Quiz Discussion

By selling 12 oranges for a rupee, a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee should he sell to get a gain of 20%?

• 1]

  5

• 2]

  8

• 3]

  10

• 4]

  15

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%

When a commodity is sold Rs. 34.80, there is a loss of 25%. What is the cost price?

• 1]

  36.20

• 2]

  43.40

• 3]

  56.60

• 4]

  46.40

A man buys an article for 10% less than its value and sells it for 10% more than its value. His gain or loss percent is:

• 1]

  no profit, no loss

• 2]

  20% profit

• 3]

  less than 20% profit

• 4]

  more than 20% profit

100 oranges are bought at the rate of Rs.350 and sold at the rate of Rs.48 per dozen. The percentage of profit or loss is:

• 1]

  14 * 2/7 % gain

• 2]

  15% gain

• 3]

  14 * 2/7 % loss

• 4]

  15% loss

A man gains 20% by selling an article for a certain price. If he sells it at double the price, the percentage of profit will be

• 1]

  130%

• 2]

  140%

• 3]

  150%

• 4]

  160%

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%

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

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

• 1]

  66*2/3

• 2]

  100

• 3]

  105*1/3

• 4]

  120

 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%