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Markup percent and discount percent (or cost and marked price) given: profit or loss percent

This type of question, asked 13 times: 17 Jul 2023 S4, 21 Jul 2023 S4, 24 Jul 2023 S1, 26 Jul 2023 S3, 9 Sep 2024 S2, 11 Sep 2024 S2, 17 Sep 2024 S1, 24 Sep 2024 S3, 25 Sep 2024 S1, 26 Sep 2024 S2, 26 Sep 2024 S3, 12 Sep 2025 S3, 17 Sep 2025 S3. All 13 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    17 Jul 2023 S4

    62
    A dealer marks his goods at 20% above the cost price and allows a discount of 15% on the marked price. What is his gain or loss percentage?

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  2. Question 2

    21 Jul 2023 S4

    59
    Ramlal marks up his goods by 40% and gives a discount of 10%. What is his net profit percentage?

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  3. Question 3

    24 Jul 2023 S1

    52
    A dealer marks his goods at 20% above the cost price and allows a discount of 15%. What is his gain percentage?

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  4. Question 4

    26 Jul 2023 S3

    62
    The marked price of an article is 40% above its cost price. If its selling price is 731273\frac{1}{2}% of the marked price, then the percentage profit is:

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  5. Question 5

    9 Sep 2024 S2

    66
    The marked price of an article is 26% more than its cost price. If a discount of 32% is given, what will be the loss percentage?

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  6. Question 6

    11 Sep 2024 S2

    69
    The cost price of a bat is 75% of the marked price. Calculate the gain percentage after allowing a discount of 15%.

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  7. Question 7

    17 Sep 2024 S1

    54
    A shopkeeper marked the price 20% more than its cost price. If he allows a discount of 30%, then find his loss percent.

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  8. Question 8

    24 Sep 2024 S3

    69
    If the market price of a bag is 25% above the cost price, and a discount of 18% is declared on it, then find the gain percentage.

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  9. Question 9

    25 Sep 2024 S1

    61
    Rohini buys a Bluetooth headphone set for ₹1,700 from a wholesale shop and marks it at ₹2,000. Later on, she allows a discount of 40%40\% on its sale. What is her loss or gain percentage (correct up to two decimal places)?

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  10. Question 10

    26 Sep 2024 S2

    61
    Raman fixes the sale price of his goods at 16%16\% above the cost price. He sells his goods at 12%12\% less than the fixed price. Find the profit percentage correct to two places of decimal.

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  11. Question 11

    26 Sep 2024 S3

    71
    An article costs₹1,000 for a salesman. He fixes its marked price as₹1,500. He sells it to a customer at a discount of 20%20\%. He gives a furtherdiscount of 10%10\% for each cash payment. Find the percentage of loss or gain that the salesman makes on sale.

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  12. Question 12

    12 Sep 2025 S3

    66
    A shopkeeper marked an item 25%25\% above its cost price. During a sale, he offered a discount of 10%10\%. What was his profit percentage?

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  13. Question 13

    17 Sep 2025 S3

    54
    The cost price of an article is ₹500. A shopkeeper sells it at a discount of 20%20\% on the marked price. If the marked price is ₹600, what is the shopkeeper's profit or loss percentage?

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