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Tuesday, 14 February 2023

Practice Questions on Discount

01) Successive discounts of 10% and 20% are equivalent to a single discount of:

          a) 30%

          b) 15%

          c) 28%

          d) 12%

02) The single discount equal to three consecutive discounts of 10%, 12% and 5% is

          a) 26.27%

          b) 24.76%

          c) 9%

          d) 11%

03) The difference between a discount of 35% and two successive discounts of 20% on a certain bill was Rs. 22. The amount of the bill was

          a) Rs. 200

          b) Rs. 220

          c) Rs. 1,100

          d) Rs. 2,200

04) The marked price of a watch is Rs. 1,600. The shopkeeper gives successive discounts of 10% and x% to the customer. If the customer pays Rs. 1,224 for the watch, the value of x is

          a) 5%

          b) 10%

          c) 15%

          d) 20%

05) The price of a certain television set is discounted by 10% and the reduced price is then discounted by 10%. This series of successive discounts is equivalent to single discount of

          a) 20%

          b) 19%

          c) 18%

          d) 11%

06) Successive discounts of p% and q% on the catalogue price of an article is equivalent to a single discount of:

          a) (x – y – )%

          b) (p – q – )%

          c) (p + q – )%

          d) (p + q + )%

07) A chair listed at Rs. 350 is available at successive discounts of 25% and 10%. The selling price of the chair is

          a) Rs. 236.25

          b) Rs. 230.25

          c) Rs. 240.25

          d) Rs. 242.25

08) A trader allows two successive discounts of 30% and 15% on selling an article. If he gets Rs. 476 for that article, find its marked price.

          a) Rs. 700

          b) Rs. 400

          c) Rs. 900

          d) Rs. 800

09) The marked price of a table is Rs. 800. A retailer bought it after two successive discounts of 10% and 15%. He spent Rs. 13 on transportation and sold it for Rs. 875. His profit was

          a) 40%

          b) 37%

          c) 28%

          d) 25%

10) Alex sold his goods after announcing two successive discounts of 30% each. The effective discount altogether is

          a) 52%

          b) 49%

          c) 50%

          d) 51%

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