Finding Discounts

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A table marked at $Rs.15000$ is available for $Rs.14400.$ What is the discount $\%$?

1. $10$

2. $40$

3. $60$

4. $4$

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The list price of an article is Rs 500 and it is sold for Rs 450. What is the discount percentage?

1. 12%

2. 15%

3. 20%

4. 10%

Q. In a candy store, a Rs.5.00 jar of candy is labeled, "$50\%$ off." What is the discount? What is the selling price of the jar of candy?

1. The discount is Rs.2.50 and the sale price is Rs.1.50.

2. The discount is Rs.1.50 and the sale price is Rs.2.50.

3. The discount is Rs.2.50 and the sale price is Rs.2.50.
4. The discount is Rs.1.50 and the sale price is Rs.1.50.

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Question 70(ii)

Find discount per cent when
MP = Rs. 900 and SP = Rs. 873

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Question 83

Arunima bought household items whose marked price and discount is as follows
$\begin{array}{cccc}\text{Item}& \text{Quantity}& \text{Rate(in Rs)}& \text{Discount}\%\\ \text{(i)Atta}& \text{1 packet}& 200& 16\%\\ \text{(ii)Detergent}& \text{1 packet}& 371& 22.10\%\\ \text{(iii)Namkeen}& \text{1 packet}& 153& 18.30\%\end{array}$

Find the total amount of the bill she has to pay.

Q. The mathematical formula for calculating simple interest is
$SI=P\times R\times T$
where as. $R$ = Percentage Rate of interest.

1. True
2. False

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Question 108

Store A and store B both charge Rs. 750 for a video game. This week the video game is on sale Rs. 600 at store B and for 25 % off at store A. At which store is the game less expensive ?

Q.

Question 11

The marked price of an article is Rs 80 and it is sold at Rs 76, then the discount rate is
(a) 5%
(b) 95%
(c) 10%
(d) approx 11 %

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Question 8(b)
A cement company earns a profit of Rs 8 per bag of white cement sold and a loss of Rs 5 per bag of grey cement sold.
What is the number of white cement bags it must sell to have neither profit nor loss, if the number of grey bags sold is 6, 400 bags?

Q.

The marked price of a watch is Rs 1250 and the shopkeeper allows 6% of discount on it. Find the selling price of watch.
[2 MARKS]

Q. A shopkeeper buys an article for $Rs.300$. He increases its price by $20\%$ and then gives $10\%$ discount on the new price.

Find: $\left(iii\right)$ the selling price

Q.

A table marked at Rs.15000 is available for Rs.14400. What is the discount %?

1. 4

2. 10

3. 40

4. 60

Q. The price of an electric guitar is ₹20, 000. What will be it's cost if a discount of 10% is applied on it?

1. ₹18, 000
2. ₹19, 000
3. ₹21, 000
4. ₹22, 000

Q. Mohit bought a bike for ₹1, 00, 000. After two years he sells it at ₹56, 000. Calculate the loss %.

Q. The price of an electric guitar is ₹20, 000. What will be it's cost if a discount of 10% is applied on it?

1. ₹18, 000
2. ₹19, 000
3. ₹21, 000
4. ₹22, 000

Q. 2 m of muslin cloth costs $15. Find the cost of 4 m of the cloth.

1. $20
2. $25
3. $30
4. $40

Q.

The list price of a frock is Rs 220. A discount of 20% is announced on sales. The sale price in Rs. is

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Q. ₹40, 000 is invested at 6% interest rate p.a. Find the interest at the end of two years. [2 marks]

Q. 2 m of muslin cloth costs $15. Find the cost of 4 m of the cloth.

1. $20
2. $25
3. $30
4. $40

Q. A shopkeeper in a cycle shop increased the price of a cycle by $10\%$ and then gave a discount of $8\%.$ If the actual price of the cycle is $\$500,$ what is the final amount paid by the customer?

1. $\$520$
2. $\$510$
3. $\$506$
4. $\$500$