Kamya purchased an item of Rs. 46,000 and sold it at loss of 12 per cent. With that amount she purchased another item and sold it at a gain of 12 per cent. What was her overall gain/loss?
Loss of Rs. 662.40
Profit of Rs. 662.40
Loss of Rs. 642.80
Profit Rs. 642.80
None of these
Girish started a business investing Rs. 45,000. After 3 months, Vijay with Rs. 60,000 and After another 6 months, Ankush with Rs. 90,000 joined him. At the end of the year, they made a profit of Rs. 16,500. What is Girish’s share of profit ?
Rs. 5,500
Rs. 6,000
Rs. 6,600
As. 5,900
A shopkeeper purchased 150 identical pieces of calculators at the rate of Rs. 250 each. He spent an amount of Rs .2500 on transport and packing. He fixed the labeled price of each calculator at Rs. 320. However, he decided to give a discount of 5% on the labeled price. What is the percentage profit earned by him?
14%
15%
16%
20%
In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit
30%
70%
100%
250%
Sam purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate of Rs. 375 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of Rs. 33. What was his percentage profit?
3.6
4.6
5.6
6.5
The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is:
15
16
17
18
A man bought some shares at a price of 16 shares for Rs. 100 and sold them at a price of Rs. 10 each. Find his profit or loss percentage?
50%
60%
80%
The profit earned after selling a T-shin for Rs. 575/- is the same as loss incurred after selling the same T-shirt for Rs. 295/-. What is the cost price of the T-shirt?
Rs. 425/-
Rs. 445/-
Rs. 430/-
Rs. 450/-
An article when sold for 200 fetches 25 per cent profit. What would be the percentage profit/loss if 6 such articles are sold for 1,056?
10 precent loss
10 percent profit
5 percent loss
5 percent profit
Arun borrowed a sum of money from Jayant at the rate of 8% per annum simple interest for the first four years; 10% per annum for the next six years and 12% per annum for the period beyond ten years. If he pays a total of ?12,160 as interest only at the end of 15 years, how much money did he borrow?
?8000
?10000
?12000
?9000
A juice shop requires 35 kgs. of sugar for seven days. How many kgs. of sugar will it require for 50 days?
250 kgs
150 kgs.
350 kgs
300 Kgs
The compound interest on any sum at the rate of 5% lb two years is ?512.50. Find the sum.
?5200
?4800
?5000
?5500
A shopkeeper sells a badminton racket, whose marked price is Rs. 30, at a discount of 15% and gives a shuttle cock costing Rs. 1.50 free with each racket. Even then he makes a profit of 20%. His cost price per racket is:
Rs. 19.75
Rs. 20
Rs. 21
Rs. 21.25
The percentage profit earned by selling an articles for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?
Rs .2000
Rs. 2200
Rs. 2400
Data inadequate
A house and a shop were sold for Rs. 1 lakh each. In this transaction, the house sale resulted into 20% loss whereas the shop sale resulted into 20% profit. The entire transaction resulted in:
No loss, no gain
Loss of Rs. 1/12 lakh
Loss of Rs. 1/18 lakh
Gain of Rs. 1/24 lakh
The C.P. of an article is 40% of the S.P. The percent that the S.P is of C.P is:
250
240
60
40
Pure milk cost 3.60 per litre. A milkman adds water to 25 litres of pure milk and sells the mixture at per litre. How many litres of water does he add?
2 litres
5 litres
7 litres
11 litres
I bought a watch for Rs. 60. What will it fetch if I sell at a gain of 25%??
Rs 72
Rs 75
Rs 77.50
Rs 80
Deepa bought a calculator at 30% discount on the listed price. Had she not got the discount, she would have paid 82.50 extra. At what price did she buy the calculator ?
192.50
275
117.85
Cannot be determined
In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit?
The price of 2 sarees and 4 shirts is Rs. 1600. With the same money one can buy 1 saree and 6 shirts. If one wants to buy 12 shirts, how much shall he have to pay?
Rs. 1200
Rs. 4800
A firm of readymade garment? makes both men's and women's shirts. Its average profit is 6% of the sales. Its profit in men's shirts average 8% of the sales and women's shirts comprise 60% of the output. The average profit per sale rupee in women shirts is
0.0466
0.0666
0.0166
0.0366
A man buys a cycle for Rs 1400 and sells it at loss of 15% what is the selling price of the cycle?
Rs 1090
1160
1202
1190
Vivek purchased 120 tables at a price of Rs 110 per table. He sold 30 tables at a profit of Rs 12 per table and 75 tables at a profit of Rs 14 per table. The remaining tables were sold at a loss of Rs 7 per table. What is the average profit per table?
Rs 12.875
Rs 10.04
10.875
Rs 12.80
Rs 13.80
Alcohol cost 3.50 per litre and kerosene oil cost 2.50 per litre. In what proportion these should be mixed so that the resulting mixture may be 2.75 per litre?
2:5
1:3
4:7
No profit, no loss
A shopkeeper sells some toys at Rs. 250 each. What percent profit does he make? To find the answer, which of the following information given in Statements I and II is/are necessary? I. Number of toys sold. II. Cost price of each toy.
Only I is necessary
Only II is necessary
Both I and II are necessary.
Either I or II is necessary.
Ranjan purchased 120 tables at a price of Rs. 110 per table. He sold 30 tables at a profit of Rs. 12 per table and 75 tables at a profit of Rs. 14 per table. The remaining tables were sold at a loss of Rs. 7 per table. What is the average profit per table?
Rs. 10.04
Rs. 10.875
Rs. 12.80
Rs. 12.875
A shopkeeper purchased 25 items at 36 Rs per item. He spent 100 Rs on transportation of these items. What should be the selling price of each item if he wants to make 22.5% as profit?
49 Rs
45 Rs
47 Rs
51 Rs
If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 10% and the denominator is increased by 20% the resultant fraction is 11/15. What was the original fraction?
7/12
4/5
3/5
5/12
A man bought a horse and a carriage for 3000. He sold the horse at a gain of 20% and the carriage at a loss 10%, thereby gaining 2% on the whole. Find the cost of the horse.
1000
1200
1500
1700