Q 1: A vendor bought 500 eggs at $4 per 10 eggs. Of these, 50 eggs were found to be broken. If he sold the remaining eggs at $0.55 per egg, how much did he gain or lose? 21 3/4% profit 31 1/2% loss 23 3/4% profit 23 3/4% loss
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Q 2: By selling a school-bag for $30, the seller loses $4. What is the cost price of the bag? $34 $26 $36 $43
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Q 3: Harry purchased a computer for $1500 and after using it for a year, he sold it for $1150. What is his percentage of loss or gain? 19 7/8% loss 23 1/3% loss 23 1/3% gain 25 1/4% gain
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Q 4: A store owner purchased a gross of pencils for $216 and sold each pencil for $1.75. How much profit or loss did he make? (Hint : gross = 144) $36 profit $28 profit $36 loss $28 loss
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Q 5: A store owner purchased a ream of paper for $50 and sold it in retail at $5.50 per quire. How much profit or loss did she make? (Hint: one ream = 20 quire) $60 loss $60 profit $50 loss $50 profit
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Q 6: Micheal purchased a house for $110,000 and spent another $5,000 for upgrades. If he later sold the house for $130,000, how much percentage profit or loss did he make? 13 1/23% profit 15 2/3% profit 13 1/23% loss 24 1/2% profit
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Q 7: Elizabeth purchased a home for $75,000 and a home site for $15,000. If she sold the home for $83,000 and the site for $11,000, how much percentage profit or loss did she make on both the transactions together? 4 4/9% loss 5 1/4% profit 3 4/5% loss 4 4/9% profit
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Q 8: A vegetable vendor purchased 100 lbs of onions for $200 and sold them at $1.75 per lb. Did he make profit or loss? broke even insufficient information profit loss
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