Grade- IX | Mathematics | Unit- 3 Commission and Taxation

Unit: 3

Commission and Taxation

Commission

1. XYZ finance company charges a commission of 2% on the sale of saving cards. If the total sales of saving cards in a month is worth Rs. 2846000, what amount of commission will the company receive?

... Answer:
Rs. 56920

2. A modern bungalow is sold for Rs. 7560000 with the help of an agent. The agent is paid a commission at the rate of 5%.

a. Find the amount of commission obtained by the agent.

b. Calculate the sum received by the owner of the bungalow.

... Answer:
a. Rs 37800 b. Rs. 7182000

3. An agent of a real estate gets Rs. 5600 as the commission at the rate of 4% on selling a piece of land. At what price does the agent sell the land?

... Answer:
Rs. 140000

4. At the rate of 6% a salesman receives a commission of Rs. 3480 on selling a computer. Find the selling price of the computer.

... Answer:
Rs. 58000

5. A second-hand car is fixed to sell at Rs. 960000 through the help of an agent. If the agent sells the car for Rs. 1017600, find the rate of commission charged by the agent.

... Answer:
6%

6. Roshan, an employee of a cloth-factory has a monthly salary of Rs.12000. But his monthly income is Rs.18500 when commission is also added. If the monthly sale of the clothes produced from the cloth factory is Rs.650000, find the rate of commission.

... Answer:
1%

7. The monthly salary of a salesman in a departmental store is Rs.12860. Besides the salary, a commission of 0.12% on the sales is also given every month.

a. What is the monthly income of the salesman when the monthly sales amounts to Rs.1245000?

b. How much does the salesman receive as the monthly income when the monthly sales amounts to Rs.1245000 but the commission is given only on the sales over Rs.500000 and the commission rate is increased to 0.2%?

... Answer:
a. Rs. 14354 b. Rs 15350

8. A real estate agent sold a building for Rs. 2060000. If the real estate agent charged 4% commission on the first Rs. 1500000 and 3% on the rest. Find the commission of real estate agent and the sum obtained by the building owner.

... Answer:
Rs.76800, Rs.1983200

Discount

1. The marked price of a watch is Rs.3200. If 8% discount is given at the time of selling, find the amount of discount and the selling price.

... Answer:
Rs.256, Rs.2944

2. A customer gets a discount of 12% on each item of departmental store. If the selected item costs Rs.850, what discount will the customer obtain and what price should he pay for the item?

... Answer:
Rs 102, Rs. 748

3. The price of a TV is Rs.16400. If the shopkeeper sells the TV by allowing a discount of 15%, find the amount of discount and the sales price.

... Answer:
Rs.2460, Rs.13940

4. The marked price of a mobile is Rs.11800. If the mobile is sold for Rs.10620, what percent of discount will be offered?

... Answer:
10%

5. A calculator of which marked price is Rs.1550, is bought by Ram with a payment of Rs.1426. Find the percentage discount allowed.

... Answer:
8%

6. What percent of discount should be given in a radio costing Rs.2040 so that a customer has to pay Rs.1734 on buying the radio?

... Answer:
15%

7. Sumitra sold a sweater for Rs.2464 allowing 12% discount. Find the marked price of the sweater.

... Answer:
Rs. 2800

8. On the occasion of opening ceremony, 9% discount is given. A customer bought a laptop by the payment of Rs.24390, find the marked price.

... Answer:
Rs. 27000

9. At the discount of Rubina purchased an electronic appliance getting Rs. 1260 as the amount of discount. Find the marked price and the selling price.

... Answer:
Rs.21000, Rs. 19740

10. A wholesaler purchased an electric fan for Rs. 5000 and sold it to retailer at a profit of 120/0. The retailer further sold the fan at profit to a customer. How much did the customer pay for the fan?

... Answer:
Rs. 6608

11. The marked price of a fan is Rs.6800. The shopkeeper allows a discount of 15% and makes a profit of Rs.320, what is the cost price of the fan?

... Answer:
Rs.5460

12. A carpenter quoted the price of a chair to be Rs.2050. When the chair was sold at 14% discount, he suffered a loss of Rs.200, find the cost price of the chair.

... Answer:
Rs.1963

13. The marked price of a bicycle is Rs.2640. The shopkeeper allows 15% discount but still the profit earned on selling the bicycle is 20%. Find the price at which the shopkeeper purchases the bicycle and the sale price.

... Answer:
Rs.1870, Rs.2244

14. A dozen copy costs Rs.600. Find the marked price of the copy so as to make a profit of Rs.82 on selling them after allowing a discount of 12%.

... Answer:
Rs.775