By selling an umbrella for Rs. 300, a shop keeper gains 20%. During a clearance sale, the shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% on the marked price. His gain percent during the sale is:________?
A. 7
B. 7.5
C. 8
D. 9
Basic Arithmetic
The cost price of an article is 64% of the marked price. Calculate the gain percent after allowing a discount of 12%?
A. 37.5%
B. 48%
C. 50.5%
D. 52%
A shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount of 5% and earned a profit of 23.5%. What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount was offered?
A. 24.5
B. 28.5
C. 30
D. Data inadequate
E. None of these
A sells a bicycle to B at a profit of 20%. B sells it to C at a profit of 25%. If C pays Rs. 225 for it, the cost price of the bicycle for A is:________?
A. Rs. 110
B. Rs. 120
C. Rs. 125
D. Rs. 150
A manufacturer sells a pair of glasses to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 18%. The wholesaler sells the same to retailer at a profit of 20%. The retailer in turn sells them to a customer for Rs. 30.09, there by earning a profit of 25%. The cost price for the manufacturer is:________?
A. Rs. 15
B. Rs. 16
C. Rs. 17
D. Rs. 18
A man buys an article 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
If 5% more is gained by selling an article for Rs. 350 than by selling it for Rs. 340, the cost of the article is:________?
A. Rs. 50
B. Rs. 160
C. Rs. 200
D. Rs. 225
The cash difference between the selling prices of an article at a profit of 4% and 6% is Rs. 3. The ratio of the two selling prices is:__________?
A. 51:52
B. 52:53
C. 51:53
D. 52:55
A person purchases 90 clocks and sells 40 clocks at a gain of 10% and 50 clocks at a gain of 20%. If he sold all of them at a uniform profit of 15%, then he would have got Rs. 40 less. The cost price of each clock is:_________?
A. Rs.50
B. Rs.60
C. Rs.80
D. Rs.90
If the selling price of 50 articles is equal to the cost price of 40 articles, then the loss or gain percent is:
A. 20% loss
B. 20% gain
C. 25% loss
D. 25% gain