Quiz Discussion

A shopkeeper gives 12% additional discount on the discounted price, after giving an initial discount of 20% on the labelled price of a radio. If the final sale price of the radio is Rs. 704, then what is its labelled price?

• 1]

  Rs 844.80

• 2]

  Rs 929.28

• 3]

  Rs 1000

• 4]

  Rs 1044.8

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?

• 1]

  3.5

• 2]

  4.5

• 3]

  5.6

• 4]

  6.5

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?

• 1]

  30%

• 2]

  70%

• 3]

  100%

• 4]

  250%

 On an order of 5 dozen boxes of a consumer product, a retailer receives an extra dozen free. This is equivalent to allowing him a discount of :

• 1]

  15%

• 2]

  16*1/16 %

• 3]

  16*2/3 %

• 4]

  20%

Successive discount of 10%,12% and 15% amount to a single discount of:

• 1]

  32.68%

• 2]

  35.28%

• 3]

  36.68%

• 4]

  None Of These

Jacob bought a scooter for a certain sum of money. He spent 10% of the cost on repairs and sold the scooter for a profit of Rs. 1100. How much did he spend on repairs if he made a profit of 20 %?

• 1]

  Rs. 400

• 2]

  Rs. 440

• 3]

  Rs. 500

• 4]

  Rs. 550

A cloth merchant sold half of his cloth at 20% profit, half of the remaining at 20% loss and the rest was sold at the cost price. In the total transaction, his gain or loss will be:

• 1]

  Neither Loss, nor gain

• 2]

  5% Loss

• 3]

  5% Gain

• 4]

  10% gain

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 fair price shopkeeper takes 10% profit on his goods. He lost 20% goods during theft. His loss percent is

• 1]

  12

• 2]

  15

• 3]

  20

• 4]

  25

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