1. An article was sold for Rs. 5220 at a loss of 42% of the cost price. What will be the selling price of the article for a profit of 42%?
2. A man sells a book at a profit of 20%. If he had bought it at 20% less and sold it for Rs. 18 less, he would have gained 25%. The cost price of the book is:
3. A shopkeeper purchased a bat and sold it at a loss of 15%. If he had bought it for 20% less and sold it for Rs. 147.2 more, he would have earned a profit of 35%. What is the cost price of the bat?
4. A man buys one table and one chair for Rs. 500. He sells the table at a loss of 10% and the chair at a gain of 10%. He still gains Rs. 10 on the whole. The cost price of the chair is:
5. Raju purchased an item for Rs. 4500 and sold it at a gain of 15%. From that amount, he purchased another item and sold it at a loss of 10%. What is his overall gain/loss?
6. A milkman mixes 10% water in pure milk but he is not content with it. So, he again mixes 20% more water in the previous mixture. What is the profit percentage of the milkman if he sells it at cost price?
7. If the selling price of a product is increased by Rs. 162, then the business would make a profit of Rs. 175 instead of a loss of 19%. What is the cost price of the product?
8. If on selling 12 notebooks, a seller makes a profit equal to the selling price of 4 notebooks, what is his percent profit?
9. By selling 300 apples, a seller gains the selling price of 60 apples. What is the gain percent?
10. 60% goods are sold at 5% loss while the rest are sold at 10% profit. If there is a total profit of Rs. 400, then the worth of goods sold is:
11. A person bought 76 cows and sold 20 cows at 15% profit, 40 cows at 19% profit, and remaining 16 cows at 25% profit and got a profit of Rs. 6570 as a whole. The cost price of each cow is:
12. For a new apartment complex, a person purchased 60 toilets and 20 shower heads. If the price of a toilet is three times the price of a shower head, the cost of all shower heads is what percentage of the total cost?
13. Krishna has 12 oranges with him. He sells x of them at a profit of 10% and the remaining at a loss of 10%. He gains 5% on the whole outlay. The value of x is:
14. An article when sold for Rs. 960 fetches 20% profit. What would be the percent profit/loss if 5 such articles are sold for Rs. 825 each?
15. A fruit seller buys some oranges at the rate of 4 for Rs. 10 and an equal number more at 5 for Rs. 10. He sells the whole lot at 9 for Rs. 20. What is his loss or gain percent?