A reduction of 40% in the price of bananas would enable a man to obtain 64 more for Rs.40, what is reduced price per dozen?
A. Rs.5
B. Rs.4
C. Rs.2
D. Rs.3
Basic Arithmetic
A reduction of 25% in the price of oil enables a house wife to obtain 5kgs more for Rs.800, what is the reduced price for kg?
A. Rs.20
B. Rs.30
C. Rs.40
D. Rs.25
A reduction of 20% in the price of salt enables a lady to obtain 10 kgs more for Rs.100, find the original price per kg?
A. 2 3/2
B. 2 2/3
C. 2.5
D. 3
A tradesman by means of his false balance defrauds to the extent of 20%? in buying goods as well as by selling the goods. What percent does he gain on his outlay?
A. 20%
B. 45%
C. 44%
D. 48%
A dishonest dealer professes to sell goods at the cost price but uses a weight of 800 grams per kg, what is his percent?
A. 20%
B. 25%
C. 30%
D. 15%
Ramees professes to sell his goods at the cost price but he made use of 900 grms instead of a kg, what is the gain percent?
A. 11%
B. 11 2/9%
C. 11 1/9%
D. 10%
A dishonest dealer professes to sell goods at the cost price but uses a false weight and gains 25%. Find his false weight age?
A. 700 gms
B. 750 gms
C. 800 gms
D. 850 gms
A man purchases 8 pens for Rs.9 and sells 9 pens for Rs.8, how much profit or loss does he make?
A. 20.98% profit
B. 20.98% loss
C. 20.89% profit
D. 20.89% loss
By selling a house for Rs.45000, it was found that 1/8 of the outlay was gained, what ought the selling to price to have been in order to have lost 5 p.c?
A. Rs.38750
B. Rs.38000
C. Rs.40000
D. Rs.42000
If a man lost 4% by selling oranges at the rate of 12 a rupee at how many a rupee must he sell them to gain 44%?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10