Everyday Maths Practice Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 283 · 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 cricket bat is marked at ₹410. The shop takes 20% off, and then a further 50% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
2. 2.In 17 years, Ananya will be three times as old as Ananya was 5 years ago. How old is Ananya now?
3. 3.A bicycle is marked at ₹3020. The shop gives a 25% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
4. 4.In 23 years, Nisha will be twice as old as Nisha was 3 years ago. How old is Nisha now?
5. 5.By selling a pressure cooker for ₹504, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 30%. What did the pressure cooker cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
6. 6.Two discounts of 20% and 50%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
7. 7.By selling a watch for ₹658, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 30%. What did the watch cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
8. 8.Pooja can finish a job in 20 days and Ishaan in 11 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 3 days? =
9. 9.Marks of 6 friends in a quiz: 63, 70, 62, 55, 46, 46. What is their average mark?
10. 10.A bicycle is marked at ₹1700. The shop gives a 5% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
11. 11.Aarav’s father is twice as old as Aarav. The sum of their ages is 24 years. How old is Aarav?
12. 12.Ananya’s father is three times as old as Ananya. The sum of their ages is 36 years. How old is Ananya?
13. 13.A bus runs at 33 km/h. How far does it go in 20 minutes (in km)?
14. 14.A price goes up by 20% and then goes up by 25% more. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
15. 15.Aarav can finish a job in 15 days and Pooja in 5 days. Aarav works alone for 6 days and then stops. Pooja finishes the rest. How many days does Pooja take?
16. 16.A shop sells 2220 cups of tea a month. Next month it sells 5% more. How many cups does it sell next month?
17. 17.Find the compound interest on ₹36800 at 15% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).
18. 18.Farhan works three times as fast as Ananya. Together they finish a job in 3 days. How many days would Ananya take alone?
19. 19.Sneha’s father is three times as old as Sneha. The sum of their ages is 32 years. How old is Sneha?
20. 20.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹1360 and sells it for ₹1020. Find the loss percent.
21. 21.A shop sells an average of 62 kg of sugar a day for 2 days, and then 59 kg a day for the next 4 days. What is the average sale per day for all 6 days (in kg)?
22. 22.A price comes down by 15% and then comes down by 25% more. By what percent has it come down in all? =
23. 23.A cricket bat is marked at ₹2600. The shop takes 10% off, and then a further 10% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
24. 24.By selling a bicycle for ₹833, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 15%. What did the bicycle cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
25. 25.By selling a school bag for ₹1386, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 10%. What did the school bag cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
26. 26.Aarav’s father is four times as old as Aarav. The sum of their ages is 60 years. How old is the father?
27. 27.10 years ago, Rohan’s mother was four times as old as Rohan. The mother is 58 years old now. How old is Rohan now?
28. 28.Find the simple interest on ₹5600 at 13% per year for 5 years (in ₹).
29. 29.A bicycle is marked at ₹580. The shop takes 50% off, and then a further 10% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
30. 30.Zoya can finish a job in 19 days and Diya in 13 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 3 days? =
31. 31.3 years ago, Zoya’s mother was three times as old as Zoya. The mother is 15 years old now. How old is Zoya now?
32. 32.By selling a pressure cooker for ₹1533, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 5%. What did the pressure cooker cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
33. 33.A bus runs at 78 km/h. How far does it go in 50 minutes (in km)?
34. 34.A shop sells an average of 47 kg of sugar a day for 3 days, and then 57 kg a day for the next 2 days. What is the average sale per day for all 5 days (in kg)?
35. 35.A price goes up by 20% and then goes up by 20% more. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
36. 36.In 4 years, Kabir will be twice as old as Kabir was 6 years ago. How old is Kabir now?
37. 37.A water tank holds 100 litres. 50% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
38. 38.Ananya’s father is twice as old as Ananya. The sum of their ages is 45 years. How old is Ananya?
39. 39.Karan and Zoya together finish a job in 2 days. Karan alone takes 3 days. How many days would Zoya take alone?
40. 40.How many minutes does a car take to go 65 km at 65 km/h?

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