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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 417 · 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 price of a bicycle is ₹2960. It goes up by 15%. What is the new price (in ₹)?
  2. 2.Kabir and Ananya together finish a job in 4 days. Kabir alone takes 6 days. How many days would Ananya take alone?
  3. 3.A pair of shoes is marked at ₹2800. The shop gives a 40% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  4. 4.Kabir cycles to his school at 35 km/h and comes back by the same road at 15 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
  5. 5.By selling a pair of shoes for ₹1159, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 5%. What did the pair of shoes cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  6. 6.What sum of money earns ₹605 simple interest in 5 years at 11% per year (in ₹)?
  7. 7.Saanvi can finish a job in 15 days and Diya in 18 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  8. 8.Kabir cycles to his school at 35 km/h and comes back by the same road at 14 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
  9. 9.Meera’s batting average after 10 innings is 31 runs. How many runs must Meera score in the next innings to raise the average to 32?
  10. 10.By selling a watch for ₹675, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 25%. What did the watch cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  11. 11.What sum of money earns ₹280 simple interest in 1 year at 7% per year (in ₹)?
  12. 12.How many minutes does a car take to go 21 km at 35 km/h?
  13. 13.Find the amount when ₹25760 is invested at 25% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  14. 14.Find the simple interest on ₹5500 at 11% per year for 4 years (in ₹).
  15. 15.Aditya is 2 years older than Kavya. In 10 years, the sum of their ages will be 46. How old is Kavya now?
  16. 16.A cricket bat is marked at ₹510. The shop takes 25% off, and then a further 20% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  17. 17.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹31700 at 20% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  18. 18.Farhan can finish a job in 15 days and Tara in 9 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  19. 19.A pressure cooker bought for ₹60 is sold at a profit of 25%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  20. 20.A table fan marked at ₹4440 is sold for ₹3330. What is the discount percent?
  21. 21.A cricket bat marked at ₹2120 is sold for ₹1590. What is the discount percent?
  22. 22.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 33, 32, 50, 53. What is their average mark?
  23. 23.Meera’s batting average after 15 innings is 38 runs. How many runs must Meera score in the next innings to raise the average to 40?
  24. 24.A study lamp is marked at ₹640. The shop takes 50% off, and then a further 10% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  25. 25.Find the simple interest on ₹7300 at 10% per year for 2 years (in ₹).
  26. 26.Find the amount when ₹48000 is invested at 15% per year compound interest for 3 years (in ₹).
  27. 27.The price of a bicycle is ₹1540. It goes up by 40%. What is the new price (in ₹)?
  28. 28.Nisha can finish a job in 16 days and Karan in 10 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  29. 29.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 38, 53, 24, 37. What is their average mark?
  30. 30.What sum of money earns ₹4312 simple interest in 4 years at 14% per year (in ₹)?
  31. 31.Change 35 m/s into km/h.
  32. 32.A bicycle is marked at ₹2720. The shop gives a 10% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  33. 33.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 63, 64, 82, 95. What is their average mark?
  34. 34.Ananya’s father is three times as old as Ananya. The sum of their ages is 28 years. How old is Ananya?
  35. 35.By selling a bicycle for ₹884, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 15%. What did the bicycle cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  36. 36.Change 18 km/h into metres per second.
  37. 37.Kabir cycles to his school at 10 km/h and comes back by the same road at 15 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
  38. 38.Arjun can finish a job in 26 days and Farhan in 13 days. Arjun works alone for 4 days and then stops. Farhan finishes the rest. How many days does Farhan take?
  39. 39.The price of a school bag changes from ₹2780 to ₹3058. By what percent did it go up?
  40. 40.Ananya’s father is three times as old as Ananya. The sum of their ages is 24 years. How old is Ananya?

Answer key

  1. 3404
  2. 12
  3. 1680
  4. 21
  5. 1220
  6. 1100
  7. 90/11
  8. 20
  9. 42
  10. 900
  11. 4000
  12. 36
  13. 40250
  14. 2420
  15. 12
  16. 306
  17. 1268
  18. 45/8
  19. 75
  20. 25
  21. 25
  22. 42
  23. 70
  24. 288
  25. 1460
  26. 73002
  27. 2156
  28. 80/13
  29. 38
  30. 7700
  31. 126
  32. 2448
  33. 76
  34. 7
  35. 1040
  36. 5
  37. 12
  38. 11
  39. 10
  40. 6

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