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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 360 · 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.Kavya can finish a job in 15 days and Ananya in 6 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  2. 2.A cricket bat marked at ₹280 is sold for ₹266. What is the discount percent?
  3. 3.By selling a school bag for ₹504, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 5%. What did the school bag cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  4. 4.A watch marked at ₹1240 is sold for ₹930. What is the discount percent?
  5. 5.Nisha can finish a job in 20 days and Vivaan in 10 days. Nisha works alone for 12 days and then stops. Vivaan finishes the rest. How many days does Vivaan take?
  6. 6.Kavya works twice as fast as Ishaan. Together they finish a job in 5 days. How many days would Ishaan take alone?
  7. 7.What sum of money earns ₹777 simple interest in 1 year at 7% per year (in ₹)?
  8. 8.A table fan marked at ₹880 is sold for ₹836. What is the discount percent?
  9. 9.Arjun and Pooja together finish a job in 3 days. Arjun alone takes 6 days. How many days would Pooja take alone?
  10. 10.The average weight of 12 children is 26 kg. One child, who weighs 37 kg, leaves the group. What is the new average weight (in kg)?
  11. 11.A shop sells an average of 36 kg of sugar a day for 5 days, and then 24 kg a day for the next 5 days. What is the average sale per day for all 10 days (in kg)?
  12. 12.Kavya’s father is twice as old as Kavya. The sum of their ages is 18 years. How old is the father?
  13. 13.Change 30 m/s into km/h.
  14. 14.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 29, 13, 18, 40. What is their average mark?
  15. 15.A table fan marked at ₹2580 is sold for ₹2451. What is the discount percent?
  16. 16.A shop sells 3480 cups of tea a month. Next month it sells 30% more. How many cups does it sell next month?
  17. 17.6 years ago, Pooja’s mother was four times as old as Pooja. The mother is 22 years old now. How old is Pooja now?
  18. 18.A study lamp bought for ₹80 is sold at a loss of 5%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  19. 19.Aarav and Saanvi together finish a job in 2 days. Aarav alone takes 4 days. How many days would Saanvi take alone?
  20. 20.Kavya can finish a job in 14 days and Pooja in 7 days. Kavya works alone for 10 days and then stops. Pooja finishes the rest. How many days does Pooja take?
  21. 21.A watch is marked at ₹550. The shop takes 10% off, and then a further 20% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  22. 22.A town has 420 people. Its population grows by 30%. How many people live there now?
  23. 23.In how many years will ₹10100 earn ₹3939 as simple interest at 13% per year?
  24. 24.Karan’s batting average after 12 innings is 38 runs. How many runs must Karan score in the next innings to raise the average to 39?
  25. 25.After a 5% discount, a table fan costs ₹2774. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  26. 26.A cricket bat marked at ₹3140 is sold for ₹2983. What is the discount percent?
  27. 27.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 82, 68, 54, 68. What is their average mark?
  28. 28.Find the simple interest on ₹20000 at 10% per year for 1 year (in ₹).
  29. 29.A water tank holds 4120 litres. 25% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
  30. 30.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 45, 64, 52, 51. What is their average mark?
  31. 31.The price of a school bag changes from ₹3100 to ₹3255. By what percent did it go up?
  32. 32.Aarav can finish a job in 19 days and Dev in 4 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 2 days? =
  33. 33.Kavya works twice as fast as Zoya. Together they finish a job in 8 days. How many days would Zoya take alone?
  34. 34.Priya’s batting average after 7 innings is 23 runs. How many runs must Priya score in the next innings to raise the average to 28?
  35. 35.The average of 7 numbers is 41. When one more number is added, the average becomes 42. What number was added?
  36. 36.Farhan can finish a job in 14 days and Rohan in 4 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 2 days? =
  37. 37.By selling a school bag for ₹361, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 5%. What did the school bag cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  38. 38.A study lamp marked at ₹2220 is sold for ₹1332. What is the discount percent?
  39. 39.The price of a school bag changes from ₹2080 to ₹1872. By what percent did it come down?
  40. 40.Two discounts of 50% and 25%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =

Answer key

  1. 30/7
  2. 5
  3. 480
  4. 25
  5. 4
  6. 15
  7. 11100
  8. 5
  9. 6
  10. 25
  11. 30
  12. 12
  13. 108
  14. 25
  15. 5
  16. 4524
  17. 10
  18. 76
  19. 4
  20. 2
  21. 396
  22. 546
  23. 3
  24. 51
  25. 2920
  26. 5
  27. 68
  28. 2000
  29. 3090
  30. 53
  31. 5
  32. 23/38
  33. 24
  34. 63
  35. 49
  36. 9/14
  37. 380
  38. 40
  39. 10
  40. 62.5

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