Everyday Maths Practice Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 718 · 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.Find the simple interest on ₹13900 at 11% per year for 5 years (in ₹).
2. 2.Pooja can finish a job in 9 days and Meera in 11 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 1 day? =
3. 3.After a 10% discount, a school bag costs ₹450. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
4. 4.By selling a pair of shoes for ₹1000, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 50%. What did the pair of shoes cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
5. 5.A car runs for 2 hours at 61 km/h and then for 1 hour at 73 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
6. 6.A pair of shoes marked at ₹4940 is sold for ₹3705. What is the discount percent?
7. 7.A bicycle marked at ₹4700 is sold for ₹2820. What is the discount percent?
8. 8.A water tank holds 1020 litres. 30% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
9. 9.A town has 2080 people. Its population grows by 30%. How many people live there now?
10. 10.Find the simple interest on ₹16700 at 4% per year for 3 years (in ₹).
11. 11.A shop sells an average of 31 kg of sugar a day for 2 days, and then 79 kg a day for the next 2 days. What is the average sale per day for all 4 days (in kg)?
12. 12.A shop sells an average of 31 kg of sugar a day for 4 days, and then 70 kg a day for the next 2 days. What is the average sale per day for all 6 days (in kg)?
13. 13.By selling a pair of shoes for ₹130, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 30%. What did the pair of shoes cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
14. 14.Change 36 km/h into metres per second.
15. 15.A town has 800 people. Its population grows by 20%. How many people live there now?
16. 16.A water tank holds 4120 litres. 50% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
17. 17.Farhan and Diya together finish a job in 10 days. Farhan alone takes 30 days. How many days would Diya take alone?
18. 18.A study lamp is marked at ₹3420. The shop gives a 50% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
19. 19.A price comes down by 50% and then comes down by 20% more. By what percent has it come down in all? =
20. 20.Rohan works three times as fast as Rahul. Together they finish a job in 3 days. How many days would Rahul take alone?
21. 21.Priya can finish a job in 16 days and Karan in 7 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 2 days? =
22. 22.Ananya’s father is three times as old as Ananya. The sum of their ages is 48 years. How old is the father?
23. 23.Find the simple interest on ₹3000 at 14% per year for 4 years (in ₹).
24. 24.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹11700 at 20% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
25. 25.By selling a pressure cooker for ₹2340, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 30%. What did the pressure cooker cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
26. 26.Find the amount when ₹34750 is invested at 20% per year compound interest for 3 years (in ₹).
27. 27.7 years ago, Kabir’s mother was four times as old as Kabir. The mother is 39 years old now. How old is Kabir now?
28. 28.By selling a bicycle for ₹2460, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 50%. What did the bicycle cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
29. 29.Two discounts of 50% and 10%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
30. 30.What sum of money earns ₹3912 simple interest in 3 years at 8% per year (in ₹)?
31. 31.A water tank holds 680 litres. 15% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
32. 32.The price of a bicycle is ₹1280. It goes up by 25%. What is the new price (in ₹)?
33. 33.2 years ago, Aarav’s mother was four times as old as Aarav. The mother is 22 years old now. How old is Aarav now?
34. 34.Ananya’s batting average after 6 innings is 24 runs. How many runs must Ananya score in the next innings to raise the average to 27?
35. 35.The average weight of 5 children is 28 kg. One child, who weighs 36 kg, leaves the group. What is the new average weight (in kg)?
36. 36.Arjun can finish a job in 11 days and Saanvi in 3 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
37. 37.A water tank holds 4200 litres. 20% of the water is used. How many litres are left?
38. 38.Kabir cycles to his school at 18 km/h and comes back by the same road at 63 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
39. 39.Saanvi is 10 years older than Rahul. In 2 years, the sum of their ages will be 36. How old is Rahul now?
40. 40.A water tank holds 2420 litres. 50% of the water is used. How many litres are left?

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