True Discount Questions

• Find the sum due, if the true discount on a sum due 2 yr hence at 7% be ₹ 672.
• The true discount on a certain sum money due 4 yr hence is ₹ 75 and the simple interest on the same sum for the same time and at the same rate of interest is ₹ 225. Find the rate per cent.
• Vandana bought a watch for ₹ 600 and sold it the same day for ₹ 688.50 at a credit of 9 months and this way she gained 2%. Find the rate of interest per annum.
• The present worth of Rs. 1404 due in two equal half yearly instalments?
• A owes B Rs. 456.75 payable 4 1/ 2 months hence and B owes A Rs. 455.51 payable 3 months hence. If they agree to settle their account by a ready money payment. What sum should be paid over and to whom reckoning the rate of true discount at 4 per cent per annum?
• Kailash wants to sell his television.There are to two offers, one at ₹ 10000 cash and the other at a credit of ₹ 6440 to be paid after 8 months, money being at 18% per annum. Which one is better offer?
• Jagatram, a trader, owes a merchant. Mangalal ₹ 5014 due 1 yr hence. Jagatram wants to settle the account after 3 months. If the rate of interest is 12% per annum, how much cash should Jagatram pay?
• Aarti has to pay ₹ 440 to Babita after 1 yr. Babita asks Aarti to pay ₹ 220 in cash and defer the payment of ₹ 220 for 2 yr. Aarti agrees to it. If the rate of interest be 10 % per annum, find Aarti's gain or loss?
• M owes N ₹ 3146 payable 1 1/ 2 yr hence. Also, N owes M, ₹ 2889 payable 6 months hence. If they want to settle the account forthwith, keeping 14% the rate of interest, who should pay and how much?
• 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?
• The difference between a discount of 40% on $ 500 and two successive discounts of 36%, 4% on the same amount is :
• Successive discounts of 10 %, 20 % and 30 % is equivalent to a single discount of :
• A man buys a single apple for $ 25. If he were to buy a dozen apples, he would have to pay a total amount of $ 250. What would be the approximate % discount he would get on buying a dozen apples?
• If on a marked price, the difference of selling prices with a discount of 30 % and two successive discounts of 20 % and 10 % is $ 72, then the marked price (in rupees) is :
• A fan is listed at $ 1500 and a discount of 20% is offered on the list price. What additional discount must be offered to the customer to bring the net price to $ 1104?
• An article is marked 40 % above the cost price and a discount of 30 % is allowed. What is the gain or loss %?
• The true discount on a bill of $ 1260 is due for 6 months at 10 % per annum is:
• The present worth of $ 220.50 due in 2 years reckoning compound interest at 5 % is :
• $ 21 is the true discount on $ 371 for a certain time at certain int. If the rate of interest is kept same, true discount on the same sum for double that time will be :
• $ 20 is the true discount on $ 260 due after a certain time. What will be the true discount on the same amount due after half of the earlier time, the rate of interest being the same.