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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 395 · 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 shop sells an average of 33 kg of sugar a day for 3 days, and then 60 kg a day for the next 6 days. What is the average sale per day for all 9 days (in kg)?
  2. 2.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹43200 at 25% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  3. 3.How many minutes does a car take to go 20 km at 80 km/h?
  4. 4.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 31, 30, 12, 23. What is their average mark?
  5. 5.How many minutes does a car take to go 81 km at 45 km/h?
  6. 6.Vivaan and Karan together finish a job in 10 days. Vivaan alone takes 12 days. How many days would Karan take alone?
  7. 7.Meera’s batting average after 9 innings is 35 runs. How many runs must Meera score in the next innings to raise the average to 39?
  8. 8.Aarav can finish a job in 10 days and Rahul in 2 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  9. 9.Karan’s batting average after 15 innings is 38 runs. How many runs must Karan score in the next innings to raise the average to 42?
  10. 10.Diya can finish a job in 11 days and Sneha in 22 days. Diya works alone for 4 days and then stops. Sneha finishes the rest. How many days does Sneha take?
  11. 11.Rahul and Ananya together finish a job in 4 days. Rahul alone takes 5 days. How many days would Ananya take alone?
  12. 12.The price of a school bag changes from ₹1600 to ₹1440. By what percent did it come down?
  13. 13.By selling a pair of shoes for ₹731, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 15%. What did the pair of shoes cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  14. 14.The price of a school bag changes from ₹3200 to ₹4480. By what percent did it go up?
  15. 15.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹12500 at 4% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  16. 16.A school bag is marked at ₹648. The shop takes 25% off, and then a further 50% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  17. 17.A shopkeeper buys a bicycle for ₹580 and sells it for ₹464. Find the loss percent.
  18. 18.Kavya’s batting average after 6 innings is 45 runs. How many runs must Kavya score in the next innings to raise the average to 48?
  19. 19.Find the amount when ₹15600 is invested at 5% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  20. 20.Rohan can finish a job in 5 days and Arjun in 20 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  21. 21.9 years ago, Ananya’s mother was twice as old as Ananya. The mother is 31 years old now. How old is Ananya now?
  22. 22.By selling a table fan for ₹2200, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 25%. What did the table fan cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  23. 23.Change 15 m/s into km/h.
  24. 24.In how many years will ₹3100 earn ₹2325 as simple interest at 15% per year?
  25. 25.Farhan’s father is twice as old as Farhan. The sum of their ages is 30 years. How old is the father?
  26. 26.After a 50% discount, a table fan costs ₹730. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  27. 27.A price goes up by 25% and then goes up by 15% more. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
  28. 28.In how many years will ₹8600 earn ₹4730 as simple interest at 11% per year?
  29. 29.By selling a table fan for ₹1500, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 50%. What did the table fan cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  30. 30.Find the amount when ₹3325 is invested at 20% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  31. 31.Change 40 m/s into km/h.
  32. 32.Diya puts ₹1100 in a bank at 9% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 4 years (in ₹)?
  33. 33.After a 15% discount, a study lamp costs ₹1581. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  34. 34.In how many years will ₹19000 earn ₹6650 as simple interest at 7% per year?
  35. 35.What sum of money earns ₹6825 simple interest in 5 years at 13% per year (in ₹)?
  36. 36.Kabir cycles to his school at 15 km/h and comes back by the same road at 35 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
  37. 37.By selling a pair of shoes for ₹1024, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 20%. What did the pair of shoes cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  38. 38.A shop sells an average of 52 kg of sugar a day for 3 days, and then 27 kg a day for the next 2 days. What is the average sale per day for all 5 days (in kg)?
  39. 39.Find the amount when ₹800 is invested at 10% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  40. 40.Arjun and Nisha together finish a job in 6 days. Arjun alone takes 9 days. How many days would Nisha take alone?

Answer key

  1. 51
  2. 2700
  3. 15
  4. 24
  5. 108
  6. 60
  7. 75
  8. 5/3
  9. 102
  10. 14
  11. 20
  12. 10
  13. 860
  14. 40
  15. 20
  16. 243
  17. 20
  18. 66
  19. 17199
  20. 4
  21. 20
  22. 1760
  23. 54
  24. 5
  25. 20
  26. 1460
  27. 43.75
  28. 5
  29. 1000
  30. 4788
  31. 144
  32. 1496
  33. 1860
  34. 5
  35. 10500
  36. 21
  37. 1280
  38. 42
  39. 968
  40. 18

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