Secondary School (English Medium) (5 to 8) Class 8 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for Mathematics

A bought a tape recorder for Rs 8,000 and sold it to B. B in turn sold it to C, each earning a profit of 20%. Which of the following is true?

Latika bought a teapot for Rs 120 and a set of cups for Rs 400. She sold teapot at a profit of 5% and cups at a loss of 5%. The amount received by her is ______.

The original price of a washing machine which was bought for Rs 13,500 inclusive of 8% VAT is ______.

Avinash bought an electric iron for Rs 900 and sold it at a gain of 10%. He sold another electric iron at 5% loss which was bought Rs 1200. On the transaction he has a ______.

A TV set was bought for Rs 26,250 including 5% VAT. The original price of the TV set is ______.

40% of [100 – 20% of 300] is equal to ______.

______ expenses are the additional expenses incurred by a buyer for an item over and above its cost of purchase.

The marked price of an article when it is sold for Rs 880 after a discount of 12% is ______.

By selling an article for Rs 1,12,000 a girl gains 40%. The cost price of the article was ______.

The loss per cent on selling 140 geometry boxes at the loss of S.P. of 10 geometry boxes is equal to ______.

The cost price of 10 tables is equal to the sale price of 5 tables. The profit per cent in this transaction is ______.

5% sales tax is charged on an article marked Rs 200 after allowing a discount of 5%, then the amount payable is ______.

C.P. = M.P. – Discount.

A man purchased a bicycle for Rs 1,040 and sold it for Rs 800. His gain per cent is 30%.

Selling price of 9 articles is equal to the cost price of 15 articles. In this transaction there is profit of `66 2/3%`.

In case of gain, S.P. = `((100 + "gain"%) xx "C.P.")/100`.

In case of loss, `C.P. = (100 xx S.P.)/(100 + Loss%)`

The buying price of 5 kg of flour with the rate Rs 20 per kg, when 5% ST is added on the purchase is Rs 21.

The original price of a shampoo bottle bought for Rs 324 if 8% VAT is included in the price is Rs 300.

Three bags contain 64.2 kg of sugar. The second bag contains `4/5` of the contents of the first and the third contains `45 1/2`% of what there is in the second bag. How much sugar is there in each bag?