Quantitative Aptitude
37 questions across 9 exam years. Answers for this topic
Cost price of B is 200 more than cost price of A. B is sold at 10% profit and A is sold at 40% loss and selling price of A and B are in the ratio 4 : 11. If A is sold at 20% loss then what will be selling price of A.
A shopkeeper marked his article 50% above the cost price and gives a discount of 20% on it. If he had marked his article 75% above the cost price and gives a discount of 20% on it then find the earlier profit is what percent of the profit earned latter?
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If a shopkeeper marks an item 50% above its CP and if 12% discount is given on the marked price and the shopkeeper makes profit of 256 Rs, then what will be the actual cost price of the item?
When a person sold an article, his profit percent is 60% of the selling price. If the cost price is increased by 75% and the selling price remains the same, then find decrement in the profit is what percent of the selling price of the article?
An article is marked 66 2/3 % above the cost price and loss incurred on selling that article is 25% of the discount given on it. Then, find the discount % given?
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A shopkeeper gives a discount of 40% on MRP and further he gives another discount of 25% on cash payment. Find the total equivalent discount.
Mona bought a printer and sold it to Sona for Rs.2400 thereby making a profit of 20%. At what price Mona must sell the printer to earn a profit of 60%?
Selling price of an article becomes Rs.2160 after giving two successive discounts of x% and 25% and marked price of article is Rs.3600. Find the cost price of article if there is a profit of x% on selling the article after giving two successive discounts.
A shopkeeper sold 40 Kg of rice and earned a profit equal to cost of 20 Kg of rice. Find the profit percent earned by the shopkeeper by selling 40 Kg rice.
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When an article is sold at certain profit and certain loss, then ratio of profit to loss is 3: 4 and ratio of respective selling price is 5: 4. Find loss percentage?
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A man sold a table at 33% profit after allowing a discount of 5% on it. Had he sold the table at marked price, then he would have earned Rs.420 more profit. Find cost price of table (in Rs.)?
A shopkeeper gives 10% discount on marked price and earns a profit of 25%. If cost price of thing is Rs. 2160, what is the marked price of thing ?
A shopkeeper marks up the price of an article by 40% above cost price. He gives 25% discount on marked price and earns Rs 420 profit. Find his profit if he gives discount of 20% in place of 25%.
Cost price of an article is Rs.100 and discount given on the article is Rs.4 more than the profit earned on it. If ratio of selling price to marked price of the article is 41 : 50 then find the discount offered?
Vinit made a loss of 15% on selling his scooter. If he had sold it for Rs. 1500 more, he would have made a profit of 5%. Find the selling price when it is sold at 10% profit?
The mark price of a jeans is Rs 700 and shopkeeper allows a discount of Rs. x and makes a profit of 12.5% on it. If manufacturing cost of jeans is Rs 560, then find the discount percent allowed by shopkeeper on jeans?
A shopkeeper marked up the price of an article by 40% above cost price and he allows 25% discount on marked price. If shopkeeper earns Rs. 420 as profit, then find his profit (in Rs.) when he allows discount of 20% instead of 25%?
A shopkeeper gives one article free at purchase of every four article and also allows 10% discount. If he wants to earn 8% profit then find market price is what percent of cost price of each article.
A man buys an article and marks it up 30 % above its cost price. At the time of sale, he gives 10% discount instead of 15% due to which he earns Rs. 13 more. Find cost price of the article?
The cost price of article A is equals to selling price of the article B. If article A is sold at the 33 1/3 % profit & article B is sold at the 50% profit and the sum of the cost price of article B and selling price of article A is Rs. 672, then find the cost price of article A?
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A table was sold at Rs 2520 after giving 30% discount on market price. If discount was not given on table, then he would have earned 50% profit. Find cost price of table?
A seller has 230 kg of mangoes which he purchases at rate of Rs. 10 per kg. 20% of total mangoes were rotten in packaging and thrown away. If seller sold half of the remaining mangoes at the rate of Rs. 20 per kg, then at what price (per kg) should seller sell the remaining mangoes to gain a total profit of 15% on the total quantity seller had initially (in Rs. /kg)?
A marked an article 50% above the cost price and given a discount of x% and added a tax of 10% on the discounted price. If he gives the discount of Rs 150 and tax given Rs 45, then find x.
The cost price of table is 20% more than that of chair and selling price of table is 20% more than its cost price. If the difference between selling price of table and cost price of chair is Rs 1848 and chair sold at Rs 48 less than the selling price of table, then find selling price of chair.
A shopkeeper marked article A, 80% above its cost price and the selling price of an article B is equal to the marked price of the article A. The profit earned on article B is 20%, and the ratio of the selling price of article A to the cost price of article B is 16:15, respectively. If the difference between the selling prices of articles A and B is Rs 400, then find the marked price of article A (in Rs).
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Read the information and answer the following questions. There are three articles A, B & C. The cost price of article B is 44% more than that of A and Rs 36 less than that of C. The difference between cost price of B and C is equal to the loss acquired by the B. The selling price of B is Rs 12 less than selling price of A. The difference between loss acquired by B and profit gain by A is equal to the profit gain by C. Selling price of C is Rs 196. Note: Cost of any article are in integer.
Find the average selling price of article A and C.
Find the difference between profits of A and C is what percentage of cost price of B.
The cost price of article D is 20% more than B and it is marked 20% above the cost price. If its selling price is same as C, then find the discount given on the article.
Find the ratio of cost price of B to selling price of A.
Find the sum (approx.) of average of selling price of all the articles and average cost price of A and B.
A shopkeeper marked up the price of an article by 50%. If he gives a discount of 10% and a buyer bargain with shopkeeper to get additional 20% on the discounted price, then the difference between selling price of the article before the bargain and after the bargain is Rs 540. Find the cost price of the article (in Rs).
A sold an article to B at 50% profit, and B sold the article to C at Y% profit. If C sold the article to D for Rs 292.5 at a 50% loss, then find Y.
Cost price of an article is Rs.4800 and a shopkeeper marked the article 25% above its cost price. If the shopkeeper allows two successive discounts of 10% and (Y+3) % and earns a profit of Rs.168, then find the value of 2Y.
An article is mark up 30% above its cost price and it sold at 10% discount. If profit received on the article is Rs 204, then find the selling price when the same article is sold at profit of 10%?
The cost price of article A is equals to selling price of the article B. if article A is sold at the 33 1/3 % profit and article B is sold at the 50% profit and the sum of the cost price of article B and selling price of article A is Rs. 672, then find the cost price of article A?
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The ratio of the cost price to the selling price of an article is 20:27. The marked price of the article is Rs 4500, and it is sold after allowing a discount of 25%. Find the profit (in Rs).
Shivam marked up an article 80% above its cost price and allowed 30% discount on it. Had he allowed only 20% discount on the article, then he would have earned Rs.108 more. Find cost price of the article.