Q.1
In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit?
Q.2
A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to gain 20%?
Q.3
The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?
Q.4
A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22.5% on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of Rs. 392, what was his profit?
Q.5
A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle?
Q.6
A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is:
Q.7
The ratio of the cost price and selling price is 5 : 4, the loss percent is = ?
Q.8
The marked price of an item is twice the cost price, discount 20% of market price and profit is 10% of selling price. Find profit percentage to cost
Q.9
Sam purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate of Rs. 375 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of Rs. 33. What was his percentage profit?
Q.10
If selling price of an article is $$\frac{8}{5}$$ times of its cost price, the profit percent on it is = ?
Q.11
If the cost price of 12 oranges is equal to selling price of 10 oranges, then the percentage of profit is = ?
Q.12
A man sold his watch at a loss of 5%. Had he sold it for Rs. 56.25 more, he would have gained 10%. What is the cost price of the watch (in Rs.)?
Q.13
A total profit of Rs. 3,600 is to be distributed amongst A, B and C such that A : B = 5 : 4 and B : C = 8 : 9. The share of C in the profit is:
Q.14
The cost price of an article is Rs. 7840. What should be the selling price of the article so that there is a profit of 7% ?
Q.15
A grocer professes to sell goods at the cost price but uses false weights. He gains $$\frac{{100}}{9}$$% in this manner. He uses a weight of
Q.16
Find the difference of amount if 40% discount is given on Rs. 500 and two consecutive discounts 30% and 10% are given on the same amount.
Q.17
A man bought a horse and a cart. If he sold the horse at 10 % loss and the cart at 20 % gain, he would not lose anything; but if he sold the horse at 5% loss and the cart at 5% gain, he would lose Rs. 10 in the bargain. The amount paid by him was Rs._______ for the horse and Rs.________ for the cart.
Q.18
A trader marks his goods 40% above cost price and allows a discount of 25%. The profit he makes is:
Q.19
With a 5% discount on the cost of sugar a buyer could purchase 2 kg more sugar for Rs. 608. Selling Price of Sugar is:
Q.20
A style cloth emporium the shopkeeper measures 20% less for every metre of cloth also he marks-up goods by 20%. What is the profit percentage?
Q.21
A reduction of 20% in the price of sugar enables a housewife to purchase 6 kg more for Rs. 240. What is original price per kg of sugar.
Q.22
A merchant buys an article for Rs. 27 and sells it at a profit of 10 percent of the selling price. The selling price of the article is -
Q.23
A fruit seller buys some oranges and by selling 40% of them he realizes the cost price of all the oranges. As the oranges being to grow over-ripe, he reduces the price and sells 80% of the remaining oranges at half the previous rate of profit. The rest of the oranges being rotten are thrown away. The overall percentage of profit is:
Q.24
A traders sells two acrticles, one at a loss of 10% and another at a profit of 15% but finally there is no loss or gain. If the total sale price of these two articles is Rs. 30,000, find the difference between their cost prices:
Q.25
The difference between a discount 40% on Rs. 500 and two successive discounts of 30% and 10% the same amount is:
Q.26
A person having bought goods for Rs. 400 sells half of it at a gain of 5%, at what gain % must he sell the remainder so as to gain 20% on the whole?
Q.27
A dishonest dealer purchases goods at 20% discount of the cost price of Rs. X and also cheats his wholesaler by getting 20% extra through false weighing, per kg. Then he marks up his goods by 80% of x, but he gives a discount of 25% besides he cheats his customer by weighing 10% less than the required. What is his overall profit percentage?
Q.28
Hotel Aditya has 10 single AC rooms, 5 double AC rooms and 18 non AC rooms. The fixed monthly rent of hotel is 150,000. The per day maintenance cost is Rs. 100 for double AC room, Rs. 75 for single AC room and Rs. 40 for non AC room. The per day charges are Rs. 600 for double AC room, Rs. 400 for single AC room and Rs. 250 for non AC room. In April 2003, the occupancy rate of non AC room was 50%, 70% of single AC room and 40% of double AC rooms. Find the profit/loss % for that particular month.
Q.29
By selling an article, a man makes a profit of 25% of its selling price. His profit percent is -
Q.30
An article was sold at Rs. 950 allowing 5% discount on the marked price. The marked price of the article was = ?
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