Profit and Loss

Ismail bought a radio for $200 and sold it at a profit of 25%.

Find the selling price

• $250

• $50

• $225

A painting was bought for $102 and sold some other years later for $138.

Calculate the percentage profit.

• 64.7%

• 135.3%

• 35.3%

When the dealer sold a car for $14 300, he made a profit of 10%.

Calculate how much the dealer paid for the car?

• $15 730

• $13 000

• $1 430

A camera was sold during a sale. The original price was $400 and after the discount the price was $280.

Calculate the percentage discount.

• 30%

• 70%

• 42.9%

Azhar sold his old television worth $900 to a friend. He gave a discount of 15%.

What was the selling price of the television set?

• $135

• $765

• $885

During a sale, a shopkeeper reduced the prices of all his goods by 10%.

Calculate the usual selling price of a saucepan which was sold for $24.30 in the sale.

• $26.73

• $21.87

• $27

Express 0.068 as a percentage

• 68%

• 6.8%

• 0.68%

Calculate 5% of $280 000

• $56 000

• $1 400

• $14 000