The prices of various commodities in a grocer’s shop are given as follows: Answer the following questions: How much docs the customer pay for 5 kg rice? Item Market Price Discount % Rice ₹ 52 / kg 5 % Sugar ₹ 40 / kg 2 % Arhal dal ₹ 95 / kg 3 % Rajma ₹ 74 / kg 2 % Cooking oil ₹ 112 / litre 5 % Tetra pak (Juice) ₹ 105 / litre 10 % Name any two items of daily use and importance which should be highly discounted?

Item Market Price Discount % Rice ₹ 52 / kg 5 % Sugar ₹ 40 / kg 2 % Arhal dal ₹ 95 / kg 3 % Rajma ₹ 74 / kg 2 % Cooking oil ₹ 112 / litre 5 % Tetra pak (Juice) ₹ 105 / litre 10 % So in given table price for one kg rice = 52 Price for 5 kg rice 5 × 52 = 260 after discount, 52 × 5 100 = 2 . 6 ⇒ 5 × 2 . 6 = 13 costomen pay 5 kg rice = 260 - 13 = 247 The price for 5 kg rice is Rs 247 . Two items of daily use are: ( 1 ) Cooking ( 2 ) Tetra pack Z(juice) is highly discounted.

The prices of various commodities in a grocer’s shop are given as follows: Answer the following questions: If the shopkeeper earns a profit of 10 % on the cooking oil, what is its cost price? Item Market Price Discount % Rice ₹ 52 / kg 5 % Sugar ₹ 40 / kg 2 % Arhal dal ₹ 95 / kg 3 % Rajma ₹ 74 / kg 2 % Cooking oil ₹ 112 / litre 5 % Tetra pak (Juice) ₹ 105 / litre 10 % Name any two items of daily use and importance which should be highly discounted?

Item Market Price Discount % Rice ₹ 52 / kg 5 % Sugar ₹ 40 / kg 2 % Arhal dal ₹ 95 / kg 3 % Rajma ₹ 74 / kg 2 % Cooking oil ₹ 112 / litre 5 % Tetra pak (Juice) ₹ 105 / litre 10 % Discount percentage given to cooking oil is 5 % . ⇒ 95 100 × 112 = 106 . 4 Shopkeeper earns a profit of 10 % on the cooking oil, profit % = selling price - cost price cost price × 100 10 = 106 . 4 - C . P 106 . 4 × 100 10 100 × 106 . 4 = 106 . 4 - C . P . 106 . 4 = 1064 - 10 C . P . 10 C . P . = 957 . 6 C . P . = Rs 95 . 76 Two items of daily use are tetra pack and rice.

The prices of various commodities in a grocer’s shop are given as follows: Answer the following questions: How much is the discount on arhar dal? Item Market Price Discount % Rice ₹ 52 / kg 5 % Sugar ₹ 40 / kg 2 % Arhal dal ₹ 95 / kg 3 % Rajma ₹ 74 / kg 2 % Cooking oil ₹ 112 / litre 5 % Tetra pak (Juice) ₹ 105 / litre 10 % Name any two items of daily use and importance which should be highly discounted?

Item Market Price Discount % Rice ₹ 52 / kg 5 % Sugar ₹ 40 / kg 2 % Arhal dal ₹ 95 / kg 3 % Rajma ₹ 74 / kg 2 % Cooking oil ₹ 112 / litre 5 % Tetra pak (Juice) ₹ 105 / litre 10 % Discount on arhal dal = market price × discount = 95 × 3 100 = Rs 2 . 85

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A manufacturer sells goods to an agent at a profit of $20 %$ . The agent’s wholesale price to the shopkeeper is at a profit of $10 %$ and the shopkeeper retails his goods at a profit of $25 %$ . Find the manufacturing price of the article in $₹$ which is sold by the retailer for $₹ 495$ .

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Important Questions on Profit, Loss, Discount, Tax

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START UP MATHEMATICS>Chapter 12 - Profit, Loss, Discount, Tax>THINKING SKILLS>Q 4

A manufacturer makes

750

pencils at a cost of

60

paise per pencil. He fixes the

S . P .

such that if only

600

pencils are sold, he would make a profit of

40 %

on his outlay. However, he sells

630

pencils at this price. Find his actual profit percent as a percentage of total outlay assuming that the unsold articles are useless.

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START UP MATHEMATICS>Chapter 12 - Profit, Loss, Discount, Tax>VALUE AND LIFE SKILLS>Q 1

Ramesh purchased a second-hand car for

₹ 95, 650

. He spent

₹ 12, 000

on its minor repairs and accessories. He also paid an insurance of

₹ 2, 350

. He then sold it to his friend for

₹ 1, 21, 000

. Find his profit or loss percent. While buying second-hand vehicles, what are the things we should always check.

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START UP MATHEMATICS>Chapter 12 - Profit, Loss, Discount, Tax>VALUE AND LIFE SKILLS>Q 2

Poonam purchased some cosmetics and sold them to Pallavi at

15 %

profit. Pallavi sold them to Pinky at

10 %

profit. If Pinky paid

₹ 632.50

for them, what was the cost price of the cosmetics? Why should we not buy cheap cosmetics?

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START UP MATHEMATICS>Chapter 12 - Profit, Loss, Discount, Tax>VALUE AND LIFE SKILLS>Q 3

The prices of various commodities in a grocer’s shop are given as follows:

Answer the following questions:

How much docs the customer pay for $5 kg$ rice?

Item	Market Price	Discount $%$
Rice	$₹ 52 / kg$	$5 %$
Sugar	$₹ 40 / kg$	$2 %$
Arhal dal	$₹ 95 / kg$	$3 %$
Rajma	$₹ 74 / kg$	$2 %$
Cooking oil	$₹ 112 / litre$	$5 %$
Tetra pak (Juice)	$₹ 105 / litre$	$10 %$

Name any two items of daily use and importance which should be highly discounted?

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START UP MATHEMATICS>Chapter 12 - Profit, Loss, Discount, Tax>VALUE AND LIFE SKILLS>Q 3

The prices of various commodities in a grocer’s shop are given as follows:

Answer the following questions:

If the shopkeeper earns a profit of $10 %$ on the cooking oil, what is its cost price?

Item	Market Price	Discount $%$
Rice	$₹ 52 / kg$	$5 %$
Sugar	$₹ 40 / kg$	$2 %$
Arhal dal	$₹ 95 / kg$	$3 %$
Rajma	$₹ 74 / kg$	$2 %$
Cooking oil	$₹ 112 / litre$	$5 %$
Tetra pak (Juice)	$₹ 105 / litre$	$10 %$

Name any two items of daily use and importance which should be highly discounted?

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START UP MATHEMATICS>Chapter 12 - Profit, Loss, Discount, Tax>VALUE AND LIFE SKILLS>Q 3

The prices of various commodities in a grocer’s shop are given as follows:

Answer the following questions:

How much is the discount on arhar dal?

Item	Market Price	Discount $%$
Rice	$₹ 52 / kg$	$5 %$
Sugar	$₹ 40 / kg$	$2 %$
Arhal dal	$₹ 95 / kg$	$3 %$
Rajma	$₹ 74 / kg$	$2 %$
Cooking oil	$₹ 112 / litre$	$5 %$
Tetra pak (Juice)	$₹ 105 / litre$	$10 %$

Name any two items of daily use and importance which should be highly discounted?

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START UP MATHEMATICS>Chapter 12 - Profit, Loss, Discount, Tax>VALUE AND LIFE SKILLS>Q 3

The prices of various commodities in a grocer’s shop are given as follows:

Answer the following questions:

If Honey buys $3 kg$ sugar, $2 kg$ rajma and $6$ tetra pack ofjuices, how much does she have to pay in all?

Item	Market Price	Discount $%$
Rice	$₹ 52 / kg$	$5 %$
Sugar	$₹ 40 / kg$	$2 %$
Arhal dal	$₹ 95 / kg$	$3 %$
Rajma	$₹ 74 / kg$	$2 %$
Cooking oil	$₹ 112 / litre$	$5 %$
Tetra pak (Juice)	$₹ 105 / litre$	$10 %$

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START UP MATHEMATICS>Chapter 12 - Profit, Loss, Discount, Tax>VALUE AND LIFE SKILLS>Q 4

The Khadi Gram Udyog announces

40 %

clearance sale. Find the cost price and the selling price of an article marked at

₹ 900

, if the Udyog suffers a loss of

10 %

. Do you think the discount sales are always genuine?

A manufacturer sells goods to an agent at a profit of 20%. The agent’s wholesale price to the shopkeeper is at a profit of 10% and the shopkeeper retails his goods at a profit of 25%. Find the manufacturing price of the article in ₹ which is sold by the retailer for ₹495.

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A manufacturer sells goods to an agent at a profit of $20 %$ . The agent’s wholesale price to the shopkeeper is at a profit of $10 %$ and the shopkeeper retails his goods at a profit of $25 %$ . Find the manufacturing price of the article in $₹$ which is sold by the retailer for $₹ 495$ .