Everyday Maths Practice Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 507 · 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.Kavya works twice as fast as Tara. Together they finish a job in 12 days. How many days would Tara take alone?
2. 2.By selling a study lamp for ₹266, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 30%. What did the study lamp cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
3. 3.The price of a bicycle is ₹3560. It goes up by 30%. What is the new price (in ₹)?
4. 4.A pressure cooker marked at ₹2840 is sold for ₹2556. What is the discount percent?
5. 5.Saanvi can finish a job in 13 days and Aditya in 11 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
6. 6.The average of 8 numbers is 16. When one more number is added, the average becomes 20. What number was added?
7. 7.In 28 years, Isha will be three times as old as Isha was 6 years ago. How old is Isha now?
8. 8.In 17 years, Ananya will be three times as old as Ananya was 3 years ago. How old is Ananya now?
9. 9.A pair of shoes bought for ₹240 is sold at a loss of 25%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
10. 10.Zoya can finish a job in 10 days and Ishaan in 8 days. Zoya works alone for 5 days and then stops. Ishaan finishes the rest. How many days does Ishaan take?
11. 11.Marks of 6 friends in a quiz: 17, 20, 27, 36, 19, 73. What is their average mark?
12. 12.Kabir is 7 years older than Diya. In 7 years, the sum of their ages will be 71. How old is Diya now?
13. 13.A cricket bat marked at ₹2100 is sold for ₹1050. What is the discount percent?
14. 14.The average of 9 numbers is 19. When one more number is added, the average becomes 21. What number was added?
15. 15.By selling a pair of shoes for ₹1309, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 15%. What did the pair of shoes cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
16. 16.A shopkeeper buys a pair of shoes for ₹720 and sells it for ₹1080. Find the profit percent.
17. 17.By selling a table fan for ₹1092, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 30%. What did the table fan cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
18. 18.The price of a school bag changes from ₹2900 to ₹3770. By what percent did it go up?
19. 19.In how many years will ₹900 earn ₹180 as simple interest at 10% per year?
20. 20.A watch bought for ₹1320 is sold at a profit of 40%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
21. 21.The average weight of 12 children is 32 kg. One child, who weighs 43 kg, leaves the group. What is the new average weight (in kg)?
22. 22.Two discounts of 50% and 50%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
23. 23.Pooja is 8 years older than Diya. In 6 years, the sum of their ages will be 44. How old is Diya now?
24. 24.A table fan bought for ₹700 is sold at a loss of 30%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
25. 25.A bus runs at 80 km/h. How far does it go in 30 minutes (in km)?
26. 26.In 8 years, Nisha will be three times as old as Nisha was 6 years ago. How old is Nisha now?
27. 27.After a 25% discount, a watch costs ₹2925. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
28. 28.Find the amount when ₹18400 is invested at 15% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
29. 29.A car runs for 3 hours at 47 km/h and then for 2 hours at 37 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
30. 30.7 years ago, Ananya’s mother was four times as old as Ananya. The mother is 31 years old now. How old is Ananya now?
31. 31.A water tank holds 100 litres. 40% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
32. 32.Kabir cycles to his school at 24 km/h and comes back by the same road at 48 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
33. 33.A bicycle is marked at ₹1480. The shop gives a 40% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
34. 34.A shop sells an average of 36 kg of sugar a day for 6 days, and then 76 kg a day for the next 6 days. What is the average sale per day for all 12 days (in kg)?
35. 35.Farhan’s father is twice as old as Farhan. The sum of their ages is 45 years. How old is the father?
36. 36.A price comes down by 50% and then comes down by 40% more. By what percent has it come down in all? =
37. 37.A water tank holds 2560 litres. 15% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
38. 38.The average weight of 7 children is 34 kg. One child, who weighs 40 kg, leaves the group. What is the new average weight (in kg)?
39. 39.Two discounts of 20% and 10%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
40. 40.A water tank holds 200 litres. 10% of the water is used. How many litres are left?

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