A man buys some quantity of wheat for $ 2400. He sells one-third of it at a profit of 5%. At what per cent gain should he sell the remaining two-third so as to make an overall profit of 10% on the whole transaction?

A dealer sold two coolers at $ 2,970 each. On selling one cooler, he gained 10%, on selling the other he lost 10%. Find the dealer’s gain or loss per cent.

A shopkeeper buys 40 bicycles and marks them at 25% above the cost price. He allows a discount of 10% on the marked price for cash sales, and 5% for credit sales. If three-fourth of the stock is sold for cash and the rest for credit, and if the total profit be $ 20250, what is the cost price of a bicycle ?

A defective briefcase costing $ 800 is being sold at a loss of 8%. If the price is further reduced by 5%, find its approximate selling price.

Ayesha can complete a piece of work in 16 days. Amita can complete the same piece of work in 8 days. If both of them work together in how many days can they complete the same piece of work ?

A can complete a certain work in 4 minutes, B in 5 minutes, C in 6 minutes, D in 10 minutes and E in 12 minutes. The average number of units of work completed by them per minute will be = ?

A daily-wages labourer was engaged for a certain number of days for Rs. 5750, but being absent on some of those days he paid only Rs. 5000. What were his maximum possible daily wages ?

A and B together can do a piece of work in 8 days, B and C together in 10 days, while C and A together in 6 days, if they all work together the work will be completed in ?

A and B together can complete a piece of work in 8 days, B alone can complete that work in 12 days. B alone worked for four days. After that how long will A alone takes to complete the work ?

A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in half the time take by A. Then, working together, what part of the same work they can finish in a day ?