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Buy x get y free (or y for the price of x): effective discount, compared with other schemes

This type of question, asked 7 times: 14 Jul 2023 S1, 18 Jul 2023 S1, 20 Jul 2023 S2, 24 Jul 2023 S3, 25 Sep 2024 S2, 23 Sep 2025 S3, 24 Sep 2025 S1. All 7 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    14 Jul 2023 S1

    64
    A shopkeeper offers the following two discount schemes. A) Buy 3 get 4 free B) Buy 5 get 6 free Which scheme has the maximum discount percentage?

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  2. Question 2

    18 Jul 2023 S1

    61
    A shopkeeper offers the following two discount schemes. A) Two successive discounts of 10% and 15% B) Buy 5 get 2 free. Which scheme has the maximum discount percentage?

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  3. Question 3

    20 Jul 2023 S2

    75
    A shopkeeper offers three schemes as given below to sell a particular type of product. Which of the following schemes offer(s) the maximum discount percentage? A.Buy 6, get 4 free B.Buy 5, get 5 free C. Two successive discounts of 18% and 24%

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  4. Question 4

    24 Jul 2023 S3

    53
    A shopping mart offers four different discounts schemes on the sale of an object as follows: (1) A discount of 30% (2) Two successive discounts of 15% (3) Buy 2, get 1 free (4) Buy 5, get 3 free Which discount scheme offers the maximum discount to a customer?

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  5. Question 5

    25 Sep 2024 S2

    68
    During a new-year sale, a shopkeeper offers a discount scheme to his customers, ‘Buy 5 Sweaters, Get 2 Sweaters Free’. Find the effective percentage discount given by the shopkeeper.

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  6. Question 6

    23 Sep 2025 S3

    61
    A seller offers a combo deal: "Buy 3 shirts for the price of 2". If each shirt costs him Rs. 300, what is the effective loss percentage?

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  7. Question 7

    24 Sep 2025 S1

    66
    A combo offer says, "Buy 2 shirts at Rs. 1200 each, get a third shirt free." What is the effective price per shirt?

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