Discounts
Discounts: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Increase and Decrease as Per Cent, Discount as Percentage, Marked Price (MP) of an Item, Selling Price (SP) of an Item, Discount on Sale of an Item, Finding Amount of Discount Given as Percentage, etc.
Important Questions on Discounts
The diameter of a wheel is . The wheel revolves times in a minute. To cover distance, the wheel will take how much time? (Take )

In a furniture shop, a cot and a almirah sold separately for and , are sold together for . If the discount percentage in this deal is , then find the value of .

The price of a spider toy is inclusive tax (under GST) at the rate of on its listed price. A buyer asks for a discount on the listed price, so that after charging GST, the selling price becomes equal to the listed price. If the amount of discount which the seller has to allow for the deal is , then find the value of .

A fruit seller sells mangoes at the rate of and thereby loses . At what price per should he sell in order to earn profit of ?

A shop gives discount. A bag marked at , has a selling price of . Find the value of .

Two times a number is increase in the number. If we take half the number it would be decrease in per cent then find .

After allowing a discount of on the marked price of a chair, Ram suffers a loss of . If the chair is sold on its marked price there is profit, find the value of .

A men fix marked price more than his cost price. If he give discount on cash he earns profit, find the value of :

Sheela earns more after discount of on a mark price of a watch. Find the value of ratio of mark price and cost price of the watch:

If the legth of a rectangle is increased by and breadth by , then the value of ratio of it's area after and before changing.

A salesman is allowed discount on the total sales made by him plus a bonus of on sales over . If his total earnings were , find his total sales.

Successive discounts of and are given on an item marked at . Find the selling price.

When a discount of is given on a car, the profit is . If the discount is , then the profit percentage is:

A company gives two successive discounts on an article marked . The first discount given is percent. If the customer pays for the article, the second discount percent given is :

Applied to a bill for the difference between a discount of and two successive discounts of and is :

Two milkmen Ram and Shyam mark the identical price of their milk named and respectively. Ram allows successive discounts of each on his milk whereas Shyam allows discount on the list price and a subsequent discount of on his milk . So, under these conditions, which of the following is true?

The price of an electronic gadget is . After two successive discounts by the same percentage, the price of the gadget becomes . If each time the discount was then what is ?

If a bill costs , then what is the difference between a single discount of and two successive discounts of and ?

What will be the value of a single discount on an amount which is equivalent to a series of discounts of and on the same amount?

A shopkeeper offers discount on the purchase of a sofa set. He also offers an additional discount if the customer pays in cash. If the original price of the sofa set is , then what is its actual price if payment is made in cash?
