alleryStart learning →An item is bought for ₹400 and sold for ₹480. Find the gain percent.
- $15\%$
- $20\%$
- $25\%$
- $30\%$
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Correct answer: B. $20\%$
Gain $= 480 - 400 = 80$.
Gain $\% = \dfrac{80}{400} \times 100 = 20\%$.
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An item is bought for ₹400 and sold for ₹480. Find the gain percent.Read the answer and worked solution →A shopkeeper sells an item at a profit of $25\%$. If the cost price is ₹$240$, find the selling price.Read the answer and worked solution →A trader sold an article for ₹$828$ at a loss of $8\%$. At what price should he sell it to gain $12\%$?Read the answer and worked solution →By selling $33$ metres of cloth a man gains the cost price of $11$ metres of cloth. Find his gain percent.Read the answer and worked solution →A dishonest dealer claims to sell his goods at cost price but uses a weight of $950$ g in place of $1$ kg. What is his gain percent?Read the answer and worked solution →The difference between the selling prices of a keyboard at losses of 15% and 25% is Rupees 50. What is the cost price?Read the answer and worked solution →Medha sells her bag for Rupees 300 and loses Rupees 60. At what price must she sell it to gain 15%?Read the answer and worked solution →Inclusive of a profit of 16%, Rishi sold a pair of footwear for ₹2,059. What was the cost price of the pair?Read the answer and worked solution →Hemanshi bought a T-shirt at a 20% discount on its marked price, but sold it at the marked price. What is the profit or loss percentage on the whole transaction?Read the answer and worked solution →Anurag loses one-seventh of the cost by selling a pen for Rupees 144. If the pen is sold for Rupees 189, what is the gain percent?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the definition of discountRead the answer and worked solution →Discount worked outRead the answer and worked solution →Which price does this belong to?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: overhead expensesRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the sales tax ruleRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: tax, VAT and GSTRead the answer and worked solution →Added on top, or already inside the price?Read the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: find the bill amount after taxRead the answer and worked solution →Simple interest or compound interest?Read the answer and worked solution →Simple interest worked outRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: interestRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Match each term to what it meansRead the answer and worked solution →Tap everything that goes into the cost priceRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: from marked price to what the customer paysRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the compound interest ideaRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: term with meaningRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →
Worked practice questions
A shopkeeper sells an item at a profit of $25\%$. If the cost price is ₹$240$, find the selling price.
- ₹$260$
- ₹$275$
- ₹$290$
- ₹$300$
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Correct answer: D. ₹$300$
SP $= \dfrac{(100 + \text{Gain}\%)}{100} \times \text{CP} = \dfrac{125}{100} \times 240 = ₹300$.
A trader sold an article for ₹$828$ at a loss of $8\%$. At what price should he sell it to gain $12\%$?
- ₹$1008$
- ₹$990$
- ₹$1020$
- ₹$950$
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Correct answer: A. ₹$1008$
First recover CP from the loss-side: $\text{CP} = \dfrac{100 \times \text{SP}}{100 - \text{Loss}\%} = \dfrac{100 \times 828}{92} = ₹900$.
Then apply gain side: SP $= \dfrac{(100 + 12)}{100} \times 900 = ₹1008$.
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