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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 392 · 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.A school bag marked at ₹380 is sold for ₹190. What is the discount percent?
  2. 2.Aditya can finish a job in 15 days and Priya in 3 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  3. 3.8 years ago, Saanvi’s mother was twice as old as Saanvi. The mother is 18 years old now. How old is Saanvi now?
  4. 4.A bus runs at 82 km/h. How far does it go in 30 minutes (in km)?
  5. 5.Find the simple interest on ₹14800 at 9% per year for 1 year (in ₹).
  6. 6.A bicycle bought for ₹860 is sold at a profit of 15%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  7. 7.A shop sells 4040 cups of tea a month. Next month it sells 15% more. How many cups does it sell next month?
  8. 8.A car runs for 4 hours at 56 km/h and then for 2 hours at 32 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
  9. 9.Diya and Isha together finish a job in 12 days. Diya alone takes 30 days. How many days would Isha take alone?
  10. 10.A pressure cooker marked at ₹3740 is sold for ₹3553. What is the discount percent?
  11. 11.A pair of shoes marked at ₹1960 is sold for ₹1470. What is the discount percent?
  12. 12.Marks of 6 friends in a quiz: 84, 81, 98, 87, 79, 87. What is their average mark?
  13. 13.By selling a watch for ₹938, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 30%. What did the watch cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  14. 14.The price of a bicycle is ₹2320. It goes up by 10%. What is the new price (in ₹)?
  15. 15.Meera can finish a job in 5 days and Nisha in 20 days. Meera works alone for 3 days and then stops. Nisha finishes the rest. How many days does Nisha take?
  16. 16.Sneha can finish a job in 8 days and Pooja in 24 days. Sneha works alone for 2 days and then stops. Pooja finishes the rest. How many days does Pooja take?
  17. 17.The price of a school bag changes from ₹2600 to ₹3250. By what percent did it go up?
  18. 18.Aditya can finish a job in 6 days and Sneha in 13 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  19. 19.Change 72 km/h into metres per second.
  20. 20.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 41, 35, 32, 28. What is their average mark?
  21. 21.A water tank holds 3320 litres. 20% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
  22. 22.The average of 4 numbers is 59. When one more number is added, the average becomes 61. What number was added?
  23. 23.Find the amount when ₹33750 is invested at 8% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  24. 24.Nisha’s father is three times as old as Nisha. The sum of their ages is 60 years. How old is Nisha?
  25. 25.By selling a bicycle for ₹85, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 15%. What did the bicycle cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  26. 26.Rahul is 8 years older than Kavya. In 3 years, the sum of their ages will be 28. How old is Kavya now?
  27. 27.Diya and Rohan together finish a job in 2 days. Diya alone takes 3 days. How many days would Rohan take alone?
  28. 28.A shopkeeper buys a pressure cooker for ₹840 and sells it for ₹630. Find the loss percent.
  29. 29.A bus runs at 84 km/h. How far does it go in 20 minutes (in km)?
  30. 30.The price of a bicycle is ₹3860. It goes up by 20%. What is the new price (in ₹)?
  31. 31.Find the simple interest on ₹3000 at 6% per year for 1 year (in ₹).
  32. 32.A town has 880 people. Its population grows by 50%. How many people live there now?
  33. 33.Change 35 m/s into km/h.
  34. 34.A bicycle is marked at ₹1920. The shop takes 10% off, and then a further 25% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  35. 35.Diya puts ₹3200 in a bank at 8% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 5 years (in ₹)?
  36. 36.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹1140 and sells it for ₹1026. Find the loss percent.
  37. 37.Dev and Vivaan together finish a job in 2 days. Dev alone takes 3 days. How many days would Vivaan take alone?
  38. 38.By selling a pressure cooker for ₹2156, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 40%. What did the pressure cooker cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  39. 39.By selling a pair of shoes for ₹396, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 10%. What did the pair of shoes cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  40. 40.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹41600 at 25% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?

Answer key

  1. 50
  2. 5/2
  3. 13
  4. 41
  5. 1332
  6. 989
  7. 4646
  8. 48
  9. 20
  10. 5
  11. 25
  12. 86
  13. 1340
  14. 2552
  15. 8
  16. 18
  17. 25
  18. 78/19
  19. 20
  20. 34
  21. 2656
  22. 69
  23. 39366
  24. 15
  25. 100
  26. 7
  27. 6
  28. 25
  29. 28
  30. 4632
  31. 180
  32. 1320
  33. 126
  34. 1296
  35. 4480
  36. 10
  37. 6
  38. 1540
  39. 360
  40. 2600

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