ICSE ICSE Class 8 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for Mathematics

The marked price of a dinning table is Rs. 23,600 and is available at a discount of 8%. Find its selling price.

A shop-keeper buys an article for Rs.450. He marks it at 20% above the cost price. Find :
(i) the marked price of the article.
(ii) the selling price, if he sells the articles at 10 percent discount.
(iii) the percentage discount given by him, if he sells the article for Rs.496.80

An article is marked at Rs. 2,250. By selling it at a discount of 12%, the dealer makes a profit of 10%. Find :
(i) the selling price of the article.
(ii) the cost price of the article for the dealer.

By selling an article at a 20% discount, a shopkeeper gains 25%. If the selling price of the article is Rs. 1,440 ; find :
(i) the marked price of the article.
(ii) the cost price of the article.

A shopkeeper marks his goods at 30 percent above the cost price and then gives a discount of 10 percent. Find his gain percent.

A ready-made garments shop in Delhi, allows a 20 percent discount on its garments and still makes a profit of 20 percent. Find the marked price of a dress which is bought by the shop-keeper for Rs.400.

At 12% discount, the selling price of a pen is Rs. 13.20. Find its marked price. Also, find the new selling price of the pen, if it is sold at 5% discount.

The cost price of an article is Rs. 2,400 and it is marked at 25% above the cost price. Find the profit and the profit percent, if the article is sold at a 15% discount.

Thirty articles are bought at Rs. 450 each. If one-third of these articles be sold at a 6% loss; at what price must each of the remaining articles be sold in order to make a profit of 10% on the whole?

The cost price of an article is 25% below the marked price. If the article is available at a 15% discount and its cost price is Rs. 2,400; find:
(i) Its marked price
(ii) its selling price
(iii) the profit percent.

Find a single discount (as a percent) equivalent to following successive discounts:
20% and 12%

Find a single discount (as a percent) equivalent to following successive discounts:
10%, 20% and 20%

Find a single discount (as a percent) equivalent to following successive discounts:
20%, 10% and 5%

Find the single discount (as a percent) equivalent to successive discounts of:
80% and 80%

Find the single discount (as a percent) equivalent to successive discounts of:
 60% and 60%

Find the single discount (as a percent) equivalent to successive discounts of:
60% and 80%

Evaluate: 37² – 36²

Evaluate: 101² – 100²

Without doing the actual addition, find the sum of:

1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 15 + 17 + 19 + 21 + 23

Without doing the actual addition, find the sum of:

1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + ……………… + 39 + 41.