A man sells an

article at a loss
of 10%. If he
had received Rs.
0 /
1. 9 more, he would general
have gained 12
1/2%. The cost
price of the
article is:

A shop keeper earns a profit of 12% on

selling a book at 10% discount on the 0
2. general /
printed price. The ratio of the cost price
and the printed price of the book is:

What is the equivalent discount of the 0

3. general /
20%, 10%, 5% discount series?

A shopkeeper bought 150 calculators at

the rate of Rs. 250 per calculator. He
spent Rs. 2500 on transportation and
packing. If the marked price of
4. calculator is Rs. 320 per calculator and general 0 /
the shopkeeper gives a discount of 5%
on the marked price, what will be
percentage profit gaind by the
shopkeeper?

The Cost price of 20 pencils is equal to

5. the selling price of 25 pencils. The loss general 0 /
percent in the transaction is

A person purchased an article at 9/10

th of its selling price and sold it at 8% 0
6. general /
more than its selling price. His gain per
cent is

A man buys some mangoes @ 9 for a

rupee and an equal number @ 7 for a 0
7. general /
rupee. After that, he sells them @ 8 for
a rupee. His gain or loss percent is

If by selling 110 mangoes, the C.P of

8. 120 mangoes is realized, the gain general 0 /
percent is

A tradesman sold an article for Rs.

9. 2300. What will be the percentage general 0 /
profit if he sold the article for Rs.2760?
 Gopi purchased 10 dozens of apples at
the rate of Rs. 225 per dozen. He then
10. sold each one at the rate of Rs. 25. general 0 /
Approximately what was his percentage
profit?

The sale price of an article including the

sales tax is Rs.768. The rate of the
11. sales tax is 8%. If the shopkeeper has general 0 /
made a profit of 14 %, then find the
cost price of the article?

A person bought a bike for a certain

amount of money. He spent 10% of the
cost on the repairs and sold the bike for 0
12. general /
a profit of Rs.1100. How much did he
spend on repairs if he made a profit of
20 %?

When a machine is sold for Rs.18, 700,

the owner loses 15 %. At what price 0
13. general /
must the machine be sold in order to
gain 15 %?

Find the profit percent under the

14. condition of profit triples when the general 0 /
selling price is doubled?

25 % loss on selling price is what 0

15. general /
percent loss on cost price?

In a certain store, the profit is 320 % of

the cost. If the cost increases by 25 %
16. but the selling price remains constant, general 0 /
approximately what percentage of the
selling price is the profit?

The percentage profit earned by selling

an article for Rs. 2480 is equal to the
percentage loss incurred by selling the 0
17. general /
same article for Rs. 1980. At what price
should the article be sold to make 20 %
profit?

A boy bought 3 dozen apples at Rs. 30

per dozen. After selling 30 apples at the
18. rate of Rs.26 per dozen, he reduced the general 0 /
rate to Rs.6 per dozen. Find the
percentage loss?

19. A person purchases 36 oranges per general 0 /

 rupee and suffers a loss of 4%. Find
how many oranges per rupee he is
required to purchase to have a gain of
8%?

The owner of a furniture shop charges

his customers 12% more than the cost
20. price. If a customer paid Rs 14056 for a general 0 /
dining table, what is the cost price of
the dining table?

If a dealer charges $200 for a chair, he

21. gains 37.5%. At what price must he sell general 0 /
to gain 45%?

A man sold a television at a loss of 6%.

Had he been able to sell it at a gain of 0
22. general /
9%, it would have fetched $45 more
than it did. What was the cost price?

A vendor buys a certain number of

oranges at Rs 7 a dozen and equal
number of oranges at Rs 6 a dozen. He 0
23. general /
sells the oranges at Rs 7.50 a dozen
and makes a profit of Rs 80. How many
oranges does he buy?

A shopkeeper expects a
gain of 22.5% on his cost
24. price. If in a week, his sale general 0 /
was of Rs. 392, what was
his profit?
A person sells two watches for $500
each. On one he gains 8% and the
25. general
other he loses 8%. Find the gain or loss
percent on the whole transaction.

0 /
In an examination it is general
required to get 675 of
the aggregate marks
to pass. A student gets
585 marks and is
declared fail by 6% of
marks. What are the
maximum aggregate
marks a student can
get?

The radius of a circle has been

reduced from 9 cms to 7 cms. 0
2. general /
The approximate percentage
decrease in area is

If 50 % of 750 – 25 % of 480 = 0
3. general /
x. what is the value of x?

One month Mary used 1/3 of her

monthly salary for a car payment
and 1/4 more than the car
4. payment foe rent.What fraction of general 0 /
her monthly salary did Mary use
that month for car payment and
rent combined?

In an election each voter voted

for one of two candidates x and
y.If the number of votes that
candidate x received was 1/5 0
5. general /
more than the number of votes
that candidate y received, then
what is the fraction of the total
vote that candidate x received?

In Town X, the population

increased from 20,000 in 1950 to
40,000 in 1960. In town X, the
population under age ten in 1950
was 2,500 and in 1960, the 0
6. general /
population under age ten was 10
percent of the population. Then
what is he increase in the
population under age ten in town
X from 1950 to 1960?

A band is paid Rs. 1000 per

concert.The leader receives 20 0
7. general /
percent of this amount and other
5 members share the rest
 equally. How much does each of
the 5 members receive?

In a certain shipment 1 percent of

the boxes shipped were damaged.
If the loss per damaged box was 0
8. general /
Rs.40 and the total loss due to
damage was Rs. 800, how many
boxes were shipped?

One morning a baker used 30

percent of a 50 pound bag of
flour. If 1/6 of the amount used 0
9. general /
for a doughnuts, how many
pounds of flour were used for
doughnuts?

John weighs twice as much as

Marcia. Marcia’s weight is 60% of
Bob’s weight. Dave weighs 50% 0
10. general /
of Lee’s weight. Lee weighs 190%
of john’s weight. Which of these 5
persons weighs the least?

There were P people in a room

when a meeting started. Q people
left the room during the first
hour, while R people entered the
room during the same time. What
11. expression gives the number of general 0 /
people in the room after the first
hour as a percentage of the
number of people in the room
who have been there since the
meeting started?

Swapana spent Rs.44620 on

Deepawali shopping, Rs 32, 764
on buying a laptop and the 0
12. general /
remaining 32% of the total
amount she had as cash with her.
What was the total amount?

In an election between two

candidates, one got 72%of the
total valid votes. 25%of the total 0
13. general /
votes are invalid. If the total
votes are 8200, what is the
number of valid votes the other
 person got ?

Sridhar invests Rs 3750 in shares,

which is 25% of his monthly 0
14. general /
income. What is his monthly
income?

The total number of students in a

school is 4800, out of which 60% 0
15. general /
are girls. What is the total
number of boys in this school?

The difference between 55% of a

number and 25% of the same 0
16. general /
number is 11. What is 75% of
that number?

A’s salary is 6% above B’s. How 0

17. general /
much percent is B’s below A’s?

When the price of sugar comes

down by 25%, by what percent
18. can a housewife increase the general 0 /
sugar consumption without
upsetting the sugar budget?

When Machine's value is

depreciated from Rs. 50 lakh by 0
19. general /
10%, find the value of machne
after depreciation in lakhs?

When price of gas increase by

10%, by what percent can a
20. customer decrease the gas general 0 /
consumption without upsetting
the budget?

A is 40% more than B, which is

21. 20% less than C. A is what general 0 /
percent more or less than C?

In June a baseball team that

played 60 games had won 30% of
its games played. After a
phenomenal winning streak this 0
22. general /
team raised its average to 50%.
How many games must the team
have won in a row to attain this
average?

The price of a garment is reduced 0

23. general /
by 20 percent. During an "early-
 bird" special all garments are
marked "Take an additional 30
percent off the reduced price."
The two reductions are equivalent
to a single reduction of

A company reports that 2,000

electronic parts are found
defective. If this represents 0
24. general /
6.25percent of the total shipment,
how many of these parts were
shipped?

Potassium nitrate is composed of

39 parts potassium, 14parts
nitrogen, and 48 parts oxygen.
25.
Find the percentage (to the
nearest %) of potassium in
potassium nitrate.