Cluster · Dishonest Weights and Profit Calculation
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In two ways, a shopkeeper deceives his customer. He dilutes pure honey by 20% with water and raises the price of honey by 15%. He pays Rs.30 per kg for 40 kg of pure honey. What is his total profit from selling it? pipeline-1140082
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A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at the cost price but uses a false weight of 950 g instead of 1 kg. What is his gain percentage? pipeline-1086726
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A shopkeeper sells an item at a profit of 25% and dishonestly uses a weight that is 30% less than the actual weight. Find his total profits. pipeline-1203233
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B purchased 15 kg apples at the rate of ₹180 per kg from a wholesaler who uses a weight of 950 grams for the kg weight. B sold all these apples at ₹180 per kg but used a weight of 750 grams for the kg weight. Find the percentage profit earned by B in the transaction (correct to 2 places of decimal). pipeline-1194851
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delhi_police | percentage | intermediate | |
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A shopkeeper sells goods at 40% loss on cost price but uses 25% less weight. What is his percentage profitor loss? pipeline-1106479
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delhi_police | percentage | intermediate | |
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A shopkeeper sells rice at the rate of ₹44 per kg whose cost price is ₹40 per kg. Not satisfied with this, he tries to increase his profit by removing 200 grams of rice from each packet. What is the shopkeeper’s overall gain percentage? pipeline-1094313
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A trader sells pulses at a 32% profit and uses weights 20% less than the actual measure. Find his gain percentage. pipeline-1096512
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Rahul went to a grocery store to buy some pulses. The shopkeeper had a reputation for being dishonest. Rahul ordered 2 kg of lentils, but the shopkeeper cleverly manipulated the scale. The shopkeeper's scale showed 2 kg, but it was only 1.5 kg. If the actual price of lentils is Rs. 120 per kg, and the shopkeeper offers a 10% discount, how much extra money Rahul paid to the dishonest shopkeeper? pipeline-853590
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If a shopkeeper sells goods at a 4% loss on cost price and he uses 940 grams instead of 1 kilogram, then find his actual profit or loss if the purchase price of the item is Rs 650. pipeline-835842
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railways | profit_loss | intermediate | |
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A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at the cost price but uses a false weight and thus gains 25%. How much quantity of grains does he give for a kilogram? pipeline-1146852
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railways | — | intermediate | |
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A man sells goods at a 4% loss on cost price but he gives 20 g instead of 40 g. What is his profit or loss percentage? pipeline-1106610
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railways | profit_loss | intermediate | |
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Rajkumar sells wheat at cost price but cheats 100 gram for every kg, then his profit percent is? pipeline-1080676
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A grocer claims that he is selling sugar at ₹48/kg, which costs him ₹50/kg, but he is giving 900 g instead of 1000 g. What will be the approximate percentage profit? pipeline-1029761
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railways | percentage | intermediate | |
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A dishonest merchant sells his groceries using weights that are 12% less than the true weights and makes a profit of 10%. Find his total gain percentage. pipeline-1300626
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The cost price of 1 kg of sugar is Rs.50. A shopkeeper sells it at Rs.55 per kg. To raise his profit, the shopkeeper weighs only 900 grams in place of 1 kg. Determine the percentage profit (Approximate) earned by the shopkeeper. pipeline-1297282
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railways | percentage | intermediate | |
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Subir claimed to sell his items at only 5% above the cost of production, but used a weight that had 1 kg written on it, though it actually weighed 960 grams. What was the actual profit percentage earned by Subir? pipeline-1295832
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A vendor started selling vegetables at ₹10 per kg but couldn’t find buyers at this rate. So he reduced the price to ₹7.2 per kg, but he used a faulty weight of 900 g instead of 1 kg. Find the percentage change in the actual price. pipeline-1286876
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A shopkeeper professes to sell sugar costing 40 Rs/kg at 42 Rs/kg but gives only 550 grams of sugar in place of 600 grams using the faulty weighing machine. His profit percentage (correct to 2 decimal places) is: pipeline-1267408
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railways | — | intermediate | |
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Ravi sells his goods at a 25% loss on cost price but uses 45% less weight. What is his percentage profit or loss? pipeline-1045384
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railways | percentage | intermediate | |
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A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but uses a false weight of 950 grams instead of 1 kilogram. His gain percentage is: pipeline-1045185
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A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at the cost price, but he uses a false weight of 850 grams per 1 kg weight. Find the percentage of his gain. (Correct up to two decimal places) pipeline-1360548
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railways | percentage | intermediate | |
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A dishonest dealer sells his goods at 20% loss on the cost price but uses a faulty weight that weighs 25% less. His profit or loss percentage (rounded off to 2 decimal places) is: pipeline-1045183
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railways | percentage | intermediate | |
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Mahesh agreed to sell rice with 24% loss, as the rice got rotten. However, he cheated customers and gave only 19 gm of rice in place of 50 gm of rice. What is the percentage of his profit or loss? pipeline-1040549
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A dealer sells his goods at 10% loss on the cost price but uses 25% less weight. What is his profit percentage? pipeline-1037310
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railways | profit_loss | intermediate | |
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A dishonest shopkeeper uses 800g instead of a kg. Vikas bought one kg of rice for Rs 40. He gave a Rs 50 note and forgot to take the change. What is the loss for Vikas compared to what he bought from an honest shopkeeper(in Rs)? pipeline-844809
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A dishonest shopkeeper uses a weight of 905 gm instead of 1 kg and sells rice at its cost price. What will be his profit percentage (approx) on selling 8 kg rice? pipeline-841615
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A dishonest merchant sells goods at a 12.5% loss on the cost price, but uses 28 g weight instead of 36 g. What is his percentage profit or loss? pipeline-1357853
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ssc | percentage | intermediate | |
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If a shopkeeper sells goods at a 4% loss on cost price and he uses 940 grams instead of 1 kilogram, then find his actual profit or loss if the purchase price of the item is Rs 650. pipeline-801768
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railways | profit_loss | intermediate | |
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A merchant agrees to give a product at a discount of 20% over its cost price. But the merchant has a tampered weighing machine, which measures 1 kg when only 500 g of product is placed. What is the profit (%) he earns? pipeline-801667
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Mahesh agreed to sell rice with a 24% loss, as the rice got rotten. However, he cheated customers and gave only 19 gm of rice in place of 50 gm of rice. What is the percentage of his profit or loss? pipeline-1193545
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ssc | percentage | intermediate | |
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A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but uses a false weight of 950 grams instead of 1 kilogram. His gain percentage is: pipeline-1341020
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ssc | — | intermediate | |
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A shopkeeper sells an item at a profit of 25% and dishonestly uses a weight that is 30% less than the actual weight. Find his total profits. pipeline-1343726
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A shopkeeper has a fault of 100 g in a 3 kg weight. He sold 3 kg of potatoes to Charu using the same faulty weight for ₹46. The cost price of the potatoes for the seller was ₹12 per kg. How much profit (in ₹) did he earn on the potatoes? pipeline-1283114
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A grocer claims that he is selling sugar at ₹48/kg, which costs him ₹50/kg, but he is giving 900 g instead of 1000 g. What will be the approximate percentage profit? pipeline-1201887
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ssc | percentage | intermediate | |
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A dishonest retailer sells his goods at a profit of 18% by weighing 800 g instead of 1 kg. Find his actual gain percentage. pipeline-1192192
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ssc | — | intermediate | |
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A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but uses a false weight of 950 grams instead of 1 kilogram. His gain percentage is: pipeline-1202077
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ssc | — | intermediate | |
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A dishonest dealer sells his goods at 20% loss on the cost price but uses a faulty weight that weighs 25% less. His profit or loss percentage (rounded off to 2 decimal places) is: pipeline-1163500
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ssc | percentage | intermediate | |
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If a shopkeeper sells goods at a 4% loss on cost price and he uses 940 grams instead of 1 kilogram, then find his actual profit or loss if the purchase price of the item is Rs 650. pipeline-1192401
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ssc | profit_loss | intermediate | |
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Ravi sells his goods at a 25% loss on cost price but uses 45% less weight. What is his percentage profit or loss? pipeline-1055742
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ssc | percentage | intermediate | |
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Rajkumar sells wheat at cost price but cheats 100 gram for every kg, then his profit percent is? pipeline-1040382
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ssc | — | intermediate | |
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A grocer claims that he is selling sugar at ₹48/kg, which costs him ₹50/kg, but he is giving 900 g instead of 1000 g. What will be the approximate percentage profit? pipeline-1067072
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ssc | percentage | intermediate | |
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A dishonest shopkeeper uses a weight of 905 gm instead of 1 kg and sells rice at its cost price. What will be his profit percentage (approx) on selling 8 kg rice? pipeline-988362
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ssc | — | intermediate | |
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If a shopkeeper sells goods at a 4% loss on cost price and he uses 940 grams instead of 1 kilogram, then find his actual profit or loss if the purchase price of the item is Rs 650. pipeline-1036741
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ssc | profit_loss | intermediate | |
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A man sells goods at a 4% loss on cost price but he gives 20 g instead of 40 g. What is his profit or loss percentage? pipeline-1193413
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ssc | profit_loss | intermediate | |
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A dishonest merchant sells his groceries using weights that are 12% less than the true weights and makes a profit of 10%. Find his total gain percentage. pipeline-1154249
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ssc | — | intermediate | |
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A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at the cost price but uses a false weight and thus gains 25%. How much quantity of grains does he give for a kilogram? pipeline-1144776
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ssc | — | intermediate | |
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Subir claimed to sell his items at only 5% above the cost of production, but used a weight that had 1 kg written on it, though it actually weighed 960 grams. What was the actual profit percentage earned by Subir? pipeline-1130244
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ssc | — | intermediate | |
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A dishonest shopkeeper uses false weights. He gains 30% on purchasing and 30% on selling. His profit percentage is: pipeline-1130578
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ssc | — | intermediate | |
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A dishonest retailer sells his goods at a profit of 18% by weighing 800 g instead of 1 kg. Find his actual gain percentage. pipeline-1085132
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ssc | — | intermediate | |
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B purchased 15 kg apples at the rate of ₹180 per kg from a wholesaler who uses a weight of 950 grams for the kg weight. B sold all these apples at ₹180 per kg but used a weight of 750 grams for the kg weight. Find the percentage profit earned by B in the transaction (correct to 2 places of decimal). pipeline-1080518
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ssc | percentage | intermediate |