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Sohan buys a fridge for 2,500, spends 500 on repairs and sells it at 3,300. His profit percent is:Read the answer and worked solution →A shopkeeper buys 200 bulbs at 10 each, 5 fuse, and sells the rest at 12. His total selling price is:Read the answer and worked solution →Meenu buys two fans at 1,200 each, sells one at 5% loss and one at 10% profit. Overall she makes a:Read the answer and worked solution →Goods and Services Tax (GST) was introduced in India on:Read the answer and worked solution →Skates cost 450 with 5% sales tax. The bill amount is:Read the answer and worked solution →Waheeda pays 3,300 for an air cooler including 10% VAT. The price before VAT was:Read the answer and worked solution →Salim pays 784 including 12% GST. The price before GST was:Read the answer and worked solution →10,000 is borrowed at 15% per annum simple interest for 2 years. The interest is:Read the answer and worked solution →Heena borrows 20,000 for 2 years at 8% compounded annually. She pays how much more than under simple interest?Read the answer and worked solution →When interest is compounded half yearly, the time period doubles and the rate is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the profitable dealsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the price wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the percentage numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the money wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Simple or compound interestRead the answer and worked solution →Sort discount, profit and taxRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Percentages bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Sugar costs 36 per kg. The cost of 3 kg is:Read the answer and worked solution →A car travels 60 km on 4 litres of petrol. On 12 litres it will travel:Read the answer and worked solution →Two quantities x and y are in direct proportion when:Read the answer and worked solution →A child's age and the mother's age both increase together but are not in direct proportion because:Read the answer and worked solution →5 metres of cloth cost 210. The cost of 10 metres is:Read the answer and worked solution →A 14 m pole casts a 10 m shadow. A tree casting a 15 m shadow at the same time is:Read the answer and worked solution →12 sheets of paper weigh 40 g. How many sheets weigh 2.5 kg?Read the answer and worked solution →A train moves at a uniform 75 km per hour. In 20 minutes it covers:Read the answer and worked solution →At 75 km per hour, the time to cover 250 km is:Read the answer and worked solution →A map has scale 1 : 30000000. Two cities 4 cm apart on the map are actually apart by:Read the answer and worked solution →Two quantities x and y are in inverse proportion when:Read the answer and worked solution →Zaheeda doubles her speed by running instead of walking. Her time to reach school:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Sohan buys a fridge for 2,500, spends 500 on repairs and sells it at 3,300. His profit percent is:

  1. 12%
  2. 8%
  3. 10%
  4. 32%
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Correct answer: C. 10%

1. Cost price is 2,500 plus 500, which is 3,000. 2. Profit is 300 on 3,000. 3. That is 10 percent. _Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 8, Comparing Quantities._

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A shopkeeper buys 200 bulbs at 10 each, 5 fuse, and sells the rest at 12. His total selling price is:

  1. 2,400
  2. 2,000
  3. 2,280
  4. 2,340
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Correct answer: D. 2,340

1. 195 bulbs are left to sell. 2. 195 times 12 is 2,340. 3. Profit is 340 on a cost of 2,000. _Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 8, Comparing Quantities._

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Meenu buys two fans at 1,200 each, sells one at 5% loss and one at 10% profit. Overall she makes a:

  1. Profit of 60
  2. Loss of 60
  3. Profit of 120
  4. No profit
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Correct answer: A. Profit of 60

1. Selling prices are 1,140 and 1,320. 2. Total SP 2,460 against total CP 2,400. 3. That is a profit of 60. _Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 8, Comparing Quantities._

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