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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 288 · 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.Find the compound interest on ₹23600 at 15% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).
  2. 2.A town has 3940 people. Its population grows by 5%. How many people live there now?
  3. 3.A table fan is marked at ₹592. The shop takes 25% off, and then a further 25% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  4. 4.A price goes up by 50% and then comes down by 30%. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
  5. 5.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹7500 at 4% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  6. 6.7 years ago, Tara’s mother was twice as old as Tara. The mother is 21 years old now. How old is Tara now?
  7. 7.What sum of money earns ₹642 simple interest in 2 years at 3% per year (in ₹)?
  8. 8.Ishaan is 10 years older than Kabir. In 6 years, the sum of their ages will be 46. How old is Kabir now?
  9. 9.Saanvi and Kavya together finish a job in 16 days. Saanvi alone takes 24 days. How many days would Kavya take alone?
  10. 10.A table fan marked at ₹960 is sold for ₹480. What is the discount percent?
  11. 11.Arjun is 4 years older than Aditya. In 6 years, the sum of their ages will be 62. How old is Aditya now?
  12. 12.Rahul is 5 years older than Karan. In 2 years, the sum of their ages will be 51. How old is Karan now?
  13. 13.The price of a bicycle is ₹4780. It goes up by 40%. What is the new price (in ₹)?
  14. 14.A bus runs at 68 km/h. How far does it go in 90 minutes (in km)?
  15. 15.A cricket bat bought for ₹1100 is sold at a loss of 50%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  16. 16.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹20000 at 12% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  17. 17.A price comes down by 50% and then comes down by 10% more. By what percent has it come down in all? =
  18. 18.A study lamp is marked at ₹1200. The shop takes 10% off, and then a further 50% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  19. 19.Zoya can finish a job in 4 days and Priya in 8 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 2 days? =
  20. 20.Kabir’s father is five times as old as Kabir. The sum of their ages is 66 years. How old is the father?
  21. 21.Find the simple interest on ₹15900 at 10% per year for 4 years (in ₹).
  22. 22.A car runs for 3 hours at 72 km/h and then for 1 hour at 44 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
  23. 23.Change 10 m/s into km/h.
  24. 24.What sum of money earns ₹132 simple interest in 2 years at 11% per year (in ₹)?
  25. 25.Marks of 6 friends in a quiz: 42, 52, 60, 43, 59, 80. What is their average mark?
  26. 26.The average of 4 numbers is 60. When one more number is added, the average becomes 65. What number was added?
  27. 27.Find the compound interest on ₹48000 at 10% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).
  28. 28.By selling a pressure cooker for ₹322, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 30%. What did the pressure cooker cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  29. 29.Manav is 3 years older than Priya. In 8 years, the sum of their ages will be 31. How old is Priya now?
  30. 30.The price of a bicycle is ₹3840. It goes up by 25%. What is the new price (in ₹)?
  31. 31.In 12 years, Isha will be three times as old as Isha was 6 years ago. How old is Isha now?
  32. 32.A pair of shoes marked at ₹1400 is sold for ₹840. What is the discount percent?
  33. 33.Find the compound interest on ₹38000 at 5% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).
  34. 34.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹40000 at 8% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  35. 35.Change 35 m/s into km/h.
  36. 36.Find the simple interest on ₹2900 at 14% per year for 2 years (in ₹).
  37. 37.Change 30 m/s into km/h.
  38. 38.A study lamp bought for ₹260 is sold at a loss of 50%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  39. 39.Find the compound interest on ₹42560 at 25% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
  40. 40.2 years ago, Tara’s mother was twice as old as Tara. The mother is 16 years old now. How old is Tara now?

Answer key

  1. 7611
  2. 4137
  3. 333
  4. 5
  5. 12
  6. 14
  7. 10700
  8. 12
  9. 48
  10. 50
  11. 23
  12. 21
  13. 6692
  14. 102
  15. 550
  16. 288
  17. 55
  18. 540
  19. 3/4
  20. 55
  21. 6360
  22. 65
  23. 36
  24. 600
  25. 56
  26. 85
  27. 10080
  28. 460
  29. 6
  30. 4800
  31. 15
  32. 40
  33. 3895
  34. 256
  35. 126
  36. 812
  37. 108
  38. 130
  39. 40565
  40. 9

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