Sugar which cost 8150

per quintal, is retailed at

14,2. 50 P. per Kg. and
there is a waste of 10 p. c.
; what is the rate of profit
per cent. ?
Sulphuric acid worth
3d. per lb. absorbs
moisture and becomes
2 p. c. heavier ; what is it
then worth per lb. ?
A merchant sells tea to
a tradesman at profit of 40
la c., but the latter
becoming bankrupt pays
only 60 paise in the- R ;
how much per cent. does
1.

2.

3.

the merchant gain or loss

on his outlay ?
A. tradesman's prices
are 30 p. c. above the cost
price ; if he allows his
customers 10 p. C. on his
bill, what profit does he
make ?
How much per cent,
must a tradesman add on
to the cost price of his
goods, that he may make
20 p. c. profit after
allowing his customers a
reduction of 5 p. c, on his
bill ?
The price of flour
being raised 20 per cent,,
by how much per cent,
4.

5.

6.

must a man reduce his

consumption of that article
so as not to increase his
expenditure ?
An article when sold at
a gain of 5 p. c. yields
P.15 more than when sold
at a loss of 5 p. c. ; what
was its prime cost ?
A man sells an article
at a loss of 10 p. c. ; if he
had received P.5 more, he
would have gained 12 p.
c. What did the article
cost him ?
A piece of cloth is sold
for 885.80 P. at a profit of
30 p. c. If it had been sold
7.

8.

9.

at P7.50 P. per metre, the

profit would have been
R16. 50 P. ; how many
metres are there in the
piece ?
A man embarks his
capital in three successive
ventures. In the first he
clears 80 p. c., and in each
of the others he loses 15 P.
c. ; what per cent. does he
gain or lose on his original
outlay ?
A boy buys a number
of apples at 6 for R2 and a
third of the number at 4 for
R1 ; at what rate must he
sell them to gain 20 p. c.
on his outlay ? Supposing
10.

11.

his total profit to be 1132,

how many did he buy ?
A man having bought
a quantity of tea for P.75,
sells of it at a loss of 4 p.
c. ; by what rate per cent,
must he raise that selling
price, in order that by
selling the rest at the
increased price he may
gain 4 p. c. on his outlay ?
I bought note paper at
the rate of R2 for 5
quires, and sold it so as to
gain as much on the cost
of 15 quires as 3 quires
were sold for ; at what
price did I sell the paper
per quire ?
12.

13.

14, How must a rocer

mix teas at 117. 20 P. a
Kg. and R7. 65 P. a Kg.
so that by selling -the
mixture at 118. 25 P. a
Kg. he may gain 10 p. c. ?
15. A man bought a
certain number of oranges
at 9 a rupee and four-fifths
of that number at 6 a rupee
, by selling them at 27 for
R4, he gained R3 ; how
many of each kind did he
buy ?
By buying milk at 4
litres a rupee and selling it
at 5 litres a rupee after
adding 9 litres of water to
16.

it, a dishonest milkman

gains 25 p. c. How many
litres of milk did he buy ?
A merchant mixes 35
Kg. of one kind of tea at
R5 per Kg., with a few
kilograms of another kind
of tea at R7 per Kg. ; if by
selling the mixture at
86.50 P. per Kg. he gains
14; p. c., with how many
kilograms of the second
kind of tea did he mix the
first ?
What quantity of tea at
115 per Kg. must a
tradesman m'x with 60
Kg, at P.O per Kg , in
order to gain 20 per cent.
17.

18.

by selling the whole at R.

25 P. per Kg. ?
A man bought a French
watch bearing a duty of 25
per cent., and sold it at a
loss of 5 per cent. ; had
he sold it for 815 mare,
he would have cleared 1
per cent. on his bargain.
What had the French
maker for the watch ?
19.

to 1, 1 gain 33If p. c. by
selling at R3. 06 P. for 7'5
Kg. Find the )st of the
inferior wheat per hg.

20, I must sell my stock of

wheat at 42 paise per Kg,
to gain 33 ar cent. ; by
mixing it with an inferior
wheat in the _proportion of

21. A grocer proposes to

sell his tea at 10 per cent,
profit, but idulterates it by
adding * of its weight of an
inferior tea which costs iim
I of the price of the better
what profit per cent. does
he make ? Also in what
proportion must he mix the

two kinds so as to gain 20

per cent. ?
22. A merchant buys 1575
metres of cloth. He sells of
it at a gain of 6 p. c., * at a
gain of 8 p. c., + at a gain
of 12 p. c., and the rest at a
loss of 3 p. c. If he had sold
the whole at a gain of 5 p.
c. he would have received
8115. 92 P. more than he
did. What was the prime
cost of a metre ?

23. How must wine at R20

a litre and brandy at P.45 a
litre be mixed, so that by
selling the mixture at R35 a
litre there may be a gain of
15 p. c. on the price of the
wine and 20 p. c. on the
pripe of the brandy ?
24. A mixture of two kinds
of wine, at P.20, and P.25 a
litre is sold at a gain of 10
p. c. If the two kinds had
been sold separately at a

gain of 15 p. c. and 8 p. c.
respectively, the total profit
would have been the same,
In what proportion were
the two kinds of wine
mixed together ?
25. A manufacturer sells an
article to a wholesale
dealer at a profit of 20 p. c.,
the wholesale dealer sells it
to a retail dealer at a profit
of 25 p. c. and the retail
dealer sells it to a customer

for R42. 21 P. making a

profit of 40 p. c. Find the
actual cost of manufacture.
26. A man buys a certain
number of mangoes at 20
for a rupee and an equal
number at 25 a rupee. He
mixes them together and
sells them at 21 a rupee.
What does he gain or lose
per cent. ?

27. A man buys mangoes

at R3 a dozen and an equal
number at R4. 50 P. a score
; he sells them at R4. 50 P.
a dozen and thus makes a
profit of R38. 50 P. How
many mangoes did he buy
?
28. A tradesman marks his
goods at 25 p. c. above cost
price. If he reduces the
marked price by 12* p. c.

for cash payment what

profit does he make ?
29. The cost of an article is
60 p. c. of the price at
which it is marked for sale
; and the article is sold
subject to a reduction of 10
p. c. for cash payment.
How much per cent. does
the seller gain ?

30. A tradesman by means

of a false balance, defrauds
to
the extent of 10 p. c, in
buying goods, and also
defrauds. in selling. What
per cent. does he gain on
his outlay by his dishonesty
?

A can do a piece of work in

4 hours; B and C together
can do it in 3 hours, while
A and C
together can do it in 2
hours. How long will B
alone take to do it?
a) 8 hours b) 10 hours c) 12
hours

d) 24 hours e) None of
these
8) A can do a certain work
in the same time in which
B and C together can do it.
If A and B
together could do it in 10
days and C alone in 50
days, then B alone could do
it in:
a) 15 days b) 20 days c) 25
days
d) 30 days e) None of these
9) A does 80% of a work in
20 days. He then calls in B

and they together finish the

remaining
work in 3 days. How long
B alone would take to do
the whole work?
a) 23 days b) 37 days c) 37
d) 40 days e) None of these
10) A machine P can print
one lakh books in 8 hours,
machine Q can print the
same number of
books in 10 hours while
machine R can print them
in 12 hours. All the
machines are started at

9 A.M. while machine P is

closed at 11 A.M. and the
remaining two machines
complete
work. Approximately at
what time will the work (to
print one lakh books) be
finished?
a) 11:30 A.M. b) 12 noon
c) 12:30 P.M.
d) 1:00 P.M. e) None of
these
11) A can finish a work in
18 days and B can do the

same work in 15 days. B

worked for 10 days
and left the job. In how
many days, A alone can
finish the remaining work?
a) 5 b) 5 c) 6
d) 8 e) None of these
12) 4 men and 6 women
can complete a work in 8
days, while 3 men and 7
women can complete
it in 10 days. In how many
days will 10 women
complete it?
a) 35 b) 40 c) 45

d) 50 e) None of these
13) A and B can together
finish a work 30 days.
They worked together for
20 days and then B
left. After another 20 days,
A finished the remaining
work. In how many days A
alone can
finish the work?
a) 45 b) 50 c) 54
d) 60 e) None of these