Marked Price and Discounts

Q. Question 6
During a sale, a shop offered a discount of 10% on the marked prices of all the items.
What would a customer have to pay for a pair of jeans marked at Rs 1450 and two shirts marked at Rs 850 each?

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A dishonest trader using a faulty balance makes a profit of $5\%$ while buying as well as while selling his goods. His actual gain percent in the whole process amounts to,

1. $12.25\%$

2. $11\%$

3. $18\%$

4. $10.25\%$

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What is an example of a trade discount?

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The manufacturing price of a t v set is 12000 rupees. The company sold it to a dealer at 20 percent profit and the dealer sold it to a customer at 12.5 percent profit. Find the price which the customer has to pay

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A shopkeeper offers $2.5\%$ discount on cash purchases. What amount will Rohan pay for a cycle, which is marked price at ₹650?

1. Rs. 633.75

2. Rs. 635

3. Rs.637

4. Rs. 633.25

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The marked price of an article is Rs.10, 000. A buys it at 30% discount on the marked price and sells it at 10% discount on the marked price. If the rate of tax under VAT is 5%, find the amount of VAT paid by A.

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A wrist-watch is available at a discount of 9%. If the list-price of the watch is Rs.1, 400. Find the discount given and the selling price of the watch.

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A table marked as Rs. 15000 is available for Rs. 14400. The discount given is 5 %.

1. 4

2. 10

Q. Vishakha offers a discount of 20% on all the items at her shop and still makes a profit of 12%. What is the cost price of an article marked at ₹280?

1. ₹250
2. ₹240
3. ₹200
4. ₹220

Q. The marked price of a shirt was Rs. 165 and it was sold at a discount of $12\%$. Find the discount allowed on the shirt and also its selling price.[3 MARKS]

Q. The Marked price of an article is 3500 rupees and value added tax is 8%. A shopkeeper allows a discount of 20%and still makes a profit of 10%. Find the original cost price of the article and the selling price including VAT.

Q. Hari bought 20 kg of rice at ₹ 36 per kg and 25 kg of rice at ₹ 32 per kg. He mixed the two varieties and sold the mixture at ₹ 38 per kg. Find his gain per cent in the whole transaction.

Q. With the decrease in price of salt by 20%, a shopkeeper was able to buy 5 kg more salt with the same amount of ₹55 that he spent each month on buying salt for his shop. The sum of original and reduced prices of salt is

नमक के मूल्य में 20% की कमी होने पर एक दुकानदार उस समान राशि ₹ 55 में 5 kg अधिक नमक खरीद सकता है, जिसमें वह दुकान के लिए प्रत्येक माह नमक खरीदता था। नमक के वास्तविक एवं घटे हुये मूल्यों का योगफल है

1. ₹8.5 per 3 kg
   
   ₹8.5 प्रति 3 kg
2. ₹4.95 per kg
   
   ₹4.95 प्रति kg
   
3. ₹6.55 per 2 kg
   
   ₹6.55 प्रति 2 kg
4. ₹18 per 4 kg
   
   ₹18 प्रति 4 kg
   

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After offering a discount of 20% , the SP of a cooking pan is ₹ 200, Find the Marked Price (MP).

1. ₹ 250

2. ₹ 220

3. ₹ 270

4. ₹ 240

Q. Question 3
A shopkeeper buys 80 articles for Rs 2, 400 and sells them for a profit of 16%. Find the selling price of one article.

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The SP of an article marked at ₹800 was ₹560. Find the Discount percentage on the article.

1. 25%

2. 35%

3. 30%

4. 37.5%

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The marked price of an article is Rs.7, 000 and is available at 20% discount. Manoj buys this article and then sold it at its marked price. If the rate of tax at each stage is 10%, find the VAT paid by Manoj.

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Kunal bought a suitcase at a discount of $15\%$. He sold the suitcase for ₹2880 with $20\%$ profit on the marked price. At what price did he buy the suitcase?

1. Rs. 2040

2. Rs. 2400

3. Rs. 2604

4. Rs. 2640

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The MP of a wooden table is ₹ 7000. The Discount given on it is ₹ 2100. Find the Discount %.

1. 35%

2. 30%

3. 33.33%

4. 25%

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The Marked Price of 1 kg tomatoes was ₹ 20. The shopkeeper started selling the tomatoes @ ₹ 13 per kg. The Discount percentage given by the shopkeeper is ___ %.

Q. Nazim purchases a motorcycle, having marked price of Rs 46, 000 at a discount 5%. If sales tax is charged at 10%, find the amout Nazim has to pay to purchase the motorcycle.

Q. By selling a music system for $Rs.9000$ Rahul incurred a loss of $10\%.$ Had he sold it at $Rs.12000,$ what would be his loss or profit percent?

1. $120\%$
2. $200\%$
3. $12\%$
4. $20\%$

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During a sale, a shop offered a discount of 10% on the marked prices of all the items. What would a customer have to pay for a pair of jeans marked at ₹1450 and two shirts marked at ₹850 each?

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An almirah is sold at ₹ 5225 after allowing a discount of 5%. Find its marked price.

1. ₹ 5000

2. ₹ 4500

3. ₹ 5500

4. ₹ 6000

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Question 16

The original price of a washing machine which was bought for Rs. 13500 including of 8% VAT, is
(a) Rs 12420
(b) Rs 14580
(c) Rs 12500
(d) Rs 13492

Q. An iron box is sold at a gain of 16%. If it were sold for Rs. 20 more, there would have been a gain of 20%. Find the cost price of iron box.

1. Rs. 500
2. Rs. 480
3. Rs. 420
4. Rs. 580

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Four alternative options are given for each of the following statements.

Select the correct option.

The marked price of an article is Rs 200. If 15% of discount is allowed on it, its selling price is:

A. Rs 185

B. Rs 170

C. Rs 215

D. Rs 175

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To gain $25\%$ after allowing a discount of $10\%$, the shopkeeper must mark the price of the article which costs him ₹360 as:

1. Rs 450
2. Rs 460
3. Rs 500
4. Rs 486

Q. Kunal bought a suitcase at a discount of 15%. He sold the suitcase for ₹1440 with 20% profit on the marked price. At what price did he buy the suitcase?

Q. The total price to be paid by the customer for the computer set.