Discount Questions with Solutions

A shopkeeper gives two successive discounts on an article marked ₹ 450. The first discount given is 10 percent. If the customer pays 344.25 for the article, the second discount given is 

A company offers three types of successive discounts: (i) 25% and 15%, (ii) 30% and 10%, (iii) 35% and 5%. Which offer is the best for a customer?

An article listed at 800 is sold at successive discounts of 25 % and 15 %. The buyer desires to sell it off at a profit of 20 % after allowing a 10 % discount. What would be his list price?

A dealer buys a car listed at 200000 at successive discounts of 5% and 10%. If he sells the car for 179550, then his profit is

An article is listed at 900 and two successive discounts of 8% and 8% are given on it. How much would the seller gain or lose, if he gives a single discount of 16%, instead of two discounts?

A bicycle, marked at ₹ 2,000 is sold with two successive discount of 20% and 10%. An additional discount of 5% is offered for cash payment. The selling price of the bicycle at cash payment is

The marked price of a watch is 800. A shopkeeper gives two successive discounts and sells the watch at 612. If the first discount is 10%, the second discount is: 

List price of an article at a show room is ₹ 2,000 and it is being sold at successive discounts of 20% and 10%. Its net selling price will be: 

A single discount equivalent to the successive discounts of 10%, 20% and 25% is 

The price of an article is raised by 30% and then two successive discounts of 10% each are allowed. Ultimately the price of the article is