Question 1: 

The list price of a briefcase is ₹ 850. A retailer pays ₹ 799 What is the 
discount rate ? 
Question 2: 
Find the single discount equivalent to three successive discounts 14%, 10% 
and 4% 
Question 3: 
A dealer allows a discount of 4% on the marked price of an article. What price 
must be marked on the article which costs ₹ 800 so as to make a profitof 20%   
Question 4: 
A T.V. with marked price Rs 11,500 is sold at 10% discount. Due to festival 
season, the shopkeeper allows a further discount of 5%. Find the net selling 
price of the T.V. 
Question 5: 
The price of a T.V. inclusive of 9% sales tax is ₹ 13,407. Find its marked price. 
If sales tax is increased to 13%, how much more does the customer have to pay 
for the T.V. ? 
Question 6: 
A refrigerator is purchased for Rs 14,355, including sales tax. If the actual 
cost price of the refrigerator is `​₹​ 13,050, find the rate of sales tax 
Question 7: 
A shopkeeper decides to sell a phone at a certain price. He tags the price on the 
phone by increasing the decided price by 25%. While selling the item, he offers 
a 20% discount. Find how many more or less percent he gets on the decided 
price. 
Question 8: 
The diagram shows a field with measurements given in metres. Find the cost of 
turfing the field at the rate of ​₹ 450 per m2  

 
 
 
Question 9: 
A suitcase with measures 80 cm × 48 cm × 24 cm is to be covered with a 
tarpaulin cloth. How many metres of tarpaulin of width 96 cm is required to 
cover 100 such suitcases? 
Question 10: 
A copper wire of length 44 cm is to be bent into a square and a circle. Which 
will have a larger area? 
Question 11: 
If the lengths of the diagonals of a rhombus are 16 cm and 12 cm, find its area. 
Question 12: 
The area of a trapezium is 400 cm2​ ​, the distance between the parallel sides is 
16 cm. If one of the parallel sides is 20 cm, find the length of the other side. 
Question 13: 
The volume of a box is 13400 cm3​ ​. The area of its base is 670 cm2​ ​. Find the 
height of the box. 
Question 14: 
Two cubes are joined end to end. Find the volume of the resulting cuboid, if 
each side of the cubes is 6 cm. 
Question 15: 
160 m3​ ​ of water is to be used to irrigate a rectangular field whose area is 
800m2​ ​. What will be the height of the water level in the field?  
Question 16: 
The parallel sides of a trapezium are 40 cm and 20 cm. If its non-parallel sides 
are both equal, each being 26 cm, find the area of the trapezium. 
Question 17: 
How many bricks will be required to make a Wall which is 8m long ,6m high 
and 22.5 cm thick , if each brick measures 25cm x 11.25cm x 6cm?  
Question 18: 
The length of a dining hall is 20m and width 16m. The sum of the areas of the 
flat roof and the floor is equal to the sum of the areas of the four walls.find the 
height and volume of the hall? 
Question 19: 
The dimensions of a cuboid are in the ratio of 1:2:3 and its total surface area is 
88​ m . ​find its dimensions 
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Question 20: 
A field is 80m long and 50m broad . In one corner of the field, a pit which is 
10m long,8m deep has been dug out.The earth taken out of it is evenly spread 
over the remaining field.find the rise in the level of the field. 
 
 
 
 
 
Answers: 
1) 6% 
2) 25.7% 
3) MP = ₹ 1000 
4) ₹ 9832.50 
5) M.P.=₹ 12300 ,New Amount= ₹13899 
6) 10% 
7) 0% 
8) Rs.21,75,750 
9) 144m 
10) the circle will have a larger area. 
11) required area = 96 cm^2 
12) the required length = 30 cm. 
13) the required height = 20 cm. 
14) 432 cm3 ​
15) required height = 0.2 m 
16) 720 cm2​  
17) 6400 bricks will be required  
18) 2844.4m^3 
19) 2m x4m x6m 
20) 15.3 cm