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Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 955 · 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.Change 15 m/s into km/h.
  2. 2.Sneha and Ananya together finish a job in 6 days. Sneha alone takes 8 days. How many days would Ananya take alone?
  3. 3.A bicycle bought for ₹940 is sold at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  4. 4.A pair of shoes bought for ₹820 is sold at a loss of 5%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  5. 5.Kavya’s father is twice as old as Kavya. The sum of their ages is 24 years. How old is the father?
  6. 6.A bus runs at 48 km/h. How far does it go in 15 minutes (in km)?
  7. 7.The average of 7 numbers is 40. When one more number is added, the average becomes 41. What number was added?
  8. 8.A watch is marked at ₹580. The shop gives a 25% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  9. 9.A bicycle is marked at ₹2300. The shop takes 10% off, and then a further 10% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  10. 10.In 6 years, Aarav will be three times as old as Aarav was 6 years ago. How old is Aarav now?
  11. 11.Find the amount when ₹14000 is invested at 15% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  12. 12.A shop sells an average of 68 kg of sugar a day for 5 days, and then 47 kg a day for the next 2 days. What is the average sale per day for all 7 days (in kg)?
  13. 13.After a 15% discount, a cricket bat costs ₹4233. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
  14. 14.The average of 4 numbers is 27. When one more number is added, the average becomes 30. What number was added?
  15. 15.Manav can finish a job in 16 days and Dev in 13 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  16. 16.A table fan is marked at ₹1780. The shop gives a 40% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
  17. 17.A table fan bought for ₹980 is sold at a loss of 10%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  18. 18.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹12500 at 12% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  19. 19.Nisha can finish a job in 9 days and Rohan in 5 days. How many days will they take working together? Give a fraction if the answer is not a whole number. =
  20. 20.Find the simple interest on ₹3600 at 9% per year for 1 year (in ₹).
  21. 21.Kabir cycles to his school at 88 km/h and comes back by the same road at 33 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
  22. 22.Marks of 5 friends in a quiz: 52, 54, 66, 63, 40. What is their average mark?
  23. 23.A pressure cooker bought for ₹840 is sold at a profit of 30%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
  24. 24.Aarav can finish a job in 15 days and Rohan in 17 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 1 day? =
  25. 25.Aarav’s batting average after 9 innings is 41 runs. How many runs must Aarav score in the next innings to raise the average to 43?
  26. 26.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹37500 at 12% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
  27. 27.Diya puts ₹13200 in a bank at 2% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 3 years (in ₹)?
  28. 28.A shop sells 2620 cups of tea a month. Next month it sells 10% more. How many cups does it sell next month?
  29. 29.Find the amount when ₹13750 is invested at 8% per year compound interest for 2 years (in ₹).
  30. 30.Manav’s father is twice as old as Manav. The sum of their ages is 21 years. How old is the father?
  31. 31.The price of a school bag changes from ₹1100 to ₹1375. By what percent did it go up?
  32. 32.Aditya can finish a job in 16 days and Rahul in 20 days. What fraction of the job do they finish if they work together for 3 days? =
  33. 33.Two discounts of 20% and 10%, one after the other, are the same as one discount of what percent? =
  34. 34.Marks of 4 friends in a quiz: 72, 100, 97, 75. What is their average mark?
  35. 35.Change 72 km/h into metres per second.
  36. 36.In how many years will ₹18800 earn ₹5264 as simple interest at 14% per year?
  37. 37.In how many years will ₹11700 earn ₹351 as simple interest at 3% per year?
  38. 38.The average of 4 numbers is 23. When one more number is added, the average becomes 27. What number was added?
  39. 39.Find the compound interest on ₹46875 at 8% per year for 3 years, added every year (in ₹).
  40. 40.A shop sells an average of 35 kg of sugar a day for 3 days, and then 23 kg a day for the next 6 days. What is the average sale per day for all 9 days (in kg)?

Answer key

  1. 54
  2. 24
  3. 799
  4. 779
  5. 16
  6. 12
  7. 48
  8. 435
  9. 1863
  10. 12
  11. 18515
  12. 62
  13. 4980
  14. 42
  15. 208/29
  16. 1068
  17. 882
  18. 180
  19. 45/14
  20. 324
  21. 48
  22. 55
  23. 1092
  24. 32/255
  25. 61
  26. 540
  27. 13992
  28. 2882
  29. 16038
  30. 14
  31. 25
  32. 27/80
  33. 28
  34. 86
  35. 20
  36. 2
  37. 1
  38. 43
  39. 12174
  40. 27

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