CAREER ADDA JAMMU

MATHS- DISCOUNT

(1) An article is listed at Rs 2375. A man purchases it at two successive discounts of 50% and 25% and spends Rs 165 on
repairing of article. If he sells the article at a profit of 62.5%, then what is the selling price (in Rs) of the article?

(a) 1467.6 (b) 1492.6 (c) 1715.39 (d) 1467.6

(2) An item is sold at two successive gains of 30% and 20%. If the final selling price is Rs 31200, then what is the cost price (in
Rs)?

(a) 15000 (b) 20000 (c) 22250 (d) 24000

(3) After two successive discounts of 20% and 12% an article is sold for Rs 16896. What is the marked price (in Rs) of the article?

(a) 21500 (b) 23800 (c) 22000 (d) 24000

(4) Mohit buys an old bicycle for Rs 2700 and spends Rs 500 on its repairs. If he sells the bicycle for Rs 3520, then what is his
profit percentage?

(a) 10 (b) 12.5 (c) 15 (d) 20

(5) A shopkeeper sells a table at a discount of 20% and earns a profit of 60%. If he sells the same table at 40% discount, then
what will be his new profit percent?

(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 35 (d) 40

(6) The cost price of 60 articles is same as the selling price of x articles. If there is a profit of 20%, then what is the value of x?

(a) 15 (b) 30 (c) 50 (d) 80

(7) A shopkeeper allows 25% discount on the marked price of an article and he suffered a loss of 15%. What will be the profit
percent if the article is sold at marked price?

(a) 11.76 (b) 12.12 (c) 13.33 (d) 14.28

(8) A man gains 15% by selling a calculator for a certain price. If he sells it at the triple the price, then what will be the profit
percentage?

(a) 125 (b) 175 (c) 225 (d) 245

(9) At 20% discount the selling price of an article is Rs 2400, what is the selling price (in Rs) if the discount is 32.5%?

(a) 2125 (b) 2225 (c) 2025 (d) 2325

(10) A trader had 1200 kgs of rice. He sold a part of it at 5% profit and the rest at 11% profit, so that he made a total profit of
7%. How much (in kg) wheat did he sell at 5% profit?

(a) 900 (b) 600 (c) 400 (d) 800

(11) If 1 saree is offered free on purchase of 3 sarees, what is the effective discount on each saree?

(a) 20% (b) 30% (c) 25% (d) 40%

(12) A wholesaler sells a jacket to a retailer at a profit of 25% and the retailer sells it to a customer at a profit of 20%. If the
customer pays Rs. 2,400, what had it cost (in Rs) the wholesaler?

(a) 2000 (b) 1600 (c) 1800 (d) 2250

(13) If after giving a discount of 18%, a book is sold for Rs 1599, then what will be the marked price (in Rs) of the book?

(a) 1800 (b) 1880 (c) 1950 (d) 2000

(14) While selling an article for Rs 18450, a person suffered a loss of 50%. At what price he should have sold the article (in Rs)
to earn a profit of 50%?

(a) 13837 (b) 52000 (c) 55350 (d) 56775

(15) Kanchan bought a clock with 25% discount on marked price. She sold it with 75% gain on the price she bought. What was
her profit percentage on the marked price?

(a) 31.25 (b) 50 (c) 56.25 (d) 60

(16) 70% of the cost price of a article is equal to the 40% of its selling price. What is the profit or loss percentage

(a) 63% loss (b) 70% loss (c) 75% profit (d) 80% profit

(17) If on a Sale there is 30% discount on the marked price of Rs 2500, but the sale is done at Rs 1400 only. What additional
discount (in %) did the customer get?

(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 15 (d) 25

(18) If a saree is sold for Rs 1900 the seller will face Daily 5% loss, at what price (in Rs) should he sell the saree to gain 15%
profit?

(a) 2200 (b) 2400 (c) 2500 (d) 2300

(19) The marked price of a sofa set is Rs 4800 which is sold at Rs 3672 at two successive discounts. If the first discount is 10%,
then what will be the second discount (in %)?

(a)13 (b)14 (c)15 (d)17

(20) By selling 175 pineapples, the gain is equal to the selling price of 50 pineapples. What is the gain percentage?

(a) 28 (b) 30 (c) 32 (d) 40

(21) If two successive discounts of 50% and 10% are offered, then what is the net discount (in %)?

(a) 50 (b) 55 (c) 60 (d) 65

(22) For an article the profit is 190% of the cost price. If the cost price increase by 10% but the selling price remains same, then
profit is what percentage of selling price (approximately)?

(a) 54 (b) 62 (c) 70 (d) 163

(23) What is the discount percentage offered on a book having marked price Rs 2150 being sold at Rs 1892?

(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) 16

(24) A dealer sells two machines at Rs 12000 each. On one it gains 32% and on the other it looses 32%. What is its profit/loss
percentage in the whole transaction?

(a) No gain and no loss (b) 1% loss (c) 18% profit (d) 10.24% loss

(25) What will be the net discount (in %) of two successive discounts of 15% and 35%?

(a) 44.75 (b) 51.25 (c) 55.25 (d) 56.25

(26) What will be the net discount percentage of three successive discounts of 20%, 10% and 30%?

(a) 45.2 (b) 49.6 (c) 54.6 (d) 50.4

(27) A person sold his pen for Rs 24 and his profit percentage was numerically equal to the cost price. What was the cost price
(in Rs) of the pen?

(a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 20

(28) The marked price of an article is 20% more than its cost price. If 5% discount is given on the marked price, then what is the
profit percentage?

(a) 5 (b) 14 (c) 15 (d) 25

(29) A person bought pens at 25 for a rupee and sold at 15 for a rupee. What is his profit percentage?

(a) 16⅔ (b) 33⅓ (c) 66⅔ (d) 40

(30) A dealer sells a machine having marked price as Rs 3840 at a discount of 20%. What is the selling price (in Rs) of the
machine?

(a) 3072 (b) 3500 (c) 4608 (d) 3240

(31) Profit obtained on selling an article for Rs 540 is equal to the loss incurred on selling the article for Rs 370. If selling price is
Rs. 910, then what is the profit percentage?

(a) 16 2/3 (b) 33 1/3 (c) 50 (d) 100

(32) After a discount of 23% an article is sold for Rs 1848. What is the marked price (in Rs) of the article?

(a) 2150 (b) 2275 (c) 2350 (d) 2400

(33) A trader sells two items at the rate of Rs 400 each. If he gains 15% on one and losses 15% on other, then what is the value
(in Rs) of loss ?

(a) 18.41 (b) 22.14 (c) 20.25 (d) 24.36

(34) If a shopkeeper sells an item at Rs 4200 which is marked as Rs 4800, then what is the discount (in %) that he is offering?

(a) 12.5 (b) 14.28 (c) 10 (d) 15

(35) A trader buys 800 kgs of tomatoes for Rs 7200. 10% tomatoes are damaged in transportaion. At what rate (Rs/Kg) should
he sell the rest to earn 30% profit?

(a) 9 (b) 13 (c) 10 (d) 12

(36) If two successive discounts of 20% and 30% are given, then what is the net discount (in %)?

(a) 40 (b) 44 (c) 56 (d) 60

(37) In what ratio sugar at Rs 30/kg should be mixed with sugar at Rs 45/kg so that on selling the mixture at Rs 42/kg there is a
profit of 20%?

(a) 2 : 1 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 5 : 2 (d) 3 : 7

(38) A trader sold an article at profit of 20%. Had he bought that article at 60% less price and sold it at Rs 90 less, then he would
have gained 50%. What is the value (in Rs) of cost price?

(a) 150 (b) 200 (c) 250 (d) 300

(39) A trader allowed a discount of 15% on a trolley bag having list price of Rs 1360 and earns a profit of 15.6%. What is the cost
price (in Rs) of the trolley bag?

(a) 1000 (b) 1005 (c) 1050 (d) 1156

(40) By selling 90 pens for Rs 80 a man loses 20%. What should be the selling price (in Rs) of 90 pens for 20% profit?

(a) 90 (b) 100 (c) 110 (d) 120

(41) What is the effective discount (in %) on two successive discounts of 20% and 10%?

(a) 30 (b) 32 (c) 35 (d) 28

(42) If the selling price of an item is Rs 9750 after getting a discount of 25%, then what was its marked price (in Rs)?

(a) 13000 (b) 12187 (c) 14000 (d) 13187

(43) If a vendor sells apples at Rs 170 per kg he suffers 15% loss. If he sells at Rs 230 per kg, then what is his profit percentage?

(a) 15 (b) 10 (c) 5 (d) 20

(44) A shopkeeper marks up his wares by 60% and offers 10% discount. What will be the selling price (in Rs) if the cost price is
Rs 7500?

(a) 11800 (b) 12800 (c) 13800 (d) 10800

(45) A vendor buys 12 bananas for Rs 60 and sells 5 bananas for Rs 32. What will be his gain (in %)?

(a) 28 (b) 32 (c) 24 (d) 22

(46) At 10% discount the selling price of an article is Rs 4500, what is the selling price (in Rs) if the discount is 27.5%?

(a) 4000 (b) 3625 (c) 3500 (d) 3125

(47) A trader had 960 kgs of rice. He sold a part of it at 20% profit and the rest at 8% profit, so that he made a total profit of
12%. How much rice (in kgs) did he sell at 8% profit?
(a) 460 (b) 560 (c) 540 (d) 640

(48) A Rs 100 shirt is offered at 10% discount and a Rs 300 pair of trousers at 20% discount. If Pritam bought 1 shirt and 3 pairs
of trousers, what is the effective discount (in %) he got?

(a) 19 (b) 18 (c) 17 (d) 16

(49) If a wholesaler, sells a box of chocolates at Rs 960 he gains 20%. Now if he decides to sell it at Rs 1120, what is his profit
percentage?

(a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 60

(50) The marked price of a shirt is Rs 1280. If the shirt is being sold for Rs 900, then what is the discount percentage?

(a) 31.31 (b) 25.57 (c) 29.68 (d) 34.36

(51) The marked price of an article is 40% more than its cost price. If 15% discount is given on the marked price, then what will
be the profit percentage?

(a) 25 (b) 15 (c) 21 (d) 19

(52) If the cost price of 48 articles is equal to the selling price of 32 articles, then what is the profit percentage?

(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 50 (d) 75

(53) The cost price of an article is x. It is marked up by 120%. It is sold at Rs 8800 after giving 20% discount. What is the value (in
Rs) of x?

(a) 7680 (b) 6000 (c) 6680 (d) 5000

(54) If 2 T-shirts are offered free on purchase of 5 Tshirts, what is the effective discount (in %) on each Tshirt?

(a) 40 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 50 (55) A wholesaler sells a jacket to a retailer at a profit of 5% and the retailer sells it to a customer at a
profit of 10%. If the customer pays Rs. 4158, what had it cost (in Rs) to the wholesaler?

(a) 3500 (b) 3400 (c) 3300 (d) 3600

(56) What is the effective discount on two successive discounts of 20% and 25%?

(a) 45% (b) 40% (c) 50% (d) 60%

(57) A shopkeeper by selling 5 items, earns a profit equal to the selling price of 1 item. What is his profit percentage?

(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 16% (d) 22.5%

(58) What is the effective discount (in %) on two successive discounts of 15% and 50%?

(a) 65 (b) 57.5 (c) 35 (d) 42.5

(59) The cost price of an article is x. It is marked up by 150%. It is sold at Rs 600 after giving 40% discount (a) 400 (b) 666 (c) 300
(d) 444 (60) After a discount of 34% an article is sold for Rs 3168. What is the marked price (in Rs) of the article?

(a) 4750 (b) 4800 (c) 4850 (d) 5000

(61) For an article the profit is 170% of the cost price. If the cost price increases by 20% but the selling price remains same, then
what is the new profit percentage?

(a) 41 (b) 50 (c) 75 (d) 125

(62) A shopkeeper marks up his wares by 60% and offers 25% discount. What will be the selling price (in Rs) if the cost price is
Rs 1600?

(a) 1920 (b) 2000 (c) 2120 (d) 2200

(63) A vendor buys 6 bananas for Rs 25 and sells them at 3 for Rs 20. What is his profit percentage?

(a) 50 (b) 40 (c) 60 (d) 30

(64) At 30% discount the selling price of an article is Rs 1050. What is the selling price (in Rs) if the discount is 15%?

(a) 1200 (b) 1175 (c) 1100 (d) 1275

(65) A trader had 630 kgs of rice. He sold a part of it at 15% profit and the rest at 8% profit, so that he made a total profit of
12%. How much rice (in kgs) did he sell at 8% profit?

(a) 270 (b) 300 (c) 280 (d) 290

(66) A watch having marked price as Rs 8400 is sold for Rs 5040 after two successive discounts. If the first discount is 25% then
what is the second discount percentage?

(a) 0.15 (b) 0.2 (c) 0.2 5 (d) 0.3

(67) After two successive discounts of 20% and 35%, an article is sold for Rs 50700. What is the marked price (in Rs) of the
article?

(a) 92500 (b) 98500 (c) 97500 (d) 94000

(68) If the price of pen decreases by 20%, then a man can buy 10 more pens for Rs 100. What is the new price (in Rs) of each
pen?

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5

(69) If 1 shirt is offered free on purchase of 4 shirts, what is the effective discount (in %) on each shirt?

(a) 25 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) 24

(70) A wholesaler sells a good to a retailer at a profit of 5% and the retailer sells it to a customer at a profit of 10%. If the
customer pays Rs. 2,000, what had it cost (in Rs) the wholesaler

(a) 1731.6 (b) 3210.6 (c) 1931.6 (d) 2310.6

(71) If a retailer offers a discount of 20% on the marked price of his goods and thus ends up selling at cost price, what was the %
mark up?

(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 40

(72) A farmer buys a goat and a sheep for Rs 3500. He sold the sheep at a profit of 20 percent and the goat at a loss of 10
percent. If he sold both the animals at the same price, then the cost price (in Rs) of the cheaper animal was?
(a) 2000 (b) 1500 (c) 1750 (d) 2250

(73) The discount offered on a Shirt of Rs 500 and a pair of Trousers of Rs 1000 is 20% and 40% respectively. If Ajay bought 2
Shirt and 3 pair of Trousers then what was the effective discount ( in %) he recieved?

(a) 30 (b) 32 (c) 25 (d) 35

(74) If a wholesaler, sells a tin of coffee at Rs 528 he faces a loss of 12%. Now if he decides to sell it at Rs 636, what will be the
profit (in %)?

(a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 4

(75) If on a Sale there is 40% discount on the marked price of Rs 1000, but the sale is done at Rs 510 only then what additional
discount (in %) did the customer get?

(a) 25 (b) 15 (c) 10 (d) 30

(76) If a saree is sold for Rs 2880 the seller will face 10% loss, at what price (in Rs) should he sell to gain 20% profit?

(a) 4830 (b) 3840 (c) 3480 (d) 4380

(77) If the selling price of an item is Rs 1000 after getting a discount of 20%, then what was the marked price (in Rs)?

(a) 1200 (b) 1250 (c) 800 (d) 1400

(78) If a vendor sells a coconut at Rs 24 he makes 20% loss. If he sells at Rs 36 then what is his profit percentage?

(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 40

(79) A shopkeeper marks up his wares by 80% and offers 20% discount. What will be the selling price (in Rs) if the cost price is
Rs 450?

(a) 548 (b) 748 (c) 848 (d) 648

(80) A vendor buys bananas at 12 for Rs 50 and sells at 5 for Rs 40. What will be the gain (in %)?

(a) 82 (b) 72 (c) 92 (d) 62

(81) If the shopkeeper sells an item at Rs 4400 which is marked as Rs 5000, then what is the discount that he is offering?

(a) 20% (b) 12% (c) 15% (d) 10% (82) A trader buys 500 kgs of cotton for Rs 9,000. 10% of this cotton is spoiled due to rain. At
what rate (Rs/Kg) should he sell the rest to earn 10% profit?