O P Malhotra, S K Gupta and, Anubhuti Gangal Solutions for Chapter: Percentage and its Applications, Exercise 6: Exercise

A bookseller buys paper at$₹50$ per ream. At what price per quire should he sell it so as to gain $20\%$?

[Hint. $1$ ream = $20$ quires]

If by selling goods for $₹ 3432$, $10\%$ of their cost is gained, at what price should they have been sold so as to gain $20$%?

Kunwar purchased a computer for $₹ 18,00$$0$ and a mobile phone for $₹ 10,500$. On the computer, he lost $5\%$ and on the mobile phone he gained $17$%. Find his total gain or loss percent.

By selling $144$ notebooks, Kailash lost the S.P. of $6$ notebooks. Find his loss precent. Had he purchased them for $₹ 7200$, what would have been the S.P. of one notebook?

Riya sells an article, which cost her$₹400$ to Seema at a profit of $20$%. Seema then sells it to Neha making a profit of $10$% on the price she paid to Riya. What does Neha pay to Seema?

Akash buys an article and sells it to Ankit at a profit of $12$%. Ankit sells it back to Akash at the price which Akash previously paid for it. What is Ankit percentage loss?

The difference between the selling price of an article at a profit of $15$% and at a profit of $10$% is $₹10$. The cost price of the article is

By selling an article for $₹700$, a man lost $30$%. At what price should he have sold it to gain $30$%?