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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 582 · 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 ₹3528 simple interest in 4 years at 6% per year (in ₹)?
  2. 2.Find the amount when ₹11875 is invested at 12% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  3. 3.Diya puts ₹16900 in a bank at 4% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 3 years (in ₹)?
  4. 4.Find the compound interest on ₹39000 at 10% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
  5. 5.A pair of shoes bought for ₹1860 is sold at a profit of 40%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  6. 6.Diya puts ₹17100 in a bank at 12% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 1 year (in ₹)?
  7. 7.By selling a pair of shoes for ₹950, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 25%. What did the pair of shoes cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  8. 8.By selling a watch for ₹133, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 5%. What did the watch cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  9. 9.Find the compound interest on ₹8000 at 5% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
  10. 10.Rahul can finish a job in 8 days and Rohan in 11 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  11. 11.Find the simple interest on ₹19100 at 7% per year for 5 years (in ₹).
  12. 12.Priya can finish a job in 9 days and Rohan in 13 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 1 day? =
  13. 13.Change 108 km/h into metres per second.
  14. 14.A shop sells 4540 cups of tea a month. Next month it sells 15% more. How many cups does it sell next month?
  15. 15.Find the amount when ₹44400 is invested at 5% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  16. 16.2 years ago, Arjun’s mother was four times as old as Arjun. The mother is 18 years old now. How old is Arjun now?
  17. 17.Change 35 m/s into km/h.
  18. 18.A bus runs at 40 km/h. How far does it go in 30 minutes (in km)?
  19. 19.A shop sells 60 cups of tea a month. Next month it sells 10% more. How many cups does it sell next month?
  20. 20.What sum of money earns ₹3720 simple interest in 3 years at 8% per year (in ₹)?
  21. 21.Meera is 2 years older than Ishaan. In 4 years, the sum of their ages will be 28. How old is Ishaan now?
  22. 22.By selling a school bag for ₹920, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 50%. What did the school bag cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  23. 23.How many minutes does a car take to go 145 km at 50 km/h?
  24. 24.Ishaan’s father is three times as old as Ishaan. The sum of their ages is 28 years. How old is the father?
  25. 25.The price of a school bag changes from ₹2320 to ₹2088. By what percent did it come down?
  26. 26.By selling a cricket bat for ₹1166, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 10%. What did the cricket bat cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  27. 27.The price of a school bag changes from ₹1440 to ₹2160. By what percent did it go up?
  28. 28.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹4700 at 10% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  29. 29.Two discounts of 20% and 20%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
  30. 30.The average of 4 numbers is 51. When one more number is added, the average becomes 57. What number was added?
  31. 31.A price goes up by 50% and then goes up by 20% more. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
  32. 32.Kabir cycles to his school at 39 km/h and comes back by the same road at 78 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
  33. 33.Ananya and Priya together finish a job in 6 days. Ananya alone takes 18 days. How many days would Priya take alone?
  34. 34.Kabir and Manav together finish a job in 5 days. Kabir alone takes 6 days. How many days would Manav take alone?
  35. 35.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 76, 84, 94, 86. What is their average mark?
  36. 36.Change 54 km/h into metres per second.
  37. 37.A cricket bat is marked at ₹1960. The shop gives a 25% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  38. 38.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹37500 at 4% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  39. 39.In 27 years, Karan will be twice as old as Karan was 3 years ago. How old is Karan now?
  40. 40.Find the simple interest on ₹700 at 7% per year for 4 years (in ₹).

Answer key

  1. 14700
  2. 14896
  3. 18928
  4. 12909
  5. 2604
  6. 19152
  7. 760
  8. 140
  9. 1261
  10. 88/19
  11. 6685
  12. 22/117
  13. 30
  14. 5221
  15. 48951
  16. 6
  17. 126
  18. 20
  19. 66
  20. 15500
  21. 9
  22. 1840
  23. 174
  24. 21
  25. 10
  26. 1060
  27. 50
  28. 47
  29. 36
  30. 81
  31. 80
  32. 52
  33. 9
  34. 30
  35. 85
  36. 15
  37. 1470
  38. 60
  39. 33
  40. 196

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