Questions in Exercise 9(A)

Q1) Find the gain or loss percent, if

(i) C.P. = Rs. 200 and S.P.: = Rs. 224

(ii) C.P. = Rs. 450 and S.P. = Rs. 400

(iii) C.P. = Rs. 550 and gain = Rs . 22

(iv) CP. = Rs. 216 and loss = Rs. 72

(v) S.P. = Rs. 500 and loss : = Rs. 1100

(vi) S.P. = Rs. 12 and profit = Rs. 4

(vii) C.P. = Rs. 5 and gain = 60 P

Q2) Find the selling price, if:

(i) C.P. = Rs. 500 and gain = 25%

(ii) C.P. = Rs. 60 and loss = 12 1/2%

(iii) C.P. = Rs. 150 and loss = 20%

(iv) C.P. = Rs. 80 and gain = 2.5%

Q3) Rohit bought a tape-recorder for Rs. 1,500 and sold it for Rs. 1,800. Calculate his profit
or loss percent.

Q4) An article bought for Rs. 350 is sold at a profit of 20%. Find its selling price.

Q5) An old machine is bought for Rs. 1,400 and is sold at a loss of 15%. Find its selling
price.
Q6) Oranges are bought at 5 for Rs. 10 and sold at 6 for Rs. 15. Find profit or loss as a
percent.

Q7) A certain number of articles are bought at 3 for Rs. 150 and all of them are sold at 4 for
Rs. 180. Find the loss or gain as a percent.

Q8) A vendor bought 120 sweets at 20 peaches. In his house, 18 were consumed and he sold
the remaining at 30 peaches. Find his profit or loss as a percent.

Q9) The cost price of an article is Rs. 1,200 and selling price is \frac{5}{4}45 times of its
cost price. Find:

(i) the selling price of the article

(ii) profit or loss as a percent.

Q10) The selling price of an article is Rs. 1,200 and cost price is 54 times its selling price,

find :

(i) the cost price of the article ;

(ii) profit or loss as a percent.

4. Andy purchased 120 pencils at the rate of $2 per pencil. He sold 72 of

them at the rate of $2.5 per pencil and the remaining at the rate of $2 per
pencil. Find his profit or loss per cent.

5. Mike sold two horses for $18000 each. On one he gained 20% and on the
other he lost 20%. Find his total gain or loss.

6. A television set was bought for $3900. $200 was spent on transportation
and $900 on repair. It was sold at a loss of 10%. Find the S.P. of television.
7. A bed sheet was sold for $483 thereby gaining 15%. Find the C.P. of the
bed sheet.

8. Aaron bought an almirah for $1520 and sold it at a profit of 12 ¹/₂ %. Find
the selling price of the almirah.

9. By selling a camera for $2400, Ron loses 4%. At what price must he sell it
to gain 12 %.

10. By selling a stool for $240 a carpenter loses 20%. How much per cent
would he gain or lose by selling it for $360?

11. The selling price of 12 eggs is equal to the cost price of 15 eggs. Find the
gain per cent.

12. The cost price of 10 bananas is equal to the S.P. of 12 bananas. Find the
loss per cent.