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2. A dealer comes from Mathura to Delhi to buy an article which costs 12% less in Delhi than in Mathura.
His expenses are ` 240 and he makes a profit of ` 300 on selling the article in Mathura. What did the
article cost in Mathura? What is his profit percent?
3. A manufacturer sells goods to an agent at a profit of 20%. The agent’s wholesale price to the shopkeeper
is at a profit of 10% and the shopkeeper retails his goods at a profit of 25%. Find the manufacturing price
of the article which is sold by the retailer for ` 495.

4. A manufacturer makes 750 pencils at a cost of 60 paise per pencil. He fixes the S.P. such that if only
600 pencils are sold, he would make a profit of 40% on his outlay. However, he sells 630 pencils
at this price. Find his actual profit percent as a percentage of total outlay assuming that the unsold
articles are useless.

Values and Life Skills

1. Ramesh purchased a second-hand car for ` 95,650. He spent ` 12,000 on its minor repairs and
accessories. He also paid an insurance of ` 2,350. He then sold it to his friend for ` 1,21,000. Find
his profit or loss percent. While buying second-hand vehicles, what are the things we should always
check.

2. Poonam purchased some cosmetics and sold them to Pallavi at 15% profit. Pallavi sold them to Pinky at
10% profit. If Pinky paid ` 632.50 for them, what was the cost price of the cosmetics? Why should we
not buy cheap cosmetics?

3. The prices of various commodities in a grocer’s shop
are given as follows: Items Market Price Discount%

Answer the following questions: Rice ` 52/kg 5%
(a) How much does the customer pay for 5 kg rice?
Sugar ` 40/kg 2%
(b) If the shopkeeper earns a profit of 10% on the
cooking oil, what is its cost price? Arhar dal ` 95/kg 3%

(c) How much is the discount on arhar dal? Rajma ` 74/kg 2%
(d) If Honey buys 3 kg sugar, 2 kg rajma and 6 tetra
pack of juices, how much does she have to pay in Cooking oil ` 112/litre 5%
all? Tetra pak (Juice) ` 105/litre 10%
Name any two items of daily use and importance which
should be highly discounted?

4. The Khadi Gram Udyog announces 40% clearance sale. Find the cost price and the selling price of an
article marked at ` 900, if the Udyog suffers a loss of 10%. Do you think the discount sales are always
genuine?
5. Chinky buys a wrist watch for ` 7,424 including 28% tax. What is the actual price of the wrist watch
(without the tax)? How is paying tax useful for a country?

Some NCERT Textbook Questions

1. A shopkeeper buys 80 articles for ` 2,400 and sells them for a profit of 16%. Find the selling price of one
article.

2. A VCR and TV were bought for ` 8,000 each. The shopkeeper made a loss of 4% on the VCR and a
profit of 8% on the TV. Find the gain or loss percent on the whole transaction.

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