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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 598 · 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 ₹1530 simple interest in 1 year at 9% per year (in ₹)?
  2. 2.In 10 years, Rahul will be twice as old as Rahul was 4 years ago. How old is Rahul now?
  3. 3.A cricket bat is marked at ₹3840. The shop gives a 40% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  4. 4.After a 40% discount, a table fan costs ₹1500. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  5. 5.After a 40% discount, a table fan costs ₹2808. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  6. 6.Kabir cycles to his school at 30 km/h and comes back by the same road at 45 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
  7. 7.The average weight of 9 children is 29 kg. One child, who weighs 45 kg, leaves the group. What is the new average weight (in kg)?
  8. 8.Tara can finish a job in 16 days and Isha in 11 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 1 day? =
  9. 9.Diya puts ₹14500 in a bank at 3% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 2 years (in ₹)?
  10. 10.The average of 5 numbers is 27. When one more number is added, the average becomes 33. What number was added?
  11. 11.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹1260 and sells it for ₹756. Find the loss percent.
  12. 12.A shopkeeper buys a watch for ₹180 and sells it for ₹126. Find the loss percent.
  13. 13.In 6 years, Vivaan will be twice as old as Vivaan was 4 years ago. How old is Vivaan now?
  14. 14.Aarav’s father is three times as old as Aarav. The sum of their ages is 48 years. How old is the father?
  15. 15.Aditya is 3 years older than Priya. In 6 years, the sum of their ages will be 73. How old is Priya now?
  16. 16.A bicycle is marked at ₹415. The shop takes 20% off, and then a further 50% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  17. 17.A bicycle marked at ₹2720 is sold for ₹1904. What is the discount percent?
  18. 18.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹1940 and sells it for ₹2328. Find the profit percent.
  19. 19.Priya and Pooja together finish a job in 3 days. Priya alone takes 4 days. How many days would Pooja take alone?
  20. 20.A bicycle is marked at ₹1360. The shop takes 25% off, and then a further 10% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  21. 21.A bus runs at 76 km/h. How far does it go in 90 minutes (in km)?
  22. 22.Find the simple interest on ₹1100 at 6% per year for 2 years (in ₹).
  23. 23.What sum of money earns ₹5390 simple interest in 5 years at 14% per year (in ₹)?
  24. 24.A shop sells an average of 57 kg of sugar a day for 2 days, and then 69 kg a day for the next 2 days. What is the average sale per day for all 4 days (in kg)?
  25. 25.7 years ago, Rahul’s mother was three times as old as Rahul. The mother is 43 years old now. How old is Rahul now?
  26. 26.Vivaan’s father is four times as old as Vivaan. The sum of their ages is 60 years. How old is Vivaan?
  27. 27.A bicycle is marked at ₹675. The shop takes 20% off, and then a further 10% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  28. 28.Marks of 6 friends in a quiz: 66, 68, 75, 71, 68, 48. What is their average mark?
  29. 29.In 25 years, Priya will be twice as old as Priya was 5 years ago. How old is Priya now?
  30. 30.Change 35 m/s into km/h.
  31. 31.A town has 4660 people. Its population grows by 40%. How many people live there now?
  32. 32.A shop sells an average of 46 kg of sugar a day for 5 days, and then 56 kg a day for the next 5 days. What is the average sale per day for all 10 days (in kg)?
  33. 33.Meera is 7 years older than Rahul. In 10 years, the sum of their ages will be 41. How old is Rahul now?
  34. 34.Manav’s father is four times as old as Manav. The sum of their ages is 55 years. How old is Manav?
  35. 35.A table fan is marked at ₹625. The shop takes 10% off, and then a further 20% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  36. 36.Kavya works twice as fast as Kabir. Together they finish a job in 8 days. How many days would Kabir take alone?
  37. 37.A price goes up by 10% and then goes up by 40% more. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
  38. 38.A water tank holds 4460 litres. 10% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
  39. 39.By selling a bicycle for ₹1128, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 40%. What did the bicycle cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  40. 40.Find the amount when ₹625 is invested at 12% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).

Answer key

  1. 17000
  2. 18
  3. 2304
  4. 2500
  5. 4680
  6. 36
  7. 27
  8. 27/176
  9. 15370
  10. 63
  11. 40
  12. 30
  13. 14
  14. 36
  15. 29
  16. 166
  17. 30
  18. 20
  19. 12
  20. 918
  21. 114
  22. 132
  23. 7700
  24. 63
  25. 19
  26. 12
  27. 486
  28. 66
  29. 35
  30. 126
  31. 6524
  32. 51
  33. 7
  34. 11
  35. 450
  36. 24
  37. 54
  38. 4014
  39. 1880
  40. 784

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