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Mathematics Standard 8 Question Paper

Mathematics Standard 8

Course:Primary Level

Exam Year:2005

MATHEMATICS STANDARD EIGHT
K.C.P.E REVISION QUESTIONS.

TOPIC: PROFIT AND LOSS.

1. A tray contains 30 eggs. A businessman buys a tray at sh. 75.00 and sells it for sh. 90.00. He bought 5 trays of eggs but 50 eggs broke. How much should he sell each of the remaining eggs in order to make the same profit?

2. If a shopkeeper sells a shirt for sh. 450, he makes a 10% loss. For how much should he sell the shirt to make a 20% profit?

3. A vendor spends sh. 100 to buy fruits as follows:
36 mangoes
40 oranges
48 bananas

She then sold the fruits as follows:
1 mango for sh. 1.00
2 oranges for sh. 3.00
4 bananas for sh. 5.00
How much profit did she make?

4. A shopkeeper bought 36 glasses at sh. 45 each. Ten glasses got broken. He then sold the remaining at sh. 50. What loss did he make?

5. Kibe bought a radio for sh. 2800. He later sold it making a 20% loss. For how much did he sell it?

6. Mwenje and Kiratu buy and sell bananas. One day, each of the bought 900 bananas for the same price. Mwenje sold each banana for sh. 1.00 while Kiratu sold his at 5 for sh. 4. If Kiratu made a loss of sh. 20, how much profit did Mwenje make?

7. A hawker bought 100 oranges at sh. 5 each. Twenty five oranges got spoilt and she sold the remaining oranges at sh. 6.50 each. What loss did she make?

8. Nyakundi sold a radio for sh. 7200 making a 20% profit. For how much had he bought the radio?

9. A tray contains 30 eggs. A kiosk owner bought 5 trays at sh. 150 each. The eggs in two trays got broken. He then sold the remaining eggs at sh. 6 per egg. What loss did he make?

10. A fruit vendor bought 150 pineapples at sh. 80 for every 5 pineapples. He sold then at sh. 24 each. How much profit did he make?

Mathematics Standard 8 Question Paper

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