Quiz Discussion

Alfred buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and spends Rs. 800 on its repairs. If he sells the scooter for Rs. 5800, his gain percent is:

• 1]

  4*4/7 %

• 2]

  5*5/11 %

• 3]

  10%

• 4]

  12%

On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is:

• 1]

  Rs. 45

• 2]

  Rs. 50

• 3]

  Rs. 55

• 4]

  Rs. 60

If the cost price of 12 pens is equal to the selling price of 8 pens, the gain percent is : 

• 1]

  25%

• 2]

  33*1/3 %

• 3]

  50%

• 4]

  66*2/3 %

If the cost of 5 kg of apples is Rs 600, then what will be the cost of 27 kg of apples?

• 1]

  2240

• 2]

  3240

• 3]

  4240

• 4]

  5240

A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22.5% on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of Rs. 392, what was his profit?

• 1]

  Rs. 18.20

• 2]

  Rs. 70

• 3]

  Rs. 72

• 4]

  Rs. 88.25

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:

• 1]

  15

• 2]

  16

• 3]

  18

• 4]

  25

A person purchases 90 clocks and sells 40 clocks at a gain of 10% and 50 clocks at a gain of 20%. If he sold all of them at a uniform profit of 15%, then he would have got Rs. 40 less. The cost price of each clock is 

• 1]

  Rs. 50

• 2]

  Rs. 60

• 3]

  Rs. 80

• 4]

  Rs. 90

A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is:

• 1]

  No profit, no loss

• 2]

  5%

• 3]

  8%

• 4]

  10%

A businessman sold two cars for Rs. 9900 each, making 10% profit on one and losing 10% on the other. His gain or loss per cent on the two cars is:

• 1]

  No gain, No Loss

• 2]

  Loss of 1%

• 3]

  Gain of 1.5%

• 4]

  Gain of 2%

If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent.

• 1]

  66*2/3

• 2]

  100

• 3]

  105*1/3

• 4]

  120