Discounts

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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

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The diameter of a wheel is 3 m. The wheel revolves 28 times in a minute. To cover 5.280 km distance, the wheel will take how much time? (Take π=227)

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In a furniture shop, a cot and a almirah sold separately for 15000 and 25000, are sold together for 36000. If the discount percentage in this deal is k%, then find the value of k.

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The price of a spider toy is 3136 inclusive tax (under GST) at the rate of 12% 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 k, then find the value of k.

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A fruit seller sells mangoes at the rate of 9/kg and thereby loses 10%. At what price per kg should he sell in order to earn profit of 5%?

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A shop gives 20% discount. A bag marked at 250, has a selling price of k. Find the value of k.

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Two times a number is 100% increase in the number. If we take half the number it would be k% decrease in per cent then find k.

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After allowing a discount of 60% on the marked price of a chair, Ram suffers a loss of 40%. If the chair is sold on its marked price there is x% profit, find the value of x.

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A men fix marked price 20% more than his cost price. If he give 15% discount on cash he earns x% profit, find the value of x:

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Sheela earns 8% more after discount of 10% on a mark price of a watch. Find the value of ratio of mark price and cost price of the watch:

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If the legth of a rectangle is increased by 15% and breadth by 30%, then the value of ratio of it's area after and before changing.

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A salesman is allowed 712%  discount on the total sales made by him plus a bonus of 12% on sales over 40000. If his total earnings were 3400, find his total sales.

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Successive discounts of 30% and 20% are given on an item marked at 12000. Find the selling price.

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When a discount of 20% is given on a car, the profit is 28%. If the discount is 30%, then the profit percentage is:

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A company gives two successive discounts on an article marked 4500. The first discount given is 10 percent. If the customer pays 3442.5 for the article, the second discount percent given is :

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Applied to a bill for Rs. 300000 the difference between a discount of 29%  and two successive discounts of 25% and 4% is :

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Two milkmen Ram and Shyam mark the identical price of their milk named P and Q respectively. Ram allows 3 successive discounts of 15% each on his milk P whereas Shyam allows 20% discount on the list price and a subsequent discount of 22% on his milk Q. So, under these conditions, which of the following is true?

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The price of an electronic gadget is Rs. 700. After two successive discounts by the same percentage, the price of the gadget becomes Rs. 656. If each time the discount was d% then what is d?

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If a bill costs Rs. 12500, then what is the difference between a single discount of 45% and two successive discounts of 28% and 12%?

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What will be the value of a single discount on an amount which is equivalent to a series of discounts of 15%, 20% and 30% on the same amount?

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A shopkeeper offers 8% discount on the purchase of a sofa set. He also offers an additional 14% discount if the customer pays in cash. If the original price of the sofa set is Rs. 8000, then what is its actual price if payment is made in cash?