Cost Price and Selling Price

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A person bought 6 articles for Rs. 5 and sold 5 articles for Rs. 6. Find the gain percent in the whole transaction.

1. 35%

2. 33%

3. 45%

4. 44%

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A shopkeeper bought 300 eggs at 80 paisa each. 30 eggs were broken in transit and then he sold the remaining eggs at one rupee each. Find, his gain or loss as percent

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Find the selling price, if : (i) C.P. = Rs. 352; overheads = Rs. 28 and profit = 20%. (ii) C.P. = Rs. 576; overheads = Rs. 44 and loss = 16%.

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By selling a certain number of goods for Rs.5, 500; a shopkeeper loses equal to one-tenth of their selling price. Find : (i) the loss incured (ii) the cost price of the goods (iii) the loss as percent.

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Rahul sells an item at a profit of 16%. If he had sold it for ₹16 more, then he would have made a profit of 20%. The cost price of the article is ₹400.

1. False
2. True

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An item was sold for $Rs570$ at a loss of $5\%$, what was its cost price ?

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A man buys a certain number of articles at 15 for 112.50 and sells them at 12 for 108. Find : (i) his gain as percent; (ii) the number of articles sold to make a profit of 75.

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A man sold a radio-set for Rs.250 and gained one-ninth of its cost price. Find : (i) its cost price; (ii) the profit percent.

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By selling a sofa-set for Rs. 2, 500; the shopkeeper loses 20%. Find his loss percent or profit percent; if he sells the same sofa-set for Rs. 3, 150.

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The cost of an article was $Rs.15,500$. $Rs.450$ were spent on its repairs. If it sold for a profit of $15\%$, find the selling price of the article.

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Find the selling price, if : (i) C.P. = Rs. 950 and profit = 8% (ii) C.P. = Rs. 1, 300 and loss = 13%

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Rajesh sold his scooter to Rahim at 8% loss and Rahim, in turn, sold the same scooter to Prem at 5% gain. If Prem paid Rs. 14, 490 for the scooter; find :
(i)the S.P. and the C.P. of the scooter for Rahim.
(ii) the S.P. and the C.P. of the scooter for Rajesh.

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A sells radio to B at a loss of 20%, B sells it to C at a loss of 30% and C sells it to D at a loss of 10%. If A pays ₹ 2000, then the Cost Price for D is :

1. ₹ 1008

2. ₹ 1500

3. ₹ 948

4. ₹ 1200

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If the manufacturer gains $10\%$, the wholesale dealer gains $15\%$ and the retailer gains $25\%$, then find the cost of production of a table if the retail price is ₹1265.

1. Rs. 920

2. Rs. 842

3. Rs. 800

4. Rs. 760

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A student scored 60 out of 90 in Maths. Find his percentage marks.

1. 80%

2. 75%

3. 66.66%

4. 60.5%

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A tape-recorder is sold for Rs. 2, 760 at a gain of 15% and a C.D. player is sold for Rs. 3, 240 at a loss of 10%. Find : (i) the C.P. of the tape-recorder. (ii) the C.P. of the C.D. player. (iii) the total C.P. of both. (iv) the total S.P. of both. (v) the gain % or the loss% on the whole.

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Question 24

Discount = ___ - ___

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By selling an article for Rs $1,12,000$ a girl gains $40\%$.

The cost price of the article was _______

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A man buys 5 pens for a rupee and sells them at 4 for a rupee, find his gain per cent.

1. $40\%$

2. $50\%$

3. $25\%$

4. $20\%$

Q. Question 5
A VCR and TV were bought for Rs 8, 000 each. The shopkeeper made a loss of 4% on the VCR and a profit of 8% on the TV. Find the gain or loss percent on the whole transaction.

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The monk sold his Ferrari for ₹ 240 Million. He suffered a loss of 40%. What was the price in which he had bought his Ferrari?

1. ₹ 300 Million

2. ₹ 420 Million

3. ₹ 400 Million

4. ₹ 360 Million

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An item marked at ₹840 is sold at a discount of 15%. Find the selling price of the item.

1. ₹714

2. ₹814

3. ₹750

4. ₹914

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By selling a table-fan for ₹891 , a man suffers a 10% Loss. At what price should he sell it in order to make a profit of 20%?

1. ₹ 1188

2. ₹ 1144

3. ₹ 1208

4. ₹ 1100

Q. The loss incurred by a shopkeeper when he sells an article for ₹450 is 20%. The CP of the article was

1. ₹562.5
2. ₹568.5
3. ₹565
4. ₹560

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A bicycle dealer buys 30 Razorback cycles for ₹ 48000. Of these, 10 are with gears and the rest are without gears. At what price must he sell each geared cycle so that if he sells the non - geared ones at 3/4th of their cost price, he makes a profit of 40% on his total outlay.

1. ₹ 5020

2. ₹ 4320

3. ₹ 4200

4. ₹ 4520

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A sells a radio to B at a loss of 20%, B sells it to C at a loss of 30% and C sells it to D at a loss of 10%. If A pays ₹ 2000, then the Cost Price for D is :

1. ₹ 1500

2. ₹ 1008

3. ₹ 948

4. ₹ 1200

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The difference between selling a coat at a profit of $4\%$ and that of $6\%$ is ₹3. Find the two selling price.

1. Rs. 243 and Rs. 246

2. Rs. 280 and Rs. 283

3. 156 and Rs. 159

4. 186 and Rs. 189

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A fruit seller sells 4 oranges for ₹3. gaining 50%. The cost price of 4 oranges is ₹ ___.

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A dealer bought $100$ footballs for $₹40$ each. He sells $20\%$of them at a gain of $10\%$. At what gain per cent must he sell the remaining so as to gain $25\%$ on whole.

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A shopkeeper marks the price of cold cream at ₹ 80. After allowing a discount of 10% he still gains 20% on the cost price. Find the cost price.

1. ₹ 70

2. ₹ 65

3. ₹ 75

4. ₹ 60