Profit, Loss & Discount — CDS Elementary Mathematics PYQs

A single discount which is equivalent to a series of discounts $p\%$, $\frac{p}{2}\%$, $\frac{p}{4}\%$ is $31.6\%$. What is the value of $p$?

A person sells article X for ₹ 34,500 and makes a profit of 15%. He sells article Y at a loss of 10%. He neither loses nor gains on the whole because of these two transactions. What is the selling price of article Y?

A shopkeeper gives three consecutive discounts 10%, 20% and 25% after which he sells the article at a profit of 8% on the cost price. Had he sold the article after the first discount, how much profit would he have got?

A person bought a book at $\frac{3}{4}$th of its listed price and sold it at 50% more than its listed price. What is the percentage of gain in the transaction?

The cost price of $y$ articles is equal to selling price of $z$ articles. If $y:z=5:4$, what is the profit percentage?

Twelve percent of bananas bought by a fruit vendor got lost during transportation. On selling the remaining bananas, the vendor's overall profit turned out to be 4%. If the vendor had not lost any bananas and had sold them at the price of the remaining bananas, what would have been his profit percentage?

A person bought an article and sold it at a profit of 20%. Had he bought it at 20% less, what would have been the profit percentage if the selling price had been the same?

A shopkeeper marks the price of an article at ₹ 200. After allowing a discount of 10%, he still gains 20% on the cost price. What is the cost price of the article?

A trader gives successive discounts of 20%, 10% and 5% respectively. What is the overall discount?

The cost price of 100 mangoes is equal to the selling price of 80 mangoes. What is the profit percentage?