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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 559 · 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 school bag bought for ₹320 is sold at a profit of 50%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  2. 2.The price of a school bag changes from ₹3300 to ₹4620. By what percent did it go up?
  3. 3.The price of a school bag changes from ₹4720 to ₹4956. By what percent did it go up?
  4. 4.A pair of shoes is marked at ₹4660. The shop gives a 40% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  5. 5.Diya puts ₹8400 in a bank at 2% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 5 years (in ₹)?
  6. 6.A school bag bought for ₹540 is sold at a profit of 10%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  7. 7.What sum of money earns ₹3525 simple interest in 5 years at 5% per year (in ₹)?
  8. 8.A shopkeeper buys a watch for ₹1800 and sells it for ₹1890. Find the profit percent.
  9. 9.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹7500 at 12% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  10. 10.By selling a pair of shoes for ₹625, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 25%. What did the pair of shoes cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  11. 11.A watch marked at ₹4040 is sold for ₹3838. What is the discount percent?
  12. 12.A car runs for 4 hours at 20 km/h and then for 1 hour at 55 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
  13. 13.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹9600 at 25% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  14. 14.A school bag marked at ₹1100 is sold for ₹1045. What is the discount percent?
  15. 15.Ananya and Diya together finish a job in 2 days. Ananya alone takes 4 days. How many days would Diya take alone?
  16. 16.Diya puts ₹13100 in a bank at 3% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 4 years (in ₹)?
  17. 17.A price goes up by 20% and then goes up by 40% more. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
  18. 18.In how many years will ₹12800 earn ₹1536 as simple interest at 12% per year?
  19. 19.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹45000 at 4% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  20. 20.Find the amount when ₹31250 is invested at 4% per year compound interest for 3 years (in ₹).
  21. 21.What sum of money earns ₹576 simple interest in 3 years at 4% per year (in ₹)?
  22. 22.The price of a bicycle is ₹1040. It goes up by 50%. What is the new price (in ₹)?
  23. 23.Find the amount when ₹31250 is invested at 12% per year compound interest for 3 years (in ₹).
  24. 24.A car runs for 4 hours at 71 km/h and then for 1 hour at 56 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
  25. 25.Change 10 m/s into km/h.
  26. 26.The price of a school bag changes from ₹3840 to ₹2688. By what percent did it come down?
  27. 27.7 years ago, Vivaan’s mother was twice as old as Vivaan. The mother is 31 years old now. How old is Vivaan now?
  28. 28.Arjun is 4 years older than Ananya. In 7 years, the sum of their ages will be 46. How old is Ananya now?
  29. 29.Aarav’s batting average after 5 innings is 43 runs. How many runs must Aarav score in the next innings to raise the average to 46?
  30. 30.Isha is 9 years older than Aarav. In 8 years, the sum of their ages will be 83. How old is Aarav now?
  31. 31.After a 30% discount, a table fan costs ₹3178. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  32. 32.By selling a watch for ₹54, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 10%. What did the watch cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  33. 33.A cricket bat is marked at ₹600. The shop gives a 40% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  34. 34.Two discounts of 10% and 50%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
  35. 35.Sneha can finish a job in 16 days and Pooja in 4 days. Sneha works alone for 4 days and then stops. Pooja finishes the rest. How many days does Pooja take?
  36. 36.A table fan marked at ₹1220 is sold for ₹732. What is the discount percent?
  37. 37.Kabir cycles to his school at 56 km/h and comes back by the same road at 42 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
  38. 38.A shop sells an average of 24 kg of sugar a day for 2 days, and then 32 kg a day for the next 6 days. What is the average sale per day for all 8 days (in kg)?
  39. 39.Kabir can finish a job in 9 days and Ishaan in 10 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  40. 40.A price goes up by 20% and then comes down by 10%. By what percent has it gone up in all? =

Answer key

  1. 480
  2. 40
  3. 5
  4. 2796
  5. 9240
  6. 594
  7. 14100
  8. 5
  9. 108
  10. 500
  11. 5
  12. 27
  13. 600
  14. 5
  15. 4
  16. 14672
  17. 68
  18. 1
  19. 72
  20. 35152
  21. 4800
  22. 1560
  23. 43904
  24. 68
  25. 36
  26. 30
  27. 19
  28. 14
  29. 61
  30. 29
  31. 4540
  32. 60
  33. 360
  34. 55
  35. 3
  36. 40
  37. 48
  38. 30
  39. 90/19
  40. 8

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