1980
  19. 55
  20. 348
  21. 7500
  22. 38
  23. 640
  24. 144
  25. 1742
  26. 4
  27. 12
  28. 12/5
  29. 5
  30. 29
  31. 744
  32. 21
  33. 2
  34. 12100
  35. 64
  36. 40
  37. 27
  38. 5
  39. 216
  40. 41

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