Finding Discount

Q.

A showroom offers a $10\%$discount on a microwave, whose marked price is$₹8000$, and also gives a blender worth $₹1200$‘ as a complimentary gift with it. Even then, the showroom earns a profit of’$20\%$. The cost price per microwave is?

Q. A carpenter allows 15% discount on his goods. Find the marked price of a chair which is sold by him for ₹680.

1. ₹800
2. ₹850
3. ₹700
4. ₹900

Q. The list price of an article is ₹ 400 and it is sold for ₹ 360. Find the percent discount on the article.

1. 5%
2. 7.5%
3. 10%
4. 12.5%

Q. A shopkeeper marks his goods 25% above the C.P and allows a discount of 12% on them. An additional discount of 5% is allowed on the discounted price through a voucher. What percent did he gain?

1. 3.5%
2. 4%
3. 4.5%
4. 5%

Q.

A shopkeeper buys an article at a discount of $30\%$ on the printed price. He spends $Rs.40$ on transportation of the article. After charging goods and service tax (GST) at the rate of $7\%$ on the printed price, he sells the article for $Rs.856.$ Find his profit percentage.

1. $35\frac{1}{3}\%$

2. $33\frac{1}{2}\%$

3. $39\frac{1}{8}\%$

4. $33\frac{1}{3}\%$

Q. The cost of an article goes down every year by 10% of its previous value. Find its original cost if the cost of it after 2 years is ₹24, 300?

1. ₹33, 700
2. ₹35, 000
3. ₹30, 000
4. 26, 000

Q. The marked price of a book is ₹ 200 which is offered at a discount of 20%. What is the ratio between the selling price and marked price of the book?

1. 8 : 9
2. 9 : 8
3. 5 : 4
4. 4 : 5

Q. The price of shoes marked at ₹ 500 is sold at a discount of 10 percent. The selling price of the shoes is .

1. ₹ 490
2. ₹ 400
3. ₹ 475
4. ₹ 450

Q. A shopkeeper buys an article for ₹ 300. He increases its price by 30% and then gives 10% discount on the new price of the article. Find the amount of discount on the article.

1. ₹ 35
2. ₹ 40
3. ₹ 42
4. ₹ 39

Q. The shopkeeper marked a dinner set for ₹ 1000. He sold it at ₹ 900. He gave a discount of on a dinner set.

1. 5%
2. 7.5%
3. 10%
4. 12.5%

Q. A dealer allows a discount of 20% and still gains 5%. What should be the marked price if the cost price is ₹2, 000?

1. ₹2, 625
2. ₹2, 565
3. ₹2, 930
4. ₹2, 810

Q.

The marked price of a watch is ₹ 1250 and the shopkeeper allows 6% of discount on it. Find the selling price of the watch.
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Q. Shubham bought a shirt for ₹825. It was marked at the price of ₹1, 500. What percentage of discount did he get?

1. 42%
2. 55%
3. 45%
4. 35%

Q. The ratio of cost price and selling price is 12 : 9. Find the cost price if the marked price is ₹260 and allowed discount is 10%.

1. ₹300
2. ₹368
3. ₹355
4. ₹312

Q.

A pair of articles was bought for ₹37.40 at a discount of $15\%$. What must be the marked price of each of the articles?

1. Rs. 33

2. Rs. 11

3. Rs. 22

4. Rs. 44

Q. Match the following with their respective values.

1. Discount = ₹30
2. Discount = ₹20
3. Discount = ₹35

Q. A blanket is marked 25% above the cost price and a discount of 24% is allowed. How much percent does a shopkeeper loses while selling the blanket?

1. 7%
2. 5%
3. 10%
4. 3%

Q. After you finish your work, you were watching TV and came across an advertisement by Flipkart, The Big Billion Day SALE. You wanted to know what a 'sale' is and your mum tells you that we get discounts during sales i.e., a certain percent decrease on the cost. As your birthday is near, your mum decided to shop through Flipkart for your birthday. She selects a t-shirt which costs Rs.1625 and has 40% discount. What is the final amount she pays for the t-shirt?

1. ₹1225

2. ₹975

3. ₹650

4. ₹1, 025

Q. A discount of 20% is allowed on a music system, still, the shopkeeper earns a profit of 10%. What should be the marked price if the cost price is ₹900?

1. ₹1, 327.50
2. ₹1, 372.50
3. ₹1, 237.50
4. ₹1, 273.50

Q. A crockery set was marked at ₹500. A discount of 20% was being provided. Due to a defective piece, an additional discount of 10% was allowed on the marked price. What is the selling price?

1. ₹350
2. ₹250
3. ₹150
4. ₹200

Q. A book was marked at a discount of 23%. If it was sold for ₹231, then what was the marked price?

1. ₹250
2. ₹271
3. ₹300
4. ₹321

Q. On the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, a saree is sold for ₹900 after allowing a 20% discount. The marked price of saree is .

1. ₹1150
2. ₹1250
3. ₹1330
4. ₹1125

Q.

The bus fare of a journey is rs. 12.67 per km, but the driver gives discount in the following slab 1st km no discount , 2nd km rs. 0.07 discount and 3rd km rs. 0.14 discount , 4th km Rs. 0.21 discount. The maximum disount per km is nore more than Rs. 0.70. Find the following :

a). The bus fare per km for first 10 km

b). Mahesh , Puja and Imraan traveled 14 km. Determine the fare per person.

c). What will be the travel cost if a person travels 3 km ?