CP of 1000gm = Rs. 15
SP of 900gm = Rs. 16.5
SP of 1000gm =16.5x1000/900 = Rs. 18
Now take 1000gm as reference to calculate profit.
Profit=SP-CP=18-15=Rs. 3
Profit % = 3x100/15 = 20%
Description : Rosy buys Oats at Rs.10/kg and sell it in order to earn a profit of 40%. However, her faulty balance shows 1000gm when it is actually 800gm. What is her actual gain percentage? a) 35% b) 70% c) 75% d) 25% e) None of the Above
Last Answer : Let price of 1 kg rice = Rs.10. CP of 800 gm rice = Rs.8. She wants to earn a profit of 40% on per Kg SP = 10 + 40% of 10 = Rs. 14 per kg. Faulty balance shows 800 gm = 1000 gm (1 kg) She sells 800 gm for Rs.14. Profit = 14 – 8 = Rs. 6. Profit(%) = 6/8 * 100 = 75%. Answer: c)
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 : The profit percentage of banu and renu is same on selling the articles at Rs 900 each but banu calculates his profit in the selling price while renu calculates it correctly on the cost price which is equal to 10%. What is the difference in their profits?
Last Answer : when profit calculate on SP the profit = 10% of 900 = 90 when profit calculate on CP(x) = x+X/10 = 900 11X=9000 X=818.18 profit= 81.82 required diffference= 90-81.82 = Rs 8.18
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 : 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 : A seller buys three types of apples at Rs 150, Rs 120, and Rs 110 per kg. He mixes them in the ratio of 5:6:7 by weight and sells them at a profit of 50%. At what price per kilogram does he sell the apples?
Last Answer : suppose the seller purchases 5kg , 6kg 7 kg apples. then the price of the total apple (5*150)+(6*120)+(7*110)=750+720+770=2240 as the total apples weights 18kg and the dealer makes a profit of 50% the selling price of apples per kg= 1.5* 2240/ 18 = 3360/18=Rs. 186.66
Description : Kumar buys a car marked price at Rs 500000 with 35% and 30% off. He spends Rs 75000 for maintenance sell it for Rs 500000 What is the gain or loss percentage?
Last Answer : Total CP= (65%0f 70%of 500000)+75000 =0.65*0.7*500000+75000 CP=Rs 302500 SP=Rs5,00,000 gain%=(500000-302500)/302500*100 =65.28%
Description : Akbar and Birbal started a business with investments of Rs.30000 and Rs.40000 respectively. At the end of the one year, they gave 10% of the total profit of Rs.7000 to charity. Find the difference in the profit of shares of both out of the remaining profit (in Rs.) a)600 b)900 c)500 d)8001
Last Answer : b)900
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 : Fresh grapes contains 80% of water by weight, where as dry grapes contains 50% of water by weight. Yamini buys 100kg of fresh grapes for a total price of Rs. 300. At what price should she sell the dry grapes (fresh grapes are dried up) to earn 80%profit?
Last Answer : In fresh grapes ratio of water to grapes is 80:20= 4:1 In dry grapes ratio is = 50:50 =1:1 Weight of grapes is = 100*[1/5]= 20kg Weight of dry grapes = 20*2 =40 kg Required amount is = 300*100[180/100]/40 = Rs. 1350
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 vendor bought 35kg of wheat at the rate of Rs 50per kg. He sold 45%of the total quantity at the rate of Rs55 per kg. Approximately, at what price per kg should he sell the remaining quantity to make 40%overall profit?
Last Answer : CP of wheat=35*50=Rs.1750 45 of 35kg=45/100*35=15.75kg SP of 15.75kg=15.75of55=Rs.866.25 For 40%profit, total Sp of all the wheat is 1750*140/100=Rs.2450 Remaining sugar(35-15.75)=19.25kg Rate of remaining sugar per kg=2450-866.25/19.25 = Rs.82.27
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 : 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 : Sasi is a badham merchant in kerala. He has badham in sealed wooden boxes of 15kg each. The price of the badham increases by Rs.30 per kg for every year, but at the same time, 10% of the badham are ... if he sells a sealed box after one year of storage, rather than selling it fresh ?( In Rs.)
Last Answer : Price of 1kg fresh batham= Rs.240 Therefore, price of 15kg = Rs.15*240= 3600 10% of 15kg which eaten by rodents = 10 x 15/100 = 1.5kg. So, End of Year he had 15kg - 1.5kg = 13.5kg So, ... box with badham for Rs.3600 and sell that for Rs. 3645 So, profit = 3645-3600= Rs.45 more money he get.
Description : Reeta buys an old cycle for Rs.2500 and spends Rs.300 on its repairs. If he sells the cycle for Rs.3200, his gain percent is?
Last Answer : Profit Percentage = Profit / cost price x 100 Cost price = 2500+300 = 2800 Profit = sp-cp =3200-2800=> 400 Profit percentage = 400 / 2800 x 100 = 14.28%
Description : Nivetha buys a tape recorder for Rs.450. His overhead expenses are Rs.30 she sells the tape recorder for Rs.600. The profit percent of nivetha is
Last Answer : Cost price + profit = selling price Cost price = 450 + 30= 480 Profit=sp-cp =600-480 =120 Profit%= 120/480*100 X = 12000/480 X = 25 %.
Description : Arun sold two napkins at same price.He earned 10% profit on one napkin and suffered 10% loss on the other, what was his overall profit/loss percentage? a)No profit no loss b)1% profit c)1% loss d)None of these
Last Answer : c)1% loss
Description : A substance is purchased for Rs. 300. If one fourth of the substance is sold at a loss of 10% and the remaining at a gain of 5%, Find out the overall gain or loss percentage.
Last Answer : Price Received by selling one fourth of the substance at a loss of 10% = (1/4) * 300 * (90/100) = Rs. 67.5 Price Received by remaining substance at a gain of 5% = (3/4) * 300 * (105/100) = Rs.236. ... 75 Profit = 303.75 - 300 = 3.75 Profit%=(Gain/Cost∗100)% =(3.75/300∗100)% =1.25%
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 : 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 : 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 : Swetha purchased 160kg of ragi at Rs.27 per kg and mixed it with 240kg ragi at Rs.32 per kg. At what rate should she sell the mixture to gain 32% profit?
Last Answer : Cost price of 400kg of mixture = Rs(160 * 27 = 240 *32) = Rs12000 Selling price = 132% of Rs 12000 = 132/100 * 12000 = 15,840 Rate of selling price of the mixture = Rs 15840/400 = Rs.39.60 per kg
Description : An product is sold at a loss of 10%. Had it been sold for Rs. 9 more, there would have been a gain of 12 1/2% on it. The cost price of the product is
Last Answer : Let the cost price of the product = Rs. x S.P. at 10% loss = x×90/100= Rs. 9x/10 S.P. at 12 1/2 % gain x × (100+12 1/2)/100 = Rs. 225x/200 9x/10 + 9 = 225x/200 180x + 1800 = 225x x = Rs. 40
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 : 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 : 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 : On selling a fan at 8% loss and an iron box at 18% gain, a man gains rs.346.If he sells the fan at 7% gain and the iron box at 15% gain, then he gains rs.450. The actual price of the iron box is approximately?
Last Answer : Let the cost price of the fan be Rs X and Cost of the iron box beRs Y Then 18%Y – 8% X=346 ; That is 18Y-8X=34600 1 And 15%Y+8% X=450 ; that is 15Y+8X=450002 Solving 1 and 2 we get X=1102.275 Y=2412.12 therefore cost of ironbox is = 2412(approx.)
Description : Francis sold his pen at a profit of Rs.5. He calculated his profit percentage on his selling price and found it to be 50%. Find his profit percentage? a)100% b)150% c)200% d)250%
Last Answer : a)100%
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 : 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 : 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 : Hytech electronics is in recession. Find the marked price is what percentage of cost price, if there may be a profit of 10% after allowing a commission of 5% to middle man?
Last Answer : Let the CP= Rs.100 Then, SP=Rs.110 MP=Rs. x Then, 95% of x= Rs 110 x= 110*100/95 = 115.7%
Description : The price of a necklace, passing through a 3 persons, rises on the whole by 32.5%. If the 1st and the 2nd sellers earned 10% and 12.5% profit respectively. Find the percentage profit earned by the 3rd seller.
Last Answer : Let the original price of the necklace be Rs x and Let the profit earned by the 3rd seller be P% Then (100+P)% of 112.5% of 110% of x = 132.5% of x (100+P/100)*(112.5/100)*(x) = 132.5/100 ... /12375 100+P = 107.07 P= 107.07 - 100 = 7.07% The percentage profit earned by the 3rd seller = 7%
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 : Kannan sells laddu at Rs.30 per kg. A laddu is made up of flour and sugar in the ratio of 5:3. The ratio of price of sugar and flour is 7:3 (per kg). Thus, he earns 67% profit. What is the cost price of sugar?
Last Answer : Since, the profit is 67, so the selling price will be 167% of the cost price ∴Ratio of selling price to cost price will be 5:3 ∴Cost price of laddu =30*3/5 = 18 Let cost of flour and sugar is 3s and 7s respectively ... )/8=18 15s+21s=144 36s=144 s = 4 ∴Price of sugar = 7s = 7 4 = Rs. 28
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 shirt was sold at a profit of Rs.50. If a trouser was sold at half the profit percentage and the cost price of the trouser is thrice that of shirt, find the profit made on the trouser (in.Rs.) a)25 b)50 c)75 d)100
Last Answer : c)75
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 seller mixes 52 kg of ragi at Rs. 40 per kg with 60 kg of ragi of other variety at Rs.72per kg and sells the mixture at Rs.60 per kg. His profit percent is:
Last Answer : C.P. of 112 kg rice = Rs. (52x 40 + 60 x 72) = Rs. (2080+4320) = Rs. 6400. S.P. of 112 kg rice = Rs. (112 x 60) = Rs. 6720 Gain=320 Gain %= 320*100/6400 Gain %=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 : 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 : Gokul purchases 10 goats at Rs. 1500 each. 1 goat died. He sold 2 goats at 5% loss, at what rate he should sale the remaining goat, so as to gain a Profit of 10 % on the total Cost?
Last Answer : Selling Price with Profit of 10 % of total cost = 1500*10*110/100 = 16500 Selling Price of 2 goat with 5% loss= 3000*95/100 = 2850 Difference = 16500-2850= 13650 So rate of the goats for selling to gain 10% profit on total = 13650/7 = Rs. 1950
Description : A salesperson has goods of worth Rs.12000. He sold half of the goods at a gain of 24%. At what profit per cent should he sell the remaining half of the stock so that he gets36% profit on the whole?
Last Answer : CP of goods = 12000 For 36% gain, total SP =12000 + (36/100*12000) = 16320 SP of goods worth 6000 at 24% profit = 6000 + (24/100*6000) = 7440 Therefore, SP of remaining goods = (16320-7440) = 8880 Let ... % for remaining goods be x. Then, =>6000*(100+x)/100=8880 =>100+x=8880/60 x=148-100=48
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%
Last Answer : b)25%
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 : 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 : 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%