Description : Sai purchased a DVD player at an additional 20% discount on the reduced price after deducting 40% on the labelled price. If the labelled price of the DVD player was Rs. 5600, then at what price did he purchase the DVD player?
Last Answer : Let the labelled price be Rs. 100 Reduced price = (100 – 40)% of 100 = Rs. 60 20% additional discount = 20% of 60 = Rs. 12 Net CP = 60 – 12 = Rs. 48 Therefore, sai’s cost price = 5600/100 *48 = Rs. 2688
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : A trader sold a trouser at 44% profit after announcing two successive discounts of 10% and 20%. At what percentage did he mark the trouser above the cost price? a)60% b)100% c)180% d)175%
Last Answer : b)100%
Description : A trader buys two articles at the same price. He sold one article at 20% profit and sold the other at 10% loss . Find his overall profit/loss percentage a)10% loss b)10% profit c)5% loss d)5% profit.
Last Answer : d)5% profit.
Description : Reema buys dress for 10% less than its value and sells it for 10% more than its value. His gain or loss percent is: A. no profit, no loss B. 20% profit C. less than 20% profit D. more than 20% profit
Last Answer : Answer – D (more than 20% profit) Explanation – Let the article be worth Rs. x. C.P. = 90% of Rs. x. = Rs.(9/10)x S.P. = 110% of Rs.x = Rs.(11/10)x Gain = Rs.11/10x- 9/10x=(1/5)x gain %=(2/5x) x (10/9x) x 100 =44.44% >20%
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 : 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 retailer buys 40 pens at the marked price of 36 pens from a wholesaler. If he sells these pens giving a discount of 1%, what is the profit percent? A. 10% B. 22% C. 25% D. 26%
Last Answer : Answer – A (10%) Explanation – Let the marked price of each pen be Re. 1. Then, C.P. of 40 pens = Rs. 36. S.P. of 40 pens = 99% of Rs. 40 = Rs. 39.60. ∴ Profit% = [3.60/36 x 100]% = 10%.
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 : 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 : Rita bought a computer with a discount of 10% on its marked price. she sold it at a price 25% more than the price at which she bought it. The new SP is how much percentage more than marked price?
Last Answer : Mp=Rs x Sp=Rs 90/100*x=9x/10 Sp=9x/10*125/100=9x/8 Required %= (9x/8-x)/x *100 = 12.5%
Description : In order that there may be a profit of 15% after allowing a discount of 10% on the marked price, The marked price of an book has to be increased by %?
Last Answer : Mp= Rs x Sp= 90x/100= 9x/10 Mp= 9x/10*100/115=18x/23 Mp has increased by (x-18x/23)/(18x/23)*100 =27.7%
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 : Which of the following series of discounts is the best for a customer? (A) Successive discounts of 10% ,20%,30% (B) Successive discounts of 20%,20%,20% (C) Successive discounts of 15%,15%,15%,15% (D) Successive discounts of 20%,40% a) A b) B c) C d) D e) A and B
Last Answer : consider the price as 100 A = 100 × 0.9 × 0.8 × 0.7 =50.4 B = 100 × 0.8 × 0.8 × 0.8=51.2 C = 100 × 0.85 × 0.85 × 0.85 ×0.85 ~ =52.2 D = 100 × 0.8 × 0.6 =48 We see that the maximum discount of 52% (100-48) is on D, which is the best for a customer. Answer : d
Description : A merchant claims to sell goods at his cost price. But by using false weights, he give only 600 gm of goods for every 1 kg that he buys.What is his profit percentage? a)40% b)100% c)60% d)66 2/3%
Last Answer : d)66 2/3%
Description : Harshith is a successful milk vector in salem. He sold half of the milk at 40% profit, half of the remaining milk at 40% loss and he rest was sold at his cost price. In the total transaction, his gain or loss will be
Last Answer : total CP= Rs 100 total SP=[ 140/2+ 60/4+100/4] = 280+60+100/4 =440/4 =110 Gain=sp-cp=110-100=10 Gain% = 10/100*100=10%
Description : A vendor sells a radio at Rs. 1680 at a gain of 40% and another for Rs. 1920 at the loss of 8%. Find his total gain percent
Last Answer : So, C.P. of 1st radio= (100/140∗1680)=1200 C.P. of 2nd radio= (100/92∗1920)=2086.95 Total C.P. = 3286.95 Total S.P. = 3600 Gain = 3600 – 3286.95 = 313.05 Gain% = 9.5%
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 : 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 : Arjun bought 100 mangoes at the same price . 40 of them were of lower quality. He sold the remaining 60 mangoes at 60% more than the cost price. If in total, he earned a 28% profit, What is his ... loss percentage, on the 40 mangoes of lower quality? a)20% profit b)15% profit c)20% loss d)15% loss
Last Answer : c)20% loss
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 : The Selling price of 12 articles equals the cost price of 15 articles. find the profit/loss percentage? a)25% profit b)20% profit c)25% loss d)20% loss
Last Answer : a)25% profit
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 : The loss made by selling 16 m of a cloth equals the selling price of 4 m of that cloth. Find the loss percentage a)15% b)20% c)33 1/3% d)25%
Last Answer : b)20%
Description : The profit made by selling 25 m of a cloth equals the selling price of 5 m of that cloth. find the profit percentage? a)25% b)20% c)16 2/3% d)30%
Last Answer : a)25%
Description : The profit made by selling 30 m of a cloth equals the cost price of 6 m of that cloth. find the profit percentage a)25% b)20% c)16 2/3% d)30%
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 person, by selling an article at half of the list price incurs a loss of 20%. Find the profit percentage if he sells at the list price? A. 25% B. 60% C. 5% D. 30 %
Last Answer : Answer – B (60 %) Explanation – 0.50 MP = 0.8 CP (since 20% loss) So, MP = 160CP ⇒ 60% gain.
Description : A house and shop were sold for Rs. 1 lakh each. In this transaction the house sell resulted into 20% loss whereas the shop sell resulted into 20% of profit. The entire transaction resulted in: A. no loss no gain B. loss of Rs 1/12 lakh C. loss of Rs 4lakh D. gain of Rs 6lakh
Last Answer : Answer – B (loss of Rs. 1/12 lakh) Explanation – Total S.P = Rs. 2 lakh. C.P of house = Rs. (100/80 x 1)lakh = Rs 5/4 lakh C.P of shop = Rs. (100/120 x 1)lakh = Rs. 5/6 lakh Total C.P = Rs. (5/4 + 5/6)lakh = Rs. 25/12 lakh ∴ loss = Rs.(25/12 – 2)lakh = Rs. 1/12 lakh.
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 : 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 : 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 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 : 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 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 : Jai earns 20% on investment but loses 15% on another investment .If the ratio of the two investments be 3:5, what is the gain or loss on the two investments taken together?
Last Answer : Suppose he invested 300 & 500 respectively profit : 20% of 300 = 60 loss = 500 *15/100 = 75 net loss = - 15 =>15/800 *100 = 1.8%.