1) A man buys Oranges at 9 for ₹8.10 and sells them at 11 for ₹ 12:10. Find his gain or loss%
2) By selling a bicycle ₹797.50, a man loses 8%. At what price should he sell it to gain 15%.
3) A man goes from Agra to Delhi to buy an article which cost him ₹4350 in Delhi. If he spends ₹250 on his travels and transportation of the article and sells it in Agra for ₹5290; calculate his profit or loss percent in the transaction.
4) By selling tea at ₹60 per kg a grocer gains 4%. At what rate must he sell it in order to gain 17%.
5) I lose 5% by selling a piece of land for ₹46740; what would be my gain or loss percent if I sell it for ₹528290?
6) By selling 27m of clothes at a loss of 4%, I lose ₹162 altogether. What are the cost price and selling price of the cloth per meter ?
7) 15% was gained by selling a dining table for ₹1610 and 12% was lost by selling a black and white TV for ₹3080. Find, the total gain or loss percent.
8) A man sold two articles for ₹2970 each, gaining 10% on one and losing 10% on the other. Find his total loss or gain percent.
9) Smith sells 2 bicycles for ₹450 each, losing 20% on one and gaining 25% on the other. Find total loss or gain percentage.
10) By selling wheat at ₹4.50 per kg, a shopkeeper gains 25/2%. Find the cost of find the cost of 50 kg wheat.
Also, find his profit percent if he sells the wheat at ₹460 per quintal.
11) A shopkeeper buys 40kg ghee at ₹45 per kg and another 60kg at ₹40 per kg. If he mixes them and sell the mixture at ₹46.30 per kg, find his gain%.
12) A Steel almirah, costing ₹ 900 to the manufacturer, is sold at 15%. It is estimated that 5% of the selling price must be set aside to allow for overhead charges. Find the net profit, correct to one rupee.
13) John buys three identical watches and sells one watch at 20% profit, other at 12% profit and third at 15% loss. If, on the whole, he earns Rs 85; find the cost price of five such watches.
14) By selling 35m of cloth at a profit of 5%. I altogether, gain 70. calculate the cost price and selling price per metre.
15) 75 unfinished articles of the same kind were bought for ₹1275 and ₹3 per article was spent on their finishing. Find the profit percent made if, one third of these articles were sold at ₹26 each and the remaining at ₹22 each.
EXERCISE -2
1) A bought a radio and spent ₹ 110 on its repairs. He then sold it B at 20% profit. B sold it to C at a loss of 10%. What is the amount for which A bought the radio, if C paid ₹ 1080 for it ?
2) The cost of 19 Apples is equal to the selling price of 16 apples. Find the gain%.
3) A reduction of 20% in the price of sugar enables Mrs. Jain to buy 4 kg sugar more for ₹80. Find
A) the reduced price per kg
B) the original price per kg
4) A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods are the cost price, but uses of weight 900 gram per 1 kg weight. Calculate his gain%.
5) A bicycle passes through the hands of three dealers each of whom gains 25%. if the third dealer sales it for ₹750. What did the first pay for it.
6) John sold an article to Sumit at a gain of 10%. Smith spend to ₹260 on the repairing of the article and sold it to Peter at a gain of 15%. If Peter sold the article to some unknown person for ₹1966.50 and lost 5%, calculate its cost price for John.
7) the selling price of 10 note books is same as the cost of 12 notebooks. find the profit percent.
8) By selling 20 pens, a shopkeeper gains equal to the cost price of 4 pens. Calculate his gain%.
9) By selling 20 pens, a shopkeeper gains equal to the selling price of 4 pens. calculate his gain%.
10) By selling 20 pens, a shopkeeper losses equal to the cost price of 4 pens. calculate his loss percent.
11) A rise of 25% in the price of sugar, compels a man to buy 5 kg sugar less for ₹200.
Calculate
A) the increased price per kg.
B) the original price per kg.
12) A dishonest fruit vendor professes to sale his goods at cost price, but he uses a weight of 460gm for per half- kg. find his gain%.
13) When a certain quantity of tea is sold at ₹53.76 per kg, the gain percent is 12% and the total gain is ₹51.84, calculate the quantity of tea sold.
14) A fruit seller bought some oranges at 4 for ₹3 and an equal number at 5 for₹3. He mixed the two lots and sold these at 90 paise each. find the gain or loss percent.
15) A woman bought two parcels of mangoes with equal number mangoes in each. She bought the first parcel at one rupee per mango and the second at 3 for ₹2. She mixed them all together and sold at 13 per dozen. find her gain%.
16) A fruit seller bought a certain number of oranges for ₹640 and sold half of them at 20% profit. half of the remainder wre sold at 10% profit. If on the whole he makes a profit of 15%; find the profit or loss percent made on the remaining oranges.
17) A fruit seller loses 8% by selling oranges at 5 for ₹2. How many oranges should be sell for ₹5 to gain 15% ?
18) A bicycle dealers sells 9 bicycles at a gain of 8% and 5 more at a gain of 10%. Had he sold all the bicycles at a gain of 9%; he would have received ₹48 more. find the CP of one bicycle if, all the bicycles cost the same.
19) a man has 15 barrels, all of same capacity, of oil. If he sales oil at ₹25 per litre, he loses ₹1500 on the whole and if he sales oil at ₹27 per litre, he gains ₹300 on the whole. find the quantity, in litres, of oil in each barrel and the cost price of oil per barrel.
20) Sonal sold a book at a gain of 12%. had she sold it for ₹3.60 more, the gain would have been 18%. Find the cost price of the book.
21) a man bought an article and sold it at a gain of 25%. if he had bought it at 20% more and sold it for ₹150 more, the gain would have been 7.5%. find the cost price of the article.
22) A certain number of same kind of articles are purchased for ₹13500 and 1/3 are sold at a loss of 10%. At what gain% should the remainder be sold, so as to gain 20% on the whole transaction ?
23) A man bought a certain number of goods of which he sold 1/3 at a profit of 14%, 3/5 at a profit of 35/2% and the remainder at a gain of 20%. What was his profit percentage on the whole.
EXERCISE -3
1) A trader sales his goods at a discount of 20% and still makes a profit of 25%. Find the profit percent made, if he sells the goods at the marked price only.
2) the list price of an article is ₹900 and is available at two successive discounts of 20% and 10%. Find the selling price of the article.
3) Find the single discount which is equivalent to successive discount of 20%, 15% and 10% .
4) A shopkeeper marks the price of an article at ₹800. find in each case of the selling price, if he allows:
A) two successive discount of 10% and 8% .
B) three successive discount of 10%, 5% and 3%,
5) the list price of a watch is ₹400. A customer gets two successive discounts, the first being 10%. Find as the percentage, the second discount if the customer pays ₹ 306 for it.
6) find which of the following discount series is better:
A) 30%, 20% and 10%.
B) 25%, 20% and 15%.
7) find the single discount which is equivalent to three successive discount of 20%, 10% and 5%.
Hence, find the selling price of an article marked at ₹ 250.
8) A shopkeeper allows two successive discounts of 10% and 15% on his articles. if he gets ₹459 for an article, find its marked price.
9) A tradesman marks his goods 30% above the cost price, but allows a discount of 15% on the marked price for cash pay5. Find his gain percentage.
10) A bicycle agent allows 20% discount on his advertised prices and still makes a profit of 20%. what is the advertised price of a bicycle that cost him ₹ 900?
11) A shopkeeper marks his goods 20% above the cost price but allows 5% cash discount. Find his gain on an article for which he charges Rs 190.
12) A dealer marks his good 35% above the cost price and then allows 15% discount on it. what is the cost price of an article on which he gains ₹88.50?
13) A shopkeeper allows 20% discount on the advertised price of his goods and still makes a profit of 12% on his cost price. calculate the advertised price of an article on which he gains ₹135.
14) A manufacturer gives a discount of 15% on the market price of the goods manufactured by him and yet makes a profit of 20%. had he sold his goods at the marked price, what profit percent would have been made by him ?
15) A tradesman marks his goods 60% above the cost price. He sells one-third of the goods at this price, one-third at a discount of 20% and the remaining at the discount of 30%. calculate his gain percentage altogether.
16) A publisher gives his distributor a discount of 30% on the printed price of the books. The distributor sells those books to a bookseller at 20% discount on the printed price and the bookseller sells these books at their painted price. calculate the profit percent made by:
A) the distributor
B) the bookseller.
MISCELLANEOUS-1
1) A publisher sells books to a retailer at ₹15 per copy, but gives 60 copies for the price of 50. if the retailer sells each of the 60 copies at ₹16.50, what profit percent does he make ?
2) A profit or 20% is made on goods when a discount of 20% is given on the marked price. what profit percent will be made when a discount of 30% is given on the marked price.
3) A manufacturer marks his goods 80% above the cost price, but gives five articles at the price of 4 and also 10% discount for cash payment. Calculate the profit percent made by the manufacturer, when the customer pays in cash.
4) The actual cost of an article is 70% of the price at which the article is marked. it is, however, sold at a discount of 7.5%. how much percent does the seller gain.
5) A sells his car to B at gain of 30%, but B becoming bankrupt, pays only 80 paise per for Rupee. calculate A's profit or loss percent.
6) what profit percent is made by selling an article at certain price, if by selling it at two-thirds of that price, there would be a loss of 20%.
7) Geeta bought two old TV sets for ₹8100 and sold one at a gain of 7.5% and the other at a loss of 6%. find the cost price of each set, if on the whole she neither lost nor gained.
8) by selling horse and a carriage for ₹31200, a man gains 10% on the horse and 25% on the carriage, but if sales them for ₹30800, he gains 25% on the horse and 10% on the carriage. calculate the cost price of each.
9) Manoj travels from Meerut to Delhi to buy goods which he gets 10% cheaper in Delhi than in Meerut. if his journey expenses are ₹160 and he earns ₹240 by selling goods at meerut, calculate
A) the price of the goods, he paid at Delhi.
B) his profit percent.
10) A manufacturer makes 750 articles at a cost of 60 paise per article. He fixes the selling price such that if only 600 articles are sold, he would make a profit of 40% on his outlay, find his actual profit or loss as percent, if he could sell
A) 630 art6
B) 560 articles
11) on every purchase of ₹1800 at 10% discount, a dealer gives goods wort5 ₹120 free as a gift. If he still makes a profit of 20%, find the profit percent made by the dealer, had he sold the goods without any discount and without any gift.
12) A poultry keeper sells 18 dozen eggs of which 6 dozen are large grade eggs selling at ₹10.50 per doz6, 4 dozen are medium grade eggs selling at ₹9.75 per dozen and the rest are small. find the selling price per dozen of the small eggs if the poultry keeper receives an average price of 75 paise per egg on the whole.
13) a bookseller gets certain number of copies of textbook for ₹ 3600. Had the price per copy been 20% higher, he would have got 50 copies less. find
A) the price of each copy.
B) the number of copies he got.
14) The catalogue price of a T. V is ₹ 70000. If it is sold at a discount of 50/3% of the catalogue price, a gain of 25% is made find the gain or loss percent, if the TV is sold for ₹1600 below the catalogue price.
15) A dealer buys a certain number of goods at a uniform price and sells 80% of them at a profit of 15% and the remainder at loss of 5%. what money did he pay for goods, if his total profit is ₹1870?
16) A business man sells an old machine for ₹3450 after making some profit. Had he sold it for ₹2730 his loss would have been 7/5 of the profit. find the cost price of the machine.
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