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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 462 · 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.What sum of money earns ₹5760 simple interest in 5 years at 8% per year (in ₹)?
  2. 2.Kavya’s father is twice as old as Kavya. The sum of their ages is 24 years. How old is the father?
  3. 3.After a 5% discount, a table fan costs ₹1425. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  4. 4.Find the simple interest on ₹1500 at 13% per year for 4 years (in ₹).
  5. 5.Change 5 m/s into km/h.
  6. 6.A cricket bat bought for ₹1580 is sold at a profit of 5%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  7. 7.A bicycle is marked at ₹3320. The shop gives a 20% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  8. 8.Tara is 2 years older than Karan. In 8 years, the sum of their ages will be 30. How old is Karan now?
  9. 9.Tara’s batting average after 8 innings is 36 runs. How many runs must Tara score in the next innings to raise the average to 40?
  10. 10.A table fan is marked at ₹840. The shop gives a 5% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  11. 11.Zoya can finish a job in 13 days and Isha in 18 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 1 day? =
  12. 12.A table fan is marked at ₹1920. The shop takes 25% off, and then a further 10% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  13. 13.After a 20% discount, a bicycle costs ₹3040. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  14. 14.A water tank holds 1120 litres. 40% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
  15. 15.What sum of money earns ₹4140 simple interest in 3 years at 15% per year (in ₹)?
  16. 16.How many minutes does a car take to go 32 km at 40 km/h?
  17. 17.A price goes up by 5% and then goes up by 5% more. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
  18. 18.Find the compound interest on ₹6800 at 15% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).
  19. 19.By selling a school bag for ₹555, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 25%. What did the school bag cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  20. 20.Kavya can finish a job in 30 days and Ananya in 25 days. Kavya works alone for 6 days and then stops. Ananya finishes the rest. How many days does Ananya take?
  21. 21.Find the compound interest on ₹2400 at 15% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).
  22. 22.Find the simple interest on ₹600 at 7% per year for 2 years (in ₹).
  23. 23.Find the compound interest on ₹37312 at 25% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
  24. 24.Find the compound interest on ₹46875 at 4% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
  25. 25.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹800 at 20% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  26. 26.A car runs for 3 hours at 51 km/h and then for 3 hours at 23 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
  27. 27.A shop sells an average of 21 kg of sugar a day for 3 days, and then 35 kg a day for the next 4 days. What is the average sale per day for all 7 days (in kg)?
  28. 28.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹6000 at 25% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  29. 29.The average of 6 numbers is 23. When one more number is added, the average becomes 29. What number was added?
  30. 30.The price of a school bag changes from ₹4300 to ₹3870. By what percent did it come down?
  31. 31.A price goes up by 30% and then comes down by 10%. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
  32. 32.A bicycle is marked at ₹540. The shop gives a 30% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  33. 33.The average of 8 numbers is 60. When one more number is added, the average becomes 64. What number was added?
  34. 34.After a 20% discount, a bicycle costs ₹1136. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  35. 35.Ananya can finish a job in 20 days and Pooja in 16 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 3 days? =
  36. 36.Find the simple interest on ₹3400 at 8% per year for 3 years (in ₹).
  37. 37.Find the amount when ₹11600 is invested at 5% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  38. 38.Find the amount when ₹29500 is invested at 20% per year compound interest for 3 years (in ₹).
  39. 39.A shop sells an average of 76 kg of sugar a day for 6 days, and then 51 kg a day for the next 4 days. What is the average sale per day for all 10 days (in kg)?
  40. 40.After a 20% discount, a study lamp costs ₹3936. What was its marked price (in ₹)?

Answer key

  1. 14400
  2. 16
  3. 1500
  4. 780
  5. 18
  6. 1659
  7. 2656
  8. 6
  9. 72
  10. 798
  11. 31/234
  12. 1296
  13. 3800
  14. 672
  15. 9200
  16. 48
  17. 10.25
  18. 2193
  19. 740
  20. 20
  21. 774
  22. 84
  23. 35563
  24. 5853
  25. 32
  26. 37
  27. 29
  28. 375
  29. 65
  30. 10
  31. 17
  32. 378
  33. 96
  34. 1420
  35. 27/80
  36. 816
  37. 12789
  38. 50976
  39. 66
  40. 4920

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