Everyday Maths Practice Worksheet

Quantitative aptitude lesson 20: Practice: everyday maths · Set 983 · 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.A pair of shoes marked at ₹380 is sold for ₹285. What is the discount percent?
2. 2.5 years ago, Ishaan’s mother was three times as old as Ishaan. The mother is 20 years old now. How old is Ishaan now?
3. 3.A bus runs at 52 km/h. How far does it go in 15 minutes (in km)?
4. 4.In how many years will ₹9600 earn ₹1152 as simple interest at 6% per year?
5. 5.By selling a table fan for ₹480, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 25%. What did the table fan cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
6. 6.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹980 and sells it for ₹1029. Find the profit percent.
7. 7.What is the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹17500 at 8% per year for 2 years (in ₹)?
8. 8.The average weight of 7 children is 41 kg. One child, who weighs 53 kg, leaves the group. What is the new average weight (in kg)?
9. 9.The average of 7 numbers is 25. When one more number is added, the average becomes 31. What number was added?
10. 10.How many minutes does a car take to go 60 km at 30 km/h?
11. 11.Change 36 km/h into metres per second.
12. 12.Change 18 km/h into metres per second.
13. 13.A table fan bought for ₹1700 is sold at a loss of 50%. What is the selling price (in ₹)?
14. 14.A shop sells an average of 23 kg of sugar a day for 5 days, and then 27 kg a day for the next 5 days. What is the average sale per day for all 10 days (in kg)?
15. 15.Priya’s batting average after 12 innings is 41 runs. How many runs must Priya score in the next innings to raise the average to 43?
16. 16.By selling a cricket bat for ₹616, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 30%. What did the cricket bat cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?
17. 17.Kabir cycles to his school at 60 km/h and comes back by the same road at 40 km/h. What is his average speed for the whole trip (in km/h)?
18. 18.Diya puts ₹4900 in a bank at 14% simple interest per year. How much will she have after 5 years (in ₹)?
19. 19.What sum of money earns ₹600 simple interest in 5 years at 8% per year (in ₹)?
20. 20.In how many years will ₹18900 earn ₹9072 as simple interest at 12% per year?
21. 21.Diya can finish a job in 25 days and Saanvi in 15 days. Diya works alone for 10 days and then stops. Saanvi finishes the rest. How many days does Saanvi take?
22. 22.A table fan is marked at ₹2220. The shop gives a 30% discount. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
23. 23.A watch marked at ₹1780 is sold for ₹890. What is the discount percent?
24. 24.A school bag is marked at ₹580. The shop takes 20% off, and then a further 25% off the new price. How much do you pay (in ₹)?
25. 25.In 18 years, Pooja will be three times as old as Pooja was 6 years ago. How old is Pooja now?
26. 26.A shopkeeper buys a study lamp for ₹1840 and sells it for ₹2300. Find the profit percent.
27. 27.A price goes up by 20% and then goes up by 10% more. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
28. 28.A price goes up by 50% and then goes up by 20% more. By what percent has it gone up in all? =
29. 29.A bus runs at 40 km/h. How far does it go in 15 minutes (in km)?
30. 30.A watch marked at ₹840 is sold for ₹420. What is the discount percent?
31. 31.Find the compound interest on ₹15600 at 5% per year for 2 years, added every year (in ₹).
32. 32.The average of 6 numbers is 21. When one more number is added, the average becomes 22. What number was added?
33. 33.A shop sells an average of 31 kg of sugar a day for 4 days, and then 47 kg a day for the next 4 days. What is the average sale per day for all 8 days (in kg)?
34. 34.Diya works three times as fast as Sneha. Together they finish a job in 9 days. How many days would Sneha take alone?
35. 35.The average of 9 numbers is 59. When one more number is added, the average becomes 62. What number was added?
36. 36.After a 5% discount, a school bag costs ₹1520. What was its marked price (in ₹)?
37. 37.Meera’s father is five times as old as Meera. The sum of their ages is 42 years. How old is the father?
38. 38.Meera is 9 years older than Manav. In 5 years, the sum of their ages will be 55. How old is Manav now?
39. 39.The price of a school bag changes from ₹2940 to ₹2058. By what percent did it come down?
40. 40.By selling a pressure cooker for ₹323, a shopkeeper makes a loss of 15%. What did the pressure cooker cost the shopkeeper (in ₹)?

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