what is the formula for finding cost price?

sanjay bought a bicycle for Rs.5,000.He sold it for Rs.600 less after two years. Find the selling price and the loss percent.

1) The price of sugar increases by 25%. By what % must a house-wife reduce her consumption so that the expenditure does not increase.

2) In an examination, 95% of candidates passed and 25 failed. How many candidates appeared for the examination?

a fruit seller bought 8 boxes of grapes at Rs.150 each. one box was damaged. he sold the remaining boxes at Rs.190 each. find the profit /loss percent.

Find the ratio of:

(a) Rs 5 to 50 paise (b) 15 kg to 210 g

(c) 9 m to 27 cm (d) 30 days to 36 hours

At what rate percent per annum will a sum of money double in 8 years ?

What amount is 10% more than Rs 90 ?

a shop keeper bought 10 bananas for 100.2 bananas were rotten. he sold remaining bananas at the rate of Rs.11 per banana. find his gain or loss% 6. a shop keeper purchased 100 ball pens for Rs.250.he sold each pen for Rs.4. find the profit percent.

Find the whole quantity if

(a) 5% of it is 600 (b) 12% of it is 1080

(c) 40% of it is 500 km (d) 70% of it is 14 minutes

(e) 8% of it is 40 litres

Convert each part of the ratio to percentage:

(a) 3:1 (b) 2:3:5 (c) 1:4 (d) 1:2:5

A salesman makes a commission of x percent on the first Rs. 2,000 worth of sale in any given month and y percent on all further sales during that month. If he makes Rs. 700 from Rs. 4,000 of sales in October

An ore contains 12% copper.how many kilograms of the ore are required to get 69 kg of copper?

1200 soldiers in a fort had enough food for 28 days.After 4 days some soldiers were transferred to another fort and thus the food lasted for an extra 32 days .How many soldiers left the fort?

 If a certain principal amounts to Rs 44000 at 5 percent p.a. over 2 years, how much will it amount to in 3 years at the same rate ?

The perimeter of a circle is equal to that of a square. Their areas are in the ratio of ____.

A vendor purchased 40 dozens bananas for Rs250. Out of these 30 bananas were rotten and could not be sold. At what rate per dozen should he sell the remaining bananas to make a profit of 20%.

Juhi sells a washing machine for Rs 13, 500. She loses 20% in the bargain. What was the price at which she bought it?Can you please explain it in a simple manner.

In a poultry farm, every 100 birds, provide an avearage of 72 eggs. how many birds will produce 324 eggs?

A number exceeds 20% of itself by 40.What is the number?

a:b=2:3

b:c=4:5

then a:c=

70% of the students in a school are boys and the number of girls is 504. Find the number of boys in the school

write the following ratio in simplest form:-

1) 1/6:1/8:1/12

2) 3/2:3:9/2

3) 0.05:1/2:4

4) 3/2:1/3:1

Two numbers are 20% and 25% less than a third number respectively. how much % is the second number less than the first number ?

In how many years will Rs. 5000 amount to Rs. 6200 at 6% per annum

A bicycle dealer allows 10% discount and still makes profit of 20% on his bicycle.if the total profit he makes is Rs 150,find the list price of the bicycle

divide 2310 in the ratio5:3:2

In how much time would the simple interes on a certain sum be 0.125 times the principal at 10% per annum?

 In an examination, 96% of the candidates passed and 50 failed. How many candidates appeared?

A borrows RS8000 at 12% per annum simple intrest and B borrows RS 9100 at 10% per annum simple intrest.In how many years will their amount be equal

In an election between two candidates, the candidates who gets 30% of the votes polled is defeated by 15000 votes. What is the number of votes polled by the winning canndidate?

What rate gives Rs 280 as interest on a sum of Rs 56000 in 2 years ?

IN AN EXAMINATION 40%OF THE STUDENTS FAILED IN MATHS,30% FAILED IN ENGLISH AND 10% FAILED IN BOTH . FIND THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO PASSED IN BOTH THE SUBJECTS ---------------------

When an article was sold at 12% profit , the profit is Rs.48 . What is the cost price ?

on selling a mobile for rupees 750 a shopkeeper looses 10%.for what amount should he sell it to gain 5%

a man sold 10 eggs for 5 rupees and gained 20% how many eggs he buy for 5 rupees

90% ofall students passeed in Hindi, 85% in Maths and 150 students passed in both. Find the total number of students in the school.

selling price of a toy car is Rs540.If the profit made by shopkeeper is 20%,what is the CP of the toy.

Ans int the textbook: CP+20/100 XCP = { 1+1/5} CP. =6/5CP. 540 x 5/6 CP. 0r 450Rs.

This eg is done in the textbook.page169.Iam not getting how they got this 1.

A train travels between two stations A and B , a distance of 108 km in 45 minutes. It passes through station C , 40 minutes after leaving A. What is the distance between B and C?

 Q:  a man sold two radios at Rs.4800 each. On one he gains 20% and on the other he  loses 20%. Find the gain or loss percent in the whole transaction. ( frm r.s aggarwal example 11) plz answer it fast

in an office one day 10% of the staff members were on leave in the morning session .the same day 20% of the staff who were on leave came for the afternoon session.if the total strenght of office is 33 then how many were present in the evening session?(the persons who were present in the morning session also present it the afternoon) -

please can you anwer this fast i have exam tom.please

Shikha deposited Rs 2000 in a bank which pays 6% simple intrest.She withdrew Rs 700 at the end of first year .What will be her balance after 3 years?

what percent of 1 day is 36 minutes?

A number increased by 20% gives 42. What is the number?

dear friends please answer this question

In a municipal election there were two canditates one who got 30% of votes polled and was defeated by 16000 votes . calculate the total number of votes polled in the election.

 1. what principal will amount to Rs 900 in 6 years at 10% simple interest?

Sameer bought 1600 bananas at Rs 3.75 a dozen. He sold 900 of them at 2 for Rs1 and remaining at 5 for Rs2 . Find the Gain or Loss percent.Find the C.P and S.P and compare.

Find the C.P and S.P and compare.

Meeta saves Rs 400 from her salary. If this is 10% of her salary. What is her salary?

FIND THE  WHOLE quontity  if % 

5%  of  it  is 600

 5%  of  it is  600

In which type of questions unitary method can help?

My mother says, in her childhood petrol was Re 1 a litre. It is Rs 52 per litre today. By what Percentage has the price gone up?

Dear Sir,

Pls help me solve his simple interest problem.

Divide 3600 into two parts such that if one part be lend at 9% per annum and other part at 10% per annum the total annual income is Rs.333/-

Apprecaite your response.

A man sells an article at a gain of 5%. If he had sold it at Rs. 63 less, he would have lost 2%.Find the cost of the article.

by selling a jug for rs. 144 , a men loses 1/7 of his outlay . if it is sold for 189, what is the gain percent.

 A SUM OF MONEY DOUBLES ITSELF IN 7 YEARS.IN HOW  MANY YEARS IT WILL BECOME 4 TIMES

what is 1% of 1 hour ?

 11 oranges are bought for Rs. 10 and 10 oranges are sold for Rs. 11. The gain (or) loss percent is 

Fabina borrows Rs 12,500 at 12% per annum for 3 years at simple interest and Radha borrows the same amount for the same time period at 10% per annum, compounded annually. Who pays more interest and by how much?

 hello! i have not understood till now that how to find the CP if LOSS% is given. can u please explain me in detail?

draw a rough sketch of two triangles such that they have five pairs of congruent parts but still the triangles are not congruent?

 in the ratio 7/8 , if the consequent is 40, what is the antecedent?

Surbai's marks are in the ratio 2:3:5 in English, Hindi, and Maths respectively. If she got 40 marks more in Maths than Hindi, what are her marks in each subject?

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