Arihant Expert Team Solutions for Exercise 1: Practice Questions

Pure milk costs $\mathrm{Rs}. 16$ litre. After adding water the milkman sells the mixture $\mathrm{Rs}.15$ per litre and thereby makes a profit of $25\%$. In what respective ratio does he mix milk with water?

A certain number of capsules were purchased for $\mathrm{Rs}. 216$. $15$ more capsules could have been purchased at the same price if each capsule was cheaper by $\mathrm{Rs}. 10$. What was the number of capsules purchased?

Arunika brought some articles and sold half of them at $Rs. 22103$ thereby making a profit of $15\%$. At what price should she sell the rest of them, to earn a total profit of $25\%?$

The profit earned after selling a pair of shoes for $\mathrm{Rs}. 2033$ is the same as the loss incurred after selling the same pair of shoes for $\mathrm{Rs}. 1063$. What is the cost price of the shoes?

Meena purchased two fans each at $₹1200$. She sold one fan at a loss of $5\%$ and the other at a gain of $10\%$. Find total gain or loss percent.

A man sells an article at a profit of $40\%$. If he had bought it at $40\%$ less and sold for $\mathrm{Rs}. 5$ less he would have gained $50\%$. Find the cost price of the article.

The marked price of a shirt and trousers are in the ratio of $1:2$. The shopkeeper gives $40\%$ discount on the shirt. If the total discount on both is $30\%$ the discount offered on the trousers is:

$A$ sold a watch to $B$ at a gain of $20\%$ and $B$ sold it to $C$ at a loss of $10\%$. If $C$ bought the watch for $\mathrm{Rs}. 216$ at what price did $A$ purchase it?