Description : A seller sold a cloth for Rs. 720 after giving 20% discount on the labelled price. Had he not given the discount, he would have earned a profit of 40% on the CP. what was the Cp of the cloth?
Last Answer : Let CP= x Sp of each cloth =80/100*x =720 x= 720*100/80 =900 CP= 900* 100/140 =Rs 643.
Description : Ganesh purchased a bed and a washing machine for Rs 40,000. Later , he sold the bed at 40% profit and the washing machine at 20% loss. Thus, he gained 4% in the whole transaction. Find cost price of the bed?
Last Answer : CP of bed=x x*40/100-(40,000-x)*20/100=40,000*4/100 40x-(800000-20x)=160000 60x-800000=160000 60x=960000 X=Rs16000
Description : Anwar marked his radio at 40% above his cost price. He, then sold it after offering a discount of 40%. If he made a loss of Rs.640, find his selling price (in Rs.) a)4320 b)4640 c)3360 d)3720
Last Answer : c)3360
Description : If 20% discount is allowed on the marked price then the profit is 40%. If the discount is increased to 40% then what will be the profit percentage?
Last Answer : cp=100% profit=40% selling price= 140% marked price = 140% mp=140*100/80= 175 40%discount in mp= 175 *60/100 New sp=105 new profit%= new sp-cp/cp *100 =105-100/100*100 =5
Description : Vaishnavi purchased 35kg of wheat at the rate of Rs.19.50 per kg and another 35kg of wheat at a certain rate. She mixed the two and sold the entire quantity at the rate of the Rs.21.25 per kg and made 20%. Overall profit at what price per kg did she purchase the lot of another 35kg wheat?
Last Answer : Let the required price per kg be Rs'X' Then cost price of 70 kg wheat = Rs(35 * 19.50 + 35 * X) = Rs (682.5 + 35X) Selling price of 70kg wheat = Rs (70 * 21.25) = Rs.1487.5 Total cost ... 100/120=1239.58 35x= 1239.58-682.5=557.08 X=15.91 So the cost price of second lot is Rs15.91 per kg
Description : A shopkeeper sells a cricket bat whose marked price is Rs.60 at a discount of 20% and gives a ball costing Rs.3 free with each bat. Even then he makes a profit of 25%. His cost per bat is.
Last Answer : Marked price = Rs.60 Selling price = Rs [(80/100 * 60) – 3] = Rs.45 Let cost price brRs ‘x’. Then 125% of x = 45 (125/100 * x) = 45 Cost price of one bat = Rs.36
Description : Preethi owns lenova mobile in a showroom. she labelled the price of mobile to earn a profit of 20% on the cost price. she sold the mobile by offering a discount of 10% on the labelled price. What is the actual percent profit earned?
Last Answer : Let the CP of mobile= Rs 100 Then the labeled price= Rs.120 SP= Rs. 120-10%of 120 = RS120-12= Rs 108 Gain= Rs 108- Rs 100 = Rs 8 Gain%= 8/100*100=8%
Description : Rithick wants to buy a computer. He bought a computer listed at Rs 6000 with discount 30% offer on the list price. What additional amount must be offered to rithick to bring the net price to Rs3950?
Last Answer : Mp= 6000 Sp= 6000*70/100 =4200 net amount=3950 required % = (4200-3950)/4200*100 =250/42=>5.95%
Description : Ravi marked his Walkman at 60% above his cost price. If he had decreased his discount from 20% to 10%. he would have earned Rs.80 more. Find his cost price. a)640 b)600 c)500 d)800
Last Answer : c)500
Description : A shopkeeper gives 12% additional discount on the discounted price, after giving an initial discount of 20% on the labeled price of a mobile. If the final sale price of the mobile is 704. then what is its labelled price? A. Rs 844 B. Rs 920 C. Rs 1000 D. Rs 1100
Last Answer : Answer – C. Rs 1000 Explanation – Let the labeled price be Rs. x 88% of 80% of x = 704 => x = (704 x 100 x 100/88 x 80)= 1000.
Description : A Barbie doll is available at Ratna stores in salem at 20% discount and the same is available at only 18% discount at Royal stores in attur. Deepika has just sufficient amount of Rs 800 to purchase ... is the amount that deepika has less than required amount to purchase it at Royal stores in attur?
Last Answer : 80%= 800 100%= 1000 when discount 18%,then, SP= 1000-180=820 required difference= 820-800 = Rs. 20
Description : Ashwin purchased a second hand machine for Rs.1 lakh. Over the first year after its purchase. He incurred an expense of Rs.20000 in maintaining it. At the end of the first year he sold it for Rs.80000. Find his ... account of depreciation. a)12.5% profit b)12.5% loss c)11 1/9% profit d)11 1/9% loss
Last Answer : d)11 1/9% loss
Description : Bharani sells a novel at a gain of 40%. if he had bought it at 20% less and sold it for Rs. 70 more which equals to 350% of CP. The CP of the novel is
Last Answer : Let CP= x SP= 140x/100 = 14x/10 CP= 80% 0f x= 8x/10 then, SP =14x/10+70 14x/10 + 70= 350%of 8x/10 14x/10+70=350/100*8x/10=28x/10 70=28x/10-14x/10 70=14x/10 X=700/14 X=50
Description : Find the single discount equivalent to a series discount of 40%, 20% and 10%
Last Answer : Let marked price be Rs 100 Then net selling price = 90% of 80% of 60% of Rs 100 = 90/100 *80/100 *60/100 *100 = 90*80*60/10000 = Rs 43.2 Required discount = (100 – 43.2) % = 56.8%.
Description : Mani went to purchase a mi mobile handset, the shopkeeper told him to pay 25% tax if he asked the bill. Mani manages to get the discount of 10% on the actual saleprice of the mobile and he paid ... to pay 25% tax on the already discounted price, what is the amount of discount that he has gotten?
Last Answer : CP = 100, SP (with tax) =125 New SP = 100 - 10 = 90 Effective discount = 125-90 = 35 So, at SP of 90 ----> discount = 35 and at SP of 3275-----> discount = 35/90*3275= Rs 1274(approx.)
Description : Sanki purchased 20 dozen notebook at Rs. 48 per dozen. He sold 8 dozen at 10% profit and remaining 12 dozen with 20% profit. What is his profit percentage in the transaction? A. 8% B. 15% C. 16% D. 19%
Last Answer : Answer – C (16%) Explanation – C.P of 20 dozen = Rs.(48 x 20) = Rs.960 C.P of 8 dozen = Rs. (48 x8) = Rs. 384. C.P of 12 dozen =Rs. (960 – 384) = Rs. 576 Total S.P = Rs. (110/100 x 384 +120/100 x 576) = Rs.1113.60 ∴ Profit % = (153.60/960 x 100)% =16%
Description : Vijay marked his camera at 50% above his cost price. He sold it after allowing discount and still made a profit of 20%. What is the discount percentage he offered on it? a)20% b)25% c)30% d)35%
Last Answer : a)20%
Description : The loss made by selling 20 m of a cloth equals the cost price of 5 m of that cloth. Find the loss percentage a)33 1/3% b)25% c)20% d)40%
Last Answer : b)25%
Description : The profit made by David in selling his calculator for Rs.400 would be the same as the loss he would have made in selling it at a 25% loss. If he sold his calculator after offering a discount of Rs.100, find the percentage at which he marked it above the cost price. a)56.25% b)62.5% c)60% d)50%
Last Answer : a)56.25%
Description : A shopkeeper marked a suit at Rs.400. He sold it after allowing a discount, and still made at a profit of 25%. At what percentage above its cost price did he marked the suit, if he sold it for Rs.320? a)50% b)66 2/3% c)62 1/2% d)56 1/4%
Last Answer : d)56 1/4%
Description : A shopkeeper announced 35% discount on an item. A customer bought the item from the shop for Rs. 21000 after getting discount. That person sells the item to another person in such a way that he earned a profit of 32% on the original price. What is the selling price for the another person?
Last Answer : Let original price=x X*65/100=21000 X=21000*100/65=32307.6Rs. SP=32307.6*132/100=Rs.42646.15
Description : A person sold an item for Rs. 14280 after giving 15% discount on the labelled price and earned 19% profit on the cost price. What would have been the percentage profit, had he not given the discount? a) 30% b) 34% c) 40% d) 42.5% e) None of these
Last Answer : Labelled price = [(14280×100)/85] = Rs. 16800 Or, 23X/120 = 69/5 Or, X= [(69×120)/(23×5)] = 72km. Answer is: c)
Description : Aruna silks has announced 50% discount on prices of fancy sarees at the time of sale. If a purchase needs to have a discount of Rs 960, then how many sarees, each costing Rs 640 should be purchase?
Last Answer : The cost of discount on a saree= 50/ 100*640= 320 Number of sarees for taking the discount of Rs.960 =>960/320 =>3 sarees
Description : Reshma purchased 120 chairs at price of Rs. 110 per chair. He sold 30 chairsat a profit of Rs. 12 per chair and 75 chairs at profit of Rs. 14 per chairs. The remaining chairs were sold at a loss of Rs. 7 per chairs ... the average profit per table? A. Rs 10.56 B. Rs 10.87 C. Rs 12.123 D. Rs 12.67
Last Answer : Answer – B (Rs 10.875) Explanation – Total C.P = Rs. (120 x 110) =Rs. 13200. Total S.P = Rs.[(30 x 110 + 30 x 12) + (75 x 110 + 75 x 14) + (15 x 110 – 15 x 7) =Rs..14505 Average profit = Rs. (14505 – 13200) /120 = Rs. 1305/120= 10.875
Description : Selva purchased 60 chairs at a price of Rs. 55 per chair. He sold 15 chairs at a profit of Rs. 6 per chair and 37 chair at a profit of Rs. 7 per chair. The remaining chairs were sold at a loss of RS.3 per chair. What is the average profit per chair?
Last Answer : Total cost price = Rs(60*55) = Rs.3300 Total selling price = Rs [(15*55 + 15 * 6)+(37*55+37*7)+(8*55 - 8*30)] = Rs. [ 915 + 2294 + 416] = Rs.3625 Average profit = Rs[3625 – 3300/60] = Rs.(325/60) = Rs. 5.416 Therefore the average profit per chair is Rs 5.41.
Description : Rahim is dealer of magnetic components. He imports the components from Russia. Rahim sells a radio valve at profit of 20%. If he bought it at 20% less and sold it for Rs 5 less than the previous selling price, he would have gained 25%. Find the cost price?
Last Answer : 25
Description : Deepak selling a product at 48% discount, he incurs a loss of 10%. The marked price of the product is 15000 Rs. At what percent discount he should sell the product so as to have a profit of 30%.
Last Answer : Mp=15000==>Sp= 15000*0.52= 7800. Loss of 10% is there==>Cp= 7800/ 0.90= RS.8666.66 Profit of 30% = 6000*1.15=11266.66 Discount should be Rs2600 Discount % should be {2600/15000}*100 =17.3%
Description : Vignesh purchased a TV set for Rs.11, 250 after getting discount of 10% on the labelled price. He spent Rs.150 on transport and Rs.800 on installation. At what price should it be sold so that the profit earned would have ... a) Rs.11877.50 b) Rs.16367.50 c) Rs.14247.50 d) Rs.15467.50 e) Rs.17567.50
Last Answer : Marked price = 11250 × 10/9 = Rs. 12500 Total cost=12500 + 150 + 800=Rs. 13450 S.P = 13450 × 115/100 = Rs. 15467.50 Answer: d)
Description : Murugan sold a book at a loss of 40%. If the selling price had been increased by Rs.200, there would have been a gain of 10%. What was the cost price of the book?
Last Answer : Let cost price be Rs ‘x’ Then (110% of x) – (60 % of x) = 200 (110x/100) - (60x/10) = 200 110x – 60x = 20000 X = 400 So cost price of the book = Rs.400
Description : Sridevi sells an article at a profit of 50%. If she had bought it at 40% less and sold it for Rs.21.50 less, She would have gained 60%. Find the cost price of the article.
Last Answer : 1st selling price=150% of x = 150x/100 = 15x/10 New Cost price=60% of x = 60x/100 = 6x/10 2nd selling price = 160% of 6x/10 = 160/100 * 6x/10 = 96x/100 Therefore 15x/10 – 96x/100 = Rs.21.50 X=Rs.39.81 Therefore cost price of the article = Rs.40 (approx.)
Description : Reenu sold an article at a loss of 40%. If the selling price had been increased by Rs.200, there would have been a gain of 10%. The cost price of the article was
Last Answer : Let the C.P. of article be Rs. x. 110% of x - 60% of x = Rx. 200 50% of x = Rx. 200 x = Rs. (200×100)/50 = Rs. 400
Description : The ratio of the cost price of product A to that of B is 5:7. product A was sold at a profit of 80% and product B was sold at a profit of 20%. If the total profit earned after selling both the (products A and B is Rs 296) what is the difference between the cost prices of product A and B?
Last Answer : CP of product A= 5X CP of product B=7x Total price = (5x*0.8)+(7x*0.2) =296 4X+1.4X=296 5.4X=296 x=54.81=55(approx.) difference of the CP= 7x-5x=2x=2*55 = Rs. 110
Description : Anamika purchased 60 tablets at a price of Rs.60 per tablet. she sold 15 tablets at profit of Rs.6per tablet and 38 tablets at a profit of Rs. 7per tablet. The remaining tablets were sold at a loss of Rs. 4 per tablet. What is the average profit percentage per tablets?
Last Answer : Total CP= 60*60=3600 Total Sp= [(15*60+15*6)+(38*60+38*7)+(7*60-7*4)] = 990+2546+392=3928 Average profit = 3928-3600/60 =328/60 =>5.46%
Description : Varsha purchased a speaker of Rs 10,800 and a phone Rs 19,200. she sold speaker at four-fifth of its cost price and the phone at 5/4 of its cost price. What was the profit?
Last Answer : CP of speaker = Rs 10800 SP = 10800× 4/5 = Rs 8640 CP of the phone = Rs 19200 SP = 19200× 5/4= Rs 24000 Total CP = 10800+19200= Rs 30000 Total SP = 8640+24000= Rs 32640 Profit = 32640– 30000 = Rs 2640
Description : Ajay sold a motorbike at a profit of 20% to Balu. Balu sold it to Dinesh at a loss of 20%. If the profit made by Ajay was Rs.120 less than the loss made by Balu, find the cost price of Ajay(in Rs.) a)3000 b)3600 c)3900 d)4500
Last Answer : a)3000
Description : Amar sold a camera at 20% profit to Bhavan. Bhavan sold it to Chetan at 30% loss. Chetan bought the camera for Rs.840. find the cost price of Chetan, had Amar sold the camera to Bhavan at 30% loss and Bhavan sold it to Chetan at 20% profit (in Rs.) a)1160 b)1080 c)840 d)720
Last Answer : c)840
Description : If a book is sold at 20% more than its usual price, an extra profit of Rs.120 would be made on it. find its usual selling price. a)Rs.500 b)Rs.600 c)Rs.750 d)Rs.800
Last Answer : b)Rs.600
Description : A sells a gold ring to B for Rs 90,000 losing 20% in the transaction. B sells it to C at a price which would have given a profit of 20% to A. By what percent does B gain?
Last Answer : A sells to B at 20% loss So CP=90000*100/80=112500 20%profit to A= 112500*120/100=135000 Total gain= (135000-90000)=45000 Gain%= 45000/90000*100=50%
Description : A marked price of a Chair is Rs 480. The seller offered the discount of 25% and gain 50%. If no discount is allowed, find his gain percentage?
Last Answer : MP= Rs. 480,discount= 25% SP= 480*75/100 = 360 CP= 360* 100/150= 240 Required %= (480-240)/240*100 = 100%
Description : P and Q both are dealers of cars. The price of a car is Rs 56,000. P gives a discount of 10% on whole, while Q gives a discount of 12% on the first Rs 40,000 and 8% 0n the rest Rs 16000. What is the difference between their selling prices?
Last Answer : discount offer by by P= 10 % of 56000 = Rs. 5600 total discount offer by Q= 12% of 40,000+8% of 16000 =4800+1280=Rs. 6080 required difference= 6080-5600= Rs.480
Description : A dealer allows a discount of 40 % on the marked price to the retailer. The retailer sells at 10% below the marked price. If the customer pays Rs.38 for an article, what profit is made by the retailer on it?
Last Answer : Let dealer marked price = 100%, Retailer's C.P = 60% And the retailer sells at 10% less than the marked price =>S.P = 90% If S.P of 90% of the retailer costs Rs.38 to customer, So its C.P of 60% will cost 60*38/90 = 25 Profit made by the retailer = 38-25 = Rs.13
Description : By selling a mobile at 52% discount, a seller incurs a loss of 8%. The marked price of the product is 18000 Rs. At what percent discount the seller should sell the mobile so as to have a profit of 33%.
Last Answer : Since, Marked Price = 18000 Therefore, Selling Price = 18000*0.48 = 8640 Loss of 8% is there Therefore, Cost price = 8640/0.92 = 9391.30Rs To have profit of 33% The Selling Price should be = 9391. ... should be 18000 - 12490.42 = 5509.58Rs Discount% should be [5509.58/18000]*100 = 30.60 ≈ 31%.
Description : A man purchased wheat worth Rs. 400. He sold 3/4 at a loss of 10% and the reminder at a gain of 10%. On the whole he gets: A. loss of 5% B. gain of 5 C. loss of 19% D. loss of 6%
Last Answer : Answer – A (loss of 5%) Explanation – C.P of 3/4th = Rs. (3/4 x 400) = Rs. 300, C.P of 1/4th = Rs. 100 ∴ Total S.P = (90% of Rs. 300 + 110% of Rs. 100) = Rs. 380 Loss = (20/400 x 100)% = 5%
Description : A vendor bought 30 dozen bananas at Rs.16 per dozen. He sold 10 dozens at Rs.20 per dozen and 16 dozens at Rs.25 per dozen. The remaining 4 dozens were rotten and he threw away. Find his profit percentage. a)20% b)25% c)30% d)33 1/3%
Description : A shopkeeper sells speaker at the rate of Rs 914each and earns the commission of 4%. He also sells phones at the rate of Rs 160each and earns a commission of 20%. How much amount of commission will he earn in two weeks if he sells 20 speaker and 12phones per day?
Last Answer : Sp of modem=Rs 914 Commission of one speaker =4*914/100 Commission of 20 speakers = 4*914*20/100=Rs 731.2 Commission of one phone = 20*160/100 Commission of 12 phones = 20*160*12/100=384 Total ... 384) = 1115.2 The amount of commission will he earn in 2 weeks = 1115.2*14= Rs 15,612.8
Description : Dharan bought a donkey and a carriage for Rs.3000. He sold the donkey at a gain of 20% and the carriage at a loss of 10%, thereby gaining 2% on the whole. Find the cost of the donkey?
Last Answer : Let the cost price of the donkey be Rs ‘X’ Then cost price of the carriage = Rs(3000-X) 20% of X – 10% of (3000 – X) = 2% of 3000 X/5 – (3000-X)/10 = 60 2X – 3000 + X = 600 X = 1200 Hence cost price of the donkey = Rs.1200
Description : A merchant purchases a table and a fan for Rs.450. He sells them making a profit of 15% on the table and 20% on a fan. He earns a profit of Rs.76.50. The difference between the original prices of the table and fan is equal to
Last Answer : Let cost price of table be Rs X Cost price of fan = Rs(450-X) [15% of X]+[20% of (450-X)] = 76.50 15/100*X+20/100*(450-X) = 76.50 X = 270 So cost price of table = Rs.270 Cost price of fan = Rs.180 Difference=Rs(270-180) =Rs 90
Description : A decrease of 40 % in the price of coffee enables a person to buy 8 kg more for Rs 400 find the original and reduced price per kg of coffee.
Last Answer : Price of 8kg of coffee= 40% of 400 Reduced price of 8kg=160Rs Reduced price of 1kg= 20Rs Original price= 20*100/60 = Rs 33.33
Description : Usha purchased 10 fans for Rs 1000 each. She spent Rs 4000 on the maintenance of all fans. She sold five of them for Rs 1500 each and the remaining for 1100 each. Then the total gain or loss % is?
Last Answer : Total actual CP = Rs. (1000*10+4000)=Rs. 14000 Total Sp = Rs.(5* 1500+5*1100) =Rs. 13000 Loss= cp-sp=1000 Loss %= (1000/14000)*100 = 7.14%
Description : The labelled price of a product is Rs 750. If it is sold at a 20% discount, the dealer earns a 25% profit. What is the cost price? 1. Rs 550 2. Rs 450 3. Rs 435 4. Rs 480
Last Answer : 1. Rs 550