Everyday Maths Practice Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 299 · 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.What sum of money earns ₹3168 simple interest in 2 years at 12% per year (in ₹)?
2. 2.After a 40% discount, a pressure cooker costs ₹852. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
3. 3.A water tank holds 3980 litres. 40% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
4. 4.Marks of 6 friends in a quiz: 61, 59, 64, 89, 74, 97. What is their average mark?
5. 5.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹24800 at 5% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
6. 6.What sum of money earns ₹448 simple interest in 1 year at 14% per year (in ₹)?
7. 7.A car runs for 3 hours at 44 km/h and then for 2 hours at 74 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
8. 8.By selling a pressure cooker for ₹1298, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 10%. What did the pressure cooker cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
9. 9.A shop sells an average of 25 kg of sugar a day for 3 days, and then 35 kg a day for the next 2 days. What is the average sale per day for all 5 days (in kg)?
10. 10.Find the amount when ₹48000 is invested at 5% per year compound interest for 3 years (in ₹).
11. 11.Manav can finish a job in 14 days and Zoya in 3 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
12. 12.What sum of money earns ₹6500 simple interest in 4 years at 13% per year (in ₹)?
13. 13.A water tank holds 2160 litres. 5% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
14. 14.Two discounts of 10% and 10%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
15. 15.Zoya works twice as fast as Kavya. Together they finish a job in 12 days. How many days would Kavya take alone?
16. 16.Karan can finish a job in 17 days and Dev in 18 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
17. 17.A shopkeeper buys a bicycle for ₹440 and sells it for ₹528. Find the profit percent.
18. 18.Find the simple interest on ₹14100 at 8% per year for 3 years (in ₹).
19. 19.How many minutes does a car take to go 18 km at 72 km/h?
20. 20.Marks of 6 friends in a quiz: 85, 73, 81, 63, 87, 49. What is their average mark?
21. 21.A water tank holds 2360 litres. 50% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
22. 22.A shop sells an average of 33 kg of sugar a day for 3 days, and then 47 kg a day for the next 4 days. What is the average sale per day for all 7 days (in kg)?
23. 23.Isha is 9 years older than Zoya. In 3 years, the sum of their ages will be 41. How old is Zoya now?
24. 24.A pressure cooker is marked at ₹465. The shop takes 50% off, and then a further 20% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
25. 25.Farhan can finish a job in 6 days and Rohan in 14 days. Farhan works alone for 3 days and then stops. Rohan finishes the rest. How many days does Rohan take?
26. 26.Change 5 m/s into km/h.
27. 27.Kavya is 10 years older than Saanvi. In 8 years, the sum of their ages will be 84. How old is Saanvi now?
28. 28.The simple interest on ₹1800 for 1 year is ₹108. What is the rate of interest (% per year)?
29. 29.By selling a cricket bat for ₹1207, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 15%. What did the cricket bat cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
30. 30.Isha can finish a job in 12 days and Meera in 9 days. Isha works alone for 8 days and then stops. Meera finishes the rest. How many days does Meera take?
31. 31.Find the compound interest on ₹6250 at 4% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).
32. 32.The average of 8 numbers is 29. When one more number is added, the average becomes 31. What number was added?
33. 33.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹14700 at 20% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
34. 34.In how many years will ₹12400 earn ₹7440 as simple interest at 15% per year?
35. 35.A bus runs at 84 km/h. How far does it go in 20 minutes (in km)?
36. 36.Diya puts ₹18100 in a bank at 13% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 4 years (in ₹)?
37. 37.Saanvi works twice as fast as Vivaan. Together they finish a job in 10 days. How many days would Vivaan take alone?
38. 38.Meera works twice as fast as Rohan. Together they finish a job in 8 days. How many days would Rohan take alone?
39. 39.The average of 6 numbers is 42. When one more number is added, the average becomes 46. What number was added?
40. 40.Find the amount when ₹20000 is invested at 12% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).

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