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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 349 · 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.Two discounts of 50% and 25%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
  2. 2.What sum of money earns ₹81 simple interest in 1 year at 3% per year (in ₹)?
  3. 3.A town has 4860 people. Its population grows by 25%. How many people live there now?
  4. 4.A shopkeeper buys a pressure cooker for ₹1180 and sells it for ₹1003. Find the loss percent.
  5. 5.Marks of 6 friends in a quiz: 23, 33, 19, 38, 28, 33. What is their average mark?
  6. 6.A price goes up by 40% and then goes up by 15% more. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
  7. 7.Change 15 m/s into km/h.
  8. 8.Diya can finish a job in 15 days and Isha in 16 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  9. 9.Find the amount when ₹31250 is invested at 4% per year compound interest for 3 years (in ₹).
  10. 10.By selling a study lamp for ₹336, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 5%. What did the study lamp cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  11. 11.Find the compound interest on ₹31250 at 8% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
  12. 12.The price of a bicycle is ₹2280. It goes up by 15%. What is the new price (in ₹)?
  13. 13.Change 40 m/s into km/h.
  14. 14.Arjun works three times as fast as Aditya. Together they finish a job in 8 days. How many days would Aditya take alone?
  15. 15.A shop sells 1980 cups of tea a month. Next month it sells 20% more. How many cups does it sell next month?
  16. 16.Find the simple interest on ₹19100 at 15% per year for 2 years (in ₹).
  17. 17.Meera is 10 years older than Dev. In 2 years, the sum of their ages will be 26. How old is Dev now?
  18. 18.Diya puts ₹15700 in a bank at 13% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 5 years (in ₹)?
  19. 19.After a 15% discount, a pair of shoes costs ₹527. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  20. 20.In 27 years, Aarav will be twice as old as Aarav was 3 years ago. How old is Aarav now?
  21. 21.Find the amount when ₹11300 is invested at 10% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  22. 22.Find the simple interest on ₹1400 at 8% per year for 5 years (in ₹).
  23. 23.Find the amount when ₹7625 is invested at 20% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  24. 24.A car runs for 3 hours at 46 km/h and then for 1 hour at 66 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
  25. 25.Dev’s father is four times as old as Dev. The sum of their ages is 60 years. How old is Dev?
  26. 26.By selling a watch for ₹464, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 20%. What did the watch cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  27. 27.Sneha and Rahul together finish a job in 7 days. Sneha alone takes 8 days. How many days would Rahul take alone?
  28. 28.A bus runs at 46 km/h. How far does it go in 90 minutes (in km)?
  29. 29.A shopkeeper buys a pressure cooker for ₹580 and sells it for ₹725. Find the profit percent.
  30. 30.A water tank holds 4740 litres. 5% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
  31. 31.A car runs for 2 hours at 63 km/h and then for 2 hours at 31 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
  32. 32.By selling a pair of shoes for ₹810, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 10%. What did the pair of shoes cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  33. 33.A shop sells an average of 73 kg of sugar a day for 2 days, and then 33 kg a day for the next 3 days. What is the average sale per day for all 5 days (in kg)?
  34. 34.The average weight of 9 children is 40 kg. One child, who weighs 64 kg, leaves the group. What is the new average weight (in kg)?
  35. 35.Two discounts of 10% and 10%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
  36. 36.Rahul can finish a job in 6 days and Karan in 18 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 1 day? =
  37. 37.What sum of money earns ₹648 simple interest in 3 years at 4% per year (in ₹)?
  38. 38.Aarav’s batting average after 11 innings is 32 runs. How many runs must Aarav score in the next innings to raise the average to 36?
  39. 39.Change 36 km/h into metres per second.
  40. 40.A price comes down by 5% and then comes down by 15% more. By what percent has it come down in all? =

Answer key

  1. 62.5
  2. 2700
  3. 6075
  4. 15
  5. 29
  6. 61
  7. 54
  8. 240/31
  9. 35152
  10. 320
  11. 8116
  12. 2622
  13. 144
  14. 32
  15. 2376
  16. 5730
  17. 6
  18. 25905
  19. 620
  20. 33
  21. 13673
  22. 560
  23. 10980
  24. 51
  25. 12
  26. 580
  27. 56
  28. 69
  29. 25
  30. 4503
  31. 47
  32. 900
  33. 49
  34. 37
  35. 19
  36. 2/9
  37. 5400
  38. 80
  39. 10
  40. 19.25

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