An article was sold after a discount of 20% and there was a gain of 20%. If the profit made on it was Rs. 6 less than the discount offered on it, find its selling price?
A. Rs. 72
B. Rs. 90
C. Rs. 66
D. Rs. 96
E. None of these
Basic Arithmetic
Mahad marks an article 15% above the cost price of Rs. 540. What must be his discount percentage if he sells it at Rs. 496.80?
A. 18%
B. 21%
C. 20%
D. 19%
E. None of these
A trader marks his articles 20% more than the cost price. If he allows 20% discount, then find his gain or loss percent?
A. No profit No loss
B. 4% profit
C. 2% loss
D. 2% profit
E. None of these
A shopkeeper sells 400 metres of cloth for Rs. 18000 at a loss of Rs.5 per metre. Find his cost price for one metre of cloth?
A. Rs. 45
B. Rs. 40
C. Rs. 35
D. Rs. 50
E. None of these
Mahad sold an article for Rs. 18000. Had he offered a discount of 10% on the selling price, he would have earned a profit of 8%. What is the cost price of the article?
A. Rs. 15000
B. Rs. 16200
C. Rs. 14700
D. Rs. 15900
E. None of these
Rayyan purchased a refrigerator and a mobile phone for Rs. 15000 and Rs. 8000 respectively. He sold the refrigerator at a loss of 4 percent and the mobile phone at a profit of 10 percent. Overall he make a________?
A. loss of Rs. 200
B. loss of Rs. 100
C. profit of Rs. 100
D. profit of Rs. 200
E. None of these
If an article is sold at 19% profit instead of 12% profit, then the profit would be Rs. 105 more. What is the cost price?
A. Rs. 1505
B. Rs. 1510
C. Rs. 1500
D. Rs. 1490
E. None of these
Rehman mixed 24 kg of butter at Rs. 150 per kg with 36 kg butter at the rate of Rs. 125 per kg. At what price per kg should he sell the mixture to make a profit of 40% in the transaction?
A. Rs. 135
B. Rs. 162
C. Rs. 189
D. Rs. 198
E. None of these
By selling 99 pens, a trader gains the cost of 33 pens. Find his gain percentage?
A. 33 1/3%
B. 50%
C. 25%
D. 66 2/3%
E. None of these
A fruit vendor purchased 20 dozens of bananas at Rs. 15 per dozen. But one-fourth of the bananas were rotten and had to be thrown away. He sold two-third of the remaining bananas at Rs. 22.50 per dozen. At what price per dozen should he sell the remaining bananas to make neither a profit nor a loss?
A. Rs. 20
B. Rs. 15
C. Rs. 22.50
D. Rs. 7.50
E. None of these