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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 795 · 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.By selling a table fan for ₹120, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 20%. What did the table fan cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  2. 2.Kavya can finish a job in 6 days and Aarav in 7 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 3 days? =
  3. 3.A price goes up by 15% and then comes down by 10%. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
  4. 4.A shopkeeper buys a watch for ₹1600 and sells it for ₹1360. Find the loss percent.
  5. 5.Aarav can finish a job in 30 days and Nisha in 20 days. Aarav works alone for 24 days and then stops. Nisha finishes the rest. How many days does Nisha take?
  6. 6.A shop sells an average of 46 kg of sugar a day for 5 days, and then 73 kg a day for the next 4 days. What is the average sale per day for all 9 days (in kg)?
  7. 7.In 4 years, Manav will be twice as old as Manav was 6 years ago. How old is Manav now?
  8. 8.Saanvi’s father is three times as old as Saanvi. The sum of their ages is 52 years. How old is the father?
  9. 9.The price of a school bag changes from ₹260 to ₹273. By what percent did it go up?
  10. 10.Nisha can finish a job in 9 days and Kavya in 27 days. Nisha works alone for 1 day and then stops. Kavya finishes the rest. How many days does Kavya take?
  11. 11.What sum of money earns ₹3180 simple interest in 4 years at 15% per year (in ₹)?
  12. 12.A table fan is marked at ₹540. The shop takes 20% off, and then a further 25% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  13. 13.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 60, 59, 74, 43. What is their average mark?
  14. 14.A town has 3240 people. Its population grows by 10%. How many people live there now?
  15. 15.The average of 4 numbers is 23. When one more number is added, the average becomes 27. What number was added?
  16. 16.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 46, 69, 54, 51. What is their average mark?
  17. 17.Rohan can finish a job in 6 days and Farhan in 8 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 1 day? =
  18. 18.After a 30% discount, a pressure cooker costs ₹826. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  19. 19.Marks of 6 friends in a quiz: 7, 10, 32, 9, 37, 37. What is their average mark?
  20. 20.Kavya can finish a job in 6 days and Dev in 10 days. Kavya works alone for 3 days and then stops. Dev finishes the rest. How many days does Dev take?
  21. 21.Find the simple interest on ₹4800 at 7% per year for 3 years (in ₹).
  22. 22.In how many years will ₹1000 earn ₹480 as simple interest at 12% per year?
  23. 23.Zoya is 3 years older than Rahul. In 8 years, the sum of their ages will be 57. How old is Rahul now?
  24. 24.What sum of money earns ₹2685 simple interest in 5 years at 3% per year (in ₹)?
  25. 25.Rohan can finish a job in 2 days and Farhan in 3 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  26. 26.Find the compound interest on ₹26800 at 15% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).
  27. 27.The average of 8 numbers is 46. When one more number is added, the average becomes 47. What number was added?
  28. 28.The simple interest on ₹15900 for 1 year is ₹1431. What is the rate of interest (% per year)?
  29. 29.What sum of money earns ₹1208 simple interest in 4 years at 2% per year (in ₹)?
  30. 30.By selling a watch for ₹1872, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 20%. What did the watch cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  31. 31.Kabir cycles to his school at 27 km/h and comes back by the same road at 54 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
  32. 32.After a 50% discount, a table fan costs ₹2190. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  33. 33.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 88, 88, 78, 50. What is their average mark?
  34. 34.A shopkeeper buys a watch for ₹1500 and sells it for ₹1425. Find the loss percent.
  35. 35.What sum of money earns ₹381 simple interest in 1 year at 3% per year (in ₹)?
  36. 36.Tara can finish a job in 2 days and Zoya in 5 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  37. 37.Find the compound interest on ₹40000 at 5% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
  38. 38.A car runs for 3 hours at 54 km/h and then for 3 hours at 48 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey (in km/h)?
  39. 39.Find the compound interest on ₹15625 at 4% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
  40. 40.By selling a bicycle for ₹280, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 50%. What did the bicycle cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?

Answer key

  1. 100
  2. 13/14
  3. 3.5
  4. 15
  5. 4
  6. 58
  7. 16
  8. 39
  9. 5
  10. 24
  11. 5300
  12. 324
  13. 59
  14. 3564
  15. 43
  16. 55
  17. 7/24
  18. 1180
  19. 22
  20. 5
  21. 1008
  22. 4
  23. 19
  24. 17900
  25. 6/5
  26. 8643
  27. 55
  28. 9
  29. 15100
  30. 1560
  31. 36
  32. 4380
  33. 76
  34. 5
  35. 12700
  36. 10/7
  37. 6305
  38. 51
  39. 1951
  40. 560

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