Everyday Maths Practice Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 452 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Kabir cycles to his school at 36 km/h and comes back by the same road at 12 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
2. 2.A town has 880 people. Its population grows by 5%. How many people live there now?
3. 3.Find the amount when ₹8000 is invested at 5% per year compound interest for 3 years (in ₹).
4. 4.A shop sells 1220 cups of tea a month. Next month it sells 15% more. How many cups does it sell next month?
5. 5.The average of 5 numbers is 39. When one more number is added, the average becomes 41. What number was added?
6. 6.By selling a school bag for ₹270, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 50%. What did the school bag cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
7. 7.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹11600 at 25% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
8. 8.A water tank holds 1740 litres. 10% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
9. 9.By selling a pair of shoes for ₹2024, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 10%. What did the pair of shoes cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
10. 10.A car runs for 2 hours at 62 km/h and then for 2 hours at 64 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
11. 11.A watch is marked at ₹975. The shop takes 10% off, and then a further 20% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
12. 12.Find the compound interest on ₹14080 at 25% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
13. 13.Saanvi works twice as fast as Priya. Together they finish a job in 4 days. How many days would Priya take alone?
14. 14.Sneha can finish a job in 21 days and Ishaan in 14 days. Sneha works alone for 9 days and then stops. Ishaan finishes the rest. How many days does Ishaan take?
15. 15.Meera works twice as fast as Nisha. Together they finish a job in 7 days. How many days would Nisha take alone?
16. 16.Change 40 m/s into km/h.
17. 17.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹380 and sells it for ₹304. Find the loss percent.
18. 18.Priya’s batting average after 14 innings is 45 runs. How many runs must Priya score in the next innings to raise the average to 49?
19. 19.Kabir cycles to his school at 20 km/h and comes back by the same road at 12 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
20. 20.Find the amount when ₹8000 is invested at 15% per year compound interest for 3 years (in ₹).
21. 21.Diya puts ₹15700 in a bank at 4% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 1 year (in ₹)?
22. 22.A pair of shoes is marked at ₹750. The shop takes 20% off, and then a further 10% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
23. 23.How many minutes does a car take to go 144 km at 45 km/h?
24. 24.A shopkeeper buys a pair of shoes for ₹1100 and sells it for ₹1320. Find the profit percent.
25. 25.Tara is 8 years older than Nisha. In 3 years, the sum of their ages will be 38. How old is Nisha now?
26. 26.A water tank holds 4420 litres. 5% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
27. 27.10 years ago, Karan’s mother was four times as old as Karan. The mother is 38 years old now. How old is Karan now?
28. 28.The price of a school bag changes from ₹3380 to ₹4225. By what percent did it go up?
29. 29.Two discounts of 25% and 20%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
30. 30.Change 36 km/h into metres per second.
31. 31.By selling a bicycle for ₹1462, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 15%. What did the bicycle cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
32. 32.The simple interest on ₹3800 for 3 years is ₹456. What is the rate of interest (% per year)?
33. 33.Priya works twice as fast as Arjun. Together they finish a job in 10 days. How many days would Arjun take alone?
34. 34.Kabir cycles to his school at 20 km/h and comes back by the same road at 80 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
35. 35.A shop sells an average of 25 kg of sugar a day for 6 days, and then 61 kg a day for the next 2 days. What is the average sale per day for all 8 days (in kg)?
36. 36.A shopkeeper buys a pressure cooker for ₹1540 and sells it for ₹1463. Find the loss percent.
37. 37.Zoya is 7 years older than Vivaan. In 10 years, the sum of their ages will be 65. How old is Vivaan now?
38. 38.Isha’s father is five times as old as Isha. The sum of their ages is 42 years. How old is the father?
39. 39.Change 35 m/s into km/h.
40. 40.Rohan can finish a job in 6 days and Karan in 9 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 1 day? =

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