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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 803 · 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 shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹720 and sells it for ₹576. Find the loss percent.
  2. 2.Saanvi’s batting average after 12 innings is 40 runs. How many runs must Saanvi score in the next innings to raise the average to 44?
  3. 3.Isha’s father is four times as old as Isha. The sum of their ages is 65 years. How old is Isha?
  4. 4.The price of a school bag changes from ₹2020 to ₹1212. By what percent did it come down?
  5. 5.A cricket bat is marked at ₹2800. The shop gives a 5% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  6. 6.By selling a table fan for ₹76, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 5%. What did the table fan cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  7. 7.Sneha can finish a job in 16 days and Nisha in 13 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  8. 8.Diya and Dev together finish a job in 2 days. Diya alone takes 4 days. How many days would Dev take alone?
  9. 9.Two discounts of 10% and 50%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
  10. 10.The price of a bicycle is ₹260. It goes up by 10%. What is the new price (in ₹)?
  11. 11.What sum of money earns ₹1190 simple interest in 2 years at 5% per year (in ₹)?
  12. 12.Manav can finish a job in 10 days and Tara in 4 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  13. 13.Meera’s father is four times as old as Meera. The sum of their ages is 75 years. How old is Meera?
  14. 14.By selling a study lamp for ₹768, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 20%. What did the study lamp cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  15. 15.What sum of money earns ₹690 simple interest in 2 years at 3% per year (in ₹)?
  16. 16.The simple interest on ₹10300 for 4 years is ₹2884. What is the rate of interest (% per year)?
  17. 17.A pair of shoes is marked at ₹4000. The shop gives a 25% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  18. 18.Change 35 m/s into km/h.
  19. 19.Find the compound interest on ₹39600 at 15% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).
  20. 20.By selling a cricket bat for ₹969, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 15%. What did the cricket bat cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  21. 21.Two discounts of 50% and 20%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
  22. 22.Two discounts of 10% and 10%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
  23. 23.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 27, 8, 8, 37. What is their average mark?
  24. 24.Find the simple interest on ₹15200 at 10% per year for 4 years (in ₹).
  25. 25.Rahul is 2 years older than Nisha. In 3 years, the sum of their ages will be 50. How old is Nisha now?
  26. 26.Aditya can finish a job in 20 days and Arjun in 15 days. Aditya works alone for 8 days and then stops. Arjun finishes the rest. How many days does Arjun take?
  27. 27.Priya’s father is three times as old as Priya. The sum of their ages is 24 years. How old is Priya?
  28. 28.Find the amount when ₹32000 is invested at 5% per year compound interest for 3 years (in ₹).
  29. 29.Find the compound interest on ₹16000 at 15% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
  30. 30.The price of a school bag changes from ₹320 to ₹368. By what percent did it go up?
  31. 31.The average of 5 numbers is 60. When one more number is added, the average becomes 61. What number was added?
  32. 32.Find the amount when ₹36600 is invested at 10% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  33. 33.In how many years will ₹19300 earn ₹2895 as simple interest at 15% per year?
  34. 34.A pair of shoes is marked at ₹456. The shop takes 50% off, and then a further 25% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  35. 35.Change 25 m/s into km/h.
  36. 36.The price of a school bag changes from ₹3160 to ₹3950. By what percent did it go up?
  37. 37.Find the amount when ₹24000 is invested at 5% per year compound interest for 3 years (in ₹).
  38. 38.By selling a study lamp for ₹250, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 50%. What did the study lamp cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
  39. 39.Sneha’s batting average after 14 innings is 37 runs. How many runs must Sneha score in the next innings to raise the average to 40?
  40. 40.By selling a pressure cooker for ₹1305, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 25%. What did the pressure cooker cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?

Answer key

  1. 20
  2. 92
  3. 13
  4. 40
  5. 2660
  6. 80
  7. 208/29
  8. 4
  9. 55
  10. 286
  11. 11900
  12. 20/7
  13. 15
  14. 960
  15. 11500
  16. 7
  17. 3000
  18. 126
  19. 12771
  20. 1140
  21. 60
  22. 19
  23. 20
  24. 6080
  25. 21
  26. 9
  27. 6
  28. 37044
  29. 8334
  30. 15
  31. 66
  32. 44286
  33. 1
  34. 171
  35. 90
  36. 25
  37. 27783
  38. 500
  39. 82
  40. 1740

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