Practice Test on Profit Loss and Discount

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Tick ✔ the correct answer in each of the following:

1. Ryan buys a clock for $ 75 and sells it for $ 100. His gain percent is …………… .

(a) 25 %
(b) 33¹/₃ %
(c) 20 %
(d) 37¹/₂ %

2. A bat is bought for $ 120 and sold for $ 105. The loss percent is ……………. .

(a) 12¹/₂ %
(b) 14¹/₅ %
(c) 15 %
(d) 16²/₃ %

3. A bookseller sold a book for $ 100 and thereby gains $ 20. Find his gain per cent.

(a) 20 %
(b) 25 %
(c) 40 %
(d) none of these

4. By selling a calculator for $ 418a shopkeeper 10%. The cost price of the calculator is …………… .

(a) $ 360.000
(b) $ 372.80
(c) $ 376.20
(d) $ 380.00

5. A shopkeeper sells one transistor for $ 840 at a gain of 20% and another for $ 960 at a loss of 4%. His total gain or loss percent is ……………… .

(a) 5¹⁵/₁₇ % loss
(b) 5¹⁵/₁₇ % gain
(c) 6²/₃ % loss
(d) 6²/₃ % gain

6. The CP of 21 articles is equal to SP of 18 articles. Find the gain or loss percent.

(a) 12¹/₂ % gain
(b) 12¹/₂ % loss
(c) 16²/₃ % gain
(d) 16²/₃ % loss

7. If by selling 110 mangoes, the CP of 120 mangoes is realized, the gain percent is ……………. .

(a) 9¹/₁₁ %
(b) 9¹/₉%
(c) 10$\frac{10}{11}$%

(d) 11¹/₉ %

8. A vendor loses the selling price of 4 oranges on selling 36 oranges. His loss per cent is ………….. .

(a) 10 %
(b) 11¹/₉ %
(c) 12¹/₂ %
(d) none of these

9. A man bought apples at the rate of 8 for $ 34 and sold them at the rate of 1 2 for $ 57. How many apples should be sold to earn a net profit of $ 45?

(a) 90
(b) 100
(c) 135
(d) 150

10. Some articles were bought at 6 for $ 5 arid sold at 5 for $ 6. The gain per cent is ………….. .

(a) 25 %
(b) 33¹/₃ %
(c) 35 %
(d) 44 %

Practice Test on Profit Loss and Discount

11. By selling a chair for $ 504, a shopkeeper gains 12%. For how much should he sell it to gain 18%?

(a) $ 522.10
(b) $ 526.00
(c) $ 531.00
(d) $ 534.20

12. A shopkeeper sold two watches for $ 1485 each. On one he gains 10% and on the other he loses 10%. Find his gain or loss per cent in the whole transaction.

(a) neither gain nor loss
(b) 1 % gain
(c) 1 % loss
(d) 5 % gain

13. By selling a dinner set for $ 648, a man loses of his out lay. If it is sold for $ 810, what is the gain or loss percent?

(a) 9 % gain
(b) 11 % gain
(c) 11¹/₉ % gain
(d) 12²/₉ % gain

14. A tradesman sold an article at a loss of 20%. Had he sold it for $ 100 more, he should have gained 5%. The cost price of the article was …………… .

(a) $ 360
(b) $ 400
(c) $ 425
(d) $ 450

15. At what percentage above the cost price must an article be marked so as to gain 33% after allowing a customer a discount of 5%?

(a) 35 %
(b) 38 %
(c) 40 %
(d) 42 %

16. A manufacturer offers a 20% rebate on the marked price of a product. The retailer offers another 30% rebate on the reduced price. The two reductions are equivalent to a single reduction of …………. .

(a) 42 %
(b) 44 %
(c) 46 %
(d) 50 %

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