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3. Goods are purchased for ` 1500. If one-fifth of the goods sold at a profit of 5% and the

remaining four-fifth of the goods at a profit of 10%, find the net profit percentage.
4. A trader bought a product for ` 200. If he marks the product 20% above the cost price
and gives a discount of 10% for it. Find his profit percent.

5. A person wants to get 20% profit after selling his object at 20% discount. Find the
required percentage increase in marked price.

1. Tick ( ) the correct option.3
a. When selling price is less than the cost price, then there is a–

i. loss ii. profit
iii. no profit, no loss iv. none of these

b. A person buy a bicycle for ` 1650 and sells it to his friend for ` 1500. Which of these
is true in his case ?

i. ` 150 profit ii. ` 150 loss
iii. ` 300 profit iv. ` 300 loss

2. A vegetable seller has 10,350 kg potatoes in stock. He is willing to keep them in a pack of
25 kg. How many packs does he have now ?
3. If 200 books from a total of 25,890 books in a library were bound each day, how many

days would be needed to complete the work ? Would any books still remain to be bound ?
4. Take a look at some of the air fares. The rates are for both going and coming back which

means ‘Return Fares’.

Destination Fare (in `)` Destination Fare (in ``)

Bangkok 7400 London 16,900

Singapore 7500 Hongkong 9999

Rome 15,500 Frankfurt 14,999

New York 22,000 Sydney 21,000

Paris 6999

Solve the following.

a. A family of six members decided to go to Paris. They were given a concession of
` 1050 per ticket. How much money did they spend ?

b. Mr And Mrs Verma and their daughter Simmi decided to go to London. Simmi’s
uncle went to Singapore with his wife and son. What was the total fare paid by them
all ?

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