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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 260 · 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.A shop sells an average of 65 kg of sugar a day for 5 days, and then 75 kg a day for the next 5 days. What is the average sale per day for all 10 days (in kg)?
  2. 2.Find the compound interest on ₹16000 at 15% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
  3. 3.Find the compound interest on ₹3200 at 5% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).
  4. 4.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹1440 and sells it for ₹1152. Find the loss percent.
  5. 5.Manav and Aditya together finish a job in 6 days. Manav alone takes 7 days. How many days would Aditya take alone?
  6. 6.A study lamp marked at ₹4840 is sold for ₹2904. What is the discount percent?
  7. 7.A bicycle is marked at ₹480. The shop takes 10% off, and then a further 50% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  8. 8.A watch is marked at ₹475. The shop takes 10% off, and then a further 20% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  9. 9.Rahul is 10 years older than Priya. In 5 years, the sum of their ages will be 48. How old is Priya now?
  10. 10.Find the amount when ₹11250 is invested at 8% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  11. 11.Find the simple interest on ₹1900 at 11% per year for 1 year (in ₹).
  12. 12.What sum of money earns ₹102 simple interest in 1 year at 2% per year (in ₹)?
  13. 13.Find the amount when ₹16250 is invested at 12% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  14. 14.A water tank holds 4880 litres. 5% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
  15. 15.Find the compound interest on ₹24000 at 15% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
  16. 16.A town has 4060 people. Its population grows by 15%. How many people live there now?
  17. 17.By selling a table fan for ₹867, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 15%. What did the table fan cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  18. 18.A shop sells 4400 cups of tea a month. Next month it sells 40% more. How many cups does it sell next month?
  19. 19.Ishaan’s father is four times as old as Ishaan. The sum of their ages is 40 years. How old is the father?
  20. 20.Dev can finish a job in 7 days and Pooja in 20 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  21. 21.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹50000 at 12% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  22. 22.Aarav is 6 years older than Priya. In 6 years, the sum of their ages will be 34. How old is Priya now?
  23. 23.Find the compound interest on ₹40400 at 5% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).
  24. 24.The average of 6 numbers is 39. When one more number is added, the average becomes 41. What number was added?
  25. 25.A price goes up by 20% and then goes up by 5% more. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
  26. 26.The price of a school bag changes from ₹960 to ₹864. By what percent did it come down?
  27. 27.Aditya works twice as fast as Rahul. Together they finish a job in 9 days. How many days would Rahul take alone?
  28. 28.Nisha and Kabir together finish a job in 2 days. Nisha alone takes 6 days. How many days would Kabir take alone?
  29. 29.A water tank holds 2160 litres. 5% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
  30. 30.Find the amount when ₹45200 is invested at 5% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  31. 31.The simple interest on ₹10100 for 2 years is ₹404. What is the rate of interest (% per year)?
  32. 32.Change 90 km/h into metres per second.
  33. 33.The average weight of 5 children is 42 kg. One child, who weighs 50 kg, leaves the group. What is the new average weight (in kg)?
  34. 34.Rahul’s father is five times as old as Rahul. The sum of their ages is 60 years. How old is Rahul?
  35. 35.Kabir works three times as fast as Pooja. Together they finish a job in 8 days. How many days would Pooja take alone?
  36. 36.Find the compound interest on ₹40000 at 5% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
  37. 37.3 years ago, Isha’s mother was twice as old as Isha. The mother is 9 years old now. How old is Isha now?
  38. 38.Change 10 m/s into km/h.
  39. 39.A school bag is marked at ₹4640. The shop gives a 10% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  40. 40.A bus runs at 24 km/h. How far does it go in 45 minutes (in km)?

Answer key

  1. 70
  2. 8334
  3. 328
  4. 20
  5. 42
  6. 40
  7. 216
  8. 342
  9. 14
  10. 13122
  11. 209
  12. 5100
  13. 20384
  14. 4636
  15. 12501
  16. 4669
  17. 1020
  18. 6160
  19. 32
  20. 140/27
  21. 720
  22. 8
  23. 4141
  24. 53
  25. 26
  26. 10
  27. 27
  28. 3
  29. 2052
  30. 49833
  31. 2
  32. 25
  33. 40
  34. 10
  35. 32
  36. 6305
  37. 6
  38. 36
  39. 4176
  40. 18

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