(English Medium) ICSE Class 9 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for Mathematics

Find the single discount which is equivalent to successive discounts of 10%, 8% and 5%.

Find the single discount which is equivalent to successive discounts of 20%, 10% and 5%. Hence find the selling price of an article marked at Rs.2500.

A shopkeeper allows two successive discounts of 10% and 15% on his articles. If he gets Rs.2295 for an article, find its marked price.

The marked price of a shirt is Rs.800. Find the selling price, if he allows successive discounts of 15%, 10% and 8%.

The list price of a watch is Rs.4000. It is available either at 25% flat discount or at successive discounts of 15% and 12%. Calculate the better offer and the amount paid in the second offer.

A trader fixes the selling price of his goods at 50% above the cost price. He sells half of his stock at this price, a quarter of his stock at a discount of 20% on the original selling price, and the rest at a discount of 36% on the original selling price. Find the gain percent altogether.

A shopkeeper fixes the selling price of his goods at 60% above the cost price. He sells half of his stock at this price, a quarter of his stock at a discount of 25% on the original selling price, and the rest at a discount of 50% on the original selling price. Find the gain percent altogether.

A man fixes the selling price of his goods at 50% above the cost price. He sells one-third of his stock at this price, one-third of his stock at a discount of 20% on the original selling price, and the rest at a discount of 40% on the original selling price. Find the gain percent altogether.

A trademan fixed the selling price of his goods at 40% above the cost price. He sells half his goods at this price, one-forth of his stock at a discount of 15% om the original selling price, and the rest at a discount of 25% on the original selling price. Find the gain percent altogether

A trader allows a discount of 12% on the marked price of the goods in his shop. He still makes a gross profit of 21% on the cost price. Find the profit percent, he would have made, had he sold the goods at the marked price.

A trader allows a discount of 15% on the marked price of the goods in his shop. However, he still makes a gross profit of 36% on the cost price. Find the profit percent, he would have made, had he sold the goods at the market price.

A dealer marks his goods 45% above the cost price and then allows 20% discount on it. What is the cost price of an article on which he gains Rs.960?

A dealer marks his goods 25% above the cost price and then allows 10% discount on it. What is the cost price of an article on which he gains Rs.575?

A shopkeeper allows 20% discount on the advertised prices of his goods and still makes a profit of 12% on his cost price. Calculate the advertised price of an article on which he gains Rs.135.

A publisher gives his distributors a discount of 30% on the printed price of the books. The distributor sells those books to a book seller at 23% discount on the printed price and the book-seller sells these books at their printed price. Find the profit percent made by the distributor and the book-seller.

The catalogue price of a Sony TV is Rs.43200. If it is sold at a discount of 16% of the catalogue price, a gain of 26% is made. Find the gain or loss percent if it is sold for Rs.9000 below the catalogue price.

The catalogue price of an article is Rs.3600 and a manufacturer sells it to the distributor at 20% off the catalogue price. The distributor sells it to the retailer at 10% off the catalogue price. What profit percent is made by the retailer, if he sells the article to a customer at catalogue price? What profit percent is made by the manufacturer, if the catalogue price is 44% above its costs?

First the difference between a single discount of 40% and two successive discounts of 36% and 4% on Rs.5000.

The difference between a discount of 30% and two successive discounts of 20% and 10% is Rs.144. Find the list price of the article.

A retailer buys a washing machine marked at Rs.4800 and gets two successive discounts of 15% and 5%. He spends Rs.124 on transportation and sells it at a gain of 13%. Find the selling price of the machine.