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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 384 · 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.The simple interest on ₹13700 for 1 year is ₹2055. What is the rate of interest (% per year)?
  2. 2.A car runs for 3 hours at 56 km/h and then for 2 hours at 41 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
  3. 3.Diya puts ₹5300 in a bank at 4% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 3 years (in ₹)?
  4. 4.A town has 3840 people. Its population grows by 30%. How many people live there now?
  5. 5.After a 10% discount, a cricket bat costs ₹2970. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  6. 6.By selling a watch for ₹2160, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 20%. What did the watch cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  7. 7.A table fan marked at ₹2140 is sold for ₹1070. What is the discount percent?
  8. 8.A pair of shoes bought for ₹1060 is sold at a profit of 30%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  9. 9.Saanvi can finish a job in 7 days and Kavya in 10 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  10. 10.Find the simple interest on ₹5800 at 10% per year for 1 year (in ₹).
  11. 11.By selling a bicycle for ₹1232, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 20%. What did the bicycle cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  12. 12.How many minutes does a car take to go 13 km at 60 km/h?
  13. 13.Kavya can finish a job in 13 days and Tara in 19 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  14. 14.The average weight of 5 children is 31 kg. One child, who weighs 39 kg, leaves the group. What is the new average weight (in kg)?
  15. 15.Kabir cycles to his school at 36 km/h and comes back by the same road at 18 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
  16. 16.The simple interest on ₹7100 for 5 years is ₹4970. What is the rate of interest (% per year)?
  17. 17.A price goes up by 30% and then goes up by 15% more. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
  18. 18.The simple interest on ₹4500 for 5 years is ₹1125. What is the rate of interest (% per year)?
  19. 19.A price goes up by 15% and then goes up by 5% more. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
  20. 20.Saanvi’s father is twice as old as Saanvi. The sum of their ages is 27 years. How old is Saanvi?
  21. 21.Find the amount when ₹40000 is invested at 12% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  22. 22.The price of a bicycle is ₹1460. It goes up by 5%. What is the new price (in ₹)?
  23. 23.A water tank holds 420 litres. 20% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
  24. 24.A table fan is marked at ₹1120. The shop gives a 10% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  25. 25.Aditya can finish a job in 14 days and Sneha in 12 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 2 days? =
  26. 26.The average of 9 numbers is 30. When one more number is added, the average becomes 36. What number was added?
  27. 27.What sum of money earns ₹864 simple interest in 2 years at 9% per year (in ₹)?
  28. 28.The simple interest on ₹17500 for 3 years is ₹1575. What is the rate of interest (% per year)?
  29. 29.In how many years will ₹1200 earn ₹900 as simple interest at 15% per year?
  30. 30.Two discounts of 25% and 50%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
  31. 31.Arjun is 7 years older than Saanvi. In 6 years, the sum of their ages will be 49. How old is Saanvi now?
  32. 32.Find the compound interest on ₹48000 at 5% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
  33. 33.What sum of money earns ₹1352 simple interest in 2 years at 13% per year (in ₹)?
  34. 34.By selling a table fan for ₹1280, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 20%. What did the table fan cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  35. 35.A shop sells an average of 44 kg of sugar a day for 2 days, and then 56 kg a day for the next 2 days. What is the average sale per day for all 4 days (in kg)?
  36. 36.Marks of 6 friends in a quiz: 52, 55, 42, 35, 34, 52. What is their average mark?
  37. 37.The simple interest on ₹11000 for 2 years is ₹1320. What is the rate of interest (% per year)?
  38. 38.A shop sells an average of 79 kg of sugar a day for 5 days, and then 59 kg a day for the next 5 days. What is the average sale per day for all 10 days (in kg)?
  39. 39.Isha can finish a job in 11 days and Sneha in 14 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 2 days? =
  40. 40.A cricket bat bought for ₹180 is sold at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?

Answer key

  1. 15
  2. 50
  3. 5936
  4. 4992
  5. 3300
  6. 1800
  7. 50
  8. 1378
  9. 70/17
  10. 580
  11. 1540
  12. 13
  13. 247/32
  14. 29
  15. 24
  16. 14
  17. 49.5
  18. 5
  19. 20.75
  20. 9
  21. 50176
  22. 1533
  23. 336
  24. 1008
  25. 13/42
  26. 90
  27. 4800
  28. 3
  29. 5
  30. 62.5
  31. 15
  32. 7566
  33. 5200
  34. 1600
  35. 50
  36. 45
  37. 6
  38. 69
  39. 25/77
  40. 153

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