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Math Lecture 5
Percentage Profit Loss and Interest
Practice Math
. In a class, 25% of the students applied for jobs. Two thirds of the remaining students started their own venture. The
remaining 30 students didnʼt do anything. How many students are there in the class?
a. 40
b. 60
c. 80
d. 90
e. 120
. In a basket, there are only 36 apples and 70 oranges. How many oranges should be removed so that 60% of the fruits in
the basket are now oranges?
a. 10
b.12
c. 14
d. 16
e. 18
. Last year, Manish saved 10% of his annual earnings. This year he earned more than last year and he saved 12% of his
annual earnings. If the amount saved this year is 126% of the savings of previous year, how much more did he earn this
year?
a. 2%
b. 5%
c. 7.5%
d. 10%
e. None of these
. In the city of Townsville, 40% of the people are women. 50% of the men are educated. If 40% of the total population is
uneducated, what percent of women are educated?
a. 30%
b. 40%
c. 50%
d. 75%
e. Cannot be determined
. Turk, a medical representative earns 5% commission on the sales he completes up to 7,000 Taka. He earns 10%
commission on each Taka of sales above 7,000 Taka. If one day he earns 750 Taka from commissions, what was his total
sale for that day?
a. Tk. 6,000
b. Tk. 7,500
c. Tk. 11,000
d. Tk. 12,500
se. Tk. 13,000
. In BBA 25th, there are 120 students. If Professor SM handed out a total of 60 ‘Aʼ grades and 40% of the boys and 70% of
the girls got Aʼs, what is the ratio of boys to girls in BBA 25th?
a. 2 1
b. 1 2
c. 3 2
d. 2 3
e. None of these
. In the DU Premier League, IBA FC has lost 70% of the matches out of the 20 matches they have played. If there are a total
of 30 matches in a season and IBA needs to win at least 45% of the total matches to avoid relegation, at least how many
wins from the remaining matches are required to avoid relegation?
a. 6
b. 7
c. 8
d. 9
e. None of these
. The price of coffee in the year 2018 increased by 20% from that of the previous year. In 2019 the price decreased by 6%. In
2019, what was the increase in price with respect to that of 2017?
a. 10%
b. 12.5%
c. 14%
d. 16.67%
e. None of these
. The length of a rectangle increased by 60%. By how much should the breadth be decreased to ensure the area remains the
same?
a. 40%
b. 60%
c. 37.5%
d. 62.5%
e. 64%
. Jahidʼs monthly salary increased by 20% on January, 2019. He again got a 20% raise in March 2019. If his salary in February
2019 was Taka 30,000, what is the difference between his salary in March 2019 and December 2018?
a. 11,000
b. 10,000
c. 18,000
d. 12,000
e. None of these
. Nawal scored 30% in a test and failed by 15 marks. Roza scored 70% in the same test and got 45 more than the passing
bar. What was the passing bar in the test?
a. 45
b. 60
c. 80
d. 90
e. 105
. Adree incurs a loss of 10% from selling an item. If the selling price was Tk. 300 more, he would have made a profit of 5%.
What was the cost of the item?
a. 1500
b. 2000
c. 2500
d. 3000
e. None of these
. Charlie buys equal number of two types of chocolates at the rate of Tk. 1/9 and 1/11 respectively. If he now sells them at the
rate of Tk. 1/10 what will be his profit/ loss?
a. 1% loss
b. 1% profit
c. 2% profit
d. 2% loss
N f th
 e. None of these
. Imam bought 20 kilos of mangoes at 40 Taka per kg. 20% of the mangoes were damaged during transportation. What
should be his selling price for rest of his mangoes if he wants to make a 20% profit on his investment?
a. 45
b. 48
c. 50
d. 60
e. 72
. Aman purchases some candies at the rate of Tk. 10 per dozen. If he sells all the candy at a rate of Tk. 120 per hundred
candies. What will be his profit in percent?
a. 33.33
b. 44
c. 45
d. 48
e. None of these
. Anila sold an item at a 15% loss. If she had sold the item for 21 Taka more, she would have made a 20% profit. What was the
cost price of the item?
a. 50
b. 60
c. 70
d. 80
e. 90
. A merchant sells an item at a discount of 25% and makes a profit of 20%. What would be the profit if he sold the item at a
discount of 20%?
a. 28%
b. 14%
c. 25%
d. 30%
e. 40%
. An item is sold at a profit of 50% after a discount of 25% on the marked price. If the marked price is Tk. 300. What is the
cost price of the item?
a. TK 100
b. TK 150
c. TK 200
d. TK 250
e. TK 300
. A trader makes a profit of 30% on an item he sells. One day, he gives a discount of 10% on the items and his sales go up by
12%. What fraction of his old profit does he earn now?
a. 41/57
b. 51/75
c. 63/79
d. 37/57
e. None of these
. Nahiann buys two articles for Taka 1400. He sells one of them at a profit of 20% and the other at a loss of 8%. He makes no
profit or loss in the end. What is the selling price of the article that he sold at a loss?
a. 920
b. 1000
c. 400
d. 480
e. 850
. Kidwa sold 100 pens, of which 50 are red and 50 are black, at Tk. 48 per pen. He made a profit of 20% on the black pens
and made a loss of 20% on the red pens. What was the net gain or net loss on this sale?
a. 0
b. 200 profit
c. 200 loss
d. 400 profit
e. 400 loss
. When processing flower nectar into honeybees' extract, a considerable amount of water gets reduced. How much flower
nectar must be processed to yield 1kg of honey, if nectar contains 50% water, and the honey obtained from this nectar
contains 15% water?
a. 1 kg
b. 1.5 kg
c. 1.7 kg
d. 1.8 kg
e. None of these
. Salman went to a store and bought items worth Tk. 3,200. He paid Tk. 420 as tax. If the tax rate was 15%, what was the
value of the tax free items he purchased?
a. 400
b. 300
c. 320
d. 450
e. 480
. A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Taka 815 in 3 years and to Taka 854 in 4 years. The sum is:
a. Tk. 698
b. 700
c. 712
d. 742
e. None of these
. Tasmiah invests Tk. 2,400 in the bank at 5% interest. How much additional money must she invest at 8% interest so that
the total annual income will be equal to 6% of her entire investment?
a. 1200
b. 1400
c. 1500
d. 2000
e. 2400
. There are 600 footballers in a league. Among them 4% are sponsored by Nike. Of the remaining, 25% are sponsored by
Adidas. How many players are neither sponsored by Nike nor Adidas?
a. 360
b. 380
c. 392
d. 412
e. 432
. Rabbani offers a discount of 40% on the marked price of his goods and thus ends up selling at cost price, what was the %
mark up?
a. 25%
b. 33.33%
c. 50%
d. 66.66%
e. None of these
. A person borrows Tk. 5000 for 2 years at 4% simple interest. He immediately lends it to another person at 6% for 2 years.
Find his gain in the transaction per year.
a. Tk. 112.50
b. Tk. 125
c. Tk. 225
d. Tk. 167.50
e. Tk. 200
. A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Tk. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Tk. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Tk.
30 per kg. His profit percent is:
a. No profit, no loss
b. 5%
c. 8%
d. 0%
e. None of these
 . A sum of Tk. 725 is lent in the beginning of a year at a certain rate of interest. After 8 months, a sum of Tk. 362.50 more is
lent but at the rate twice the former. At the end of the year, Tk. 33.50 is earned as interest from both the loans. What was
the original rate of interest?
a. 3.6%
b. 4.5%
c. 5%
d. 6%
e. None of these
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