AILET entrance exam Question Bank Solutions for Mathematics

A shopkeeper mixes two varieties of Tea, one costing ₹40/kg and another ₹50/kg in the ratio 3: 2. If he sells the mixed variety of Tea at ₹48/kg, his gain or loss percent is

Publisher sells books to a retailer at a marked price which is 20% above his outlay. If on cash payment, he allows a discount of 10% goes the marked price. The publisher thus gains

Devendra, a computer accessories vendor gave a discount of 20% on a pen-drive and his profit reduced from ₹200 to ₹100. What is Devendra’s cost price?

A shirt was sold at a profit of 15%, If its cost had been 5% less and it had been sold for ₹21 less, then the profit would have been 10%. Find the cost of the shirt.

Amrit wants to sell cars at 25% above the cost price. Due to a slump in the market, his cost reduces by 5%. He thus offers a discount of 8% due to which the sales go up by 25%. Compute the change in Amrit’s profit.

A shopkeeper sells one transistor for ₹ 840 at a gain of 20% and another for ₹ 960 at a loss of 4%. His total gain or loss percent is

100 oranges are bought at the rate of ₹ 350 and sold at the rate of ₹ 48 per dozen. The percentage of profit or loss is

When a plot is sold for ₹ 18700, the owner loses 15%. At what price must that plot be sold in order to gain 15%?

In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25%, but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit?

If the selling price is doubled and the profit triples, find the profit percent.

The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is

Some articles were bought at 6 articles for ₹ 5 and sold at 5 articles for ₹ 6. Gain percent is

A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22.5% on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of ₹ 392, what was his profit?

The percentage of profit earned by selling an article for ₹1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for ₹1280. At what price should the article be sold to make a 25% profit?

A dealer marks the price of all the goods at 30% above the cost price and assumes that he will make a profit of 15% if he offers a discount of 15%. Find what will be his actual profit on sales?

By selling an article at 80% of its marked price a trader makes a loss of 10%, what will be a profit percentage if he sells it at 95% of its marked price?

By selling an article at `3/4`th of the marked price, there is a gain of 25%. The ratio of the marked price and the cost price is

A seller marks his good 30% above their cost price but allows a 15% discount for cash payment. His percentage of profit, when sold in cash, is

Selling an item for ₹1800 at a discount of 10% a shopkeeper had a gain of ₹200. Had he sold the item without discount the percentage of profit would have been