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Abdi sold a radio costing Kshs 3 800 at a profit of 20%. He earned a commission of 22 ½ 5 on the profit. Find the amount he earned.
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Form 1 Mathematics
Halima deposited Ksh. 109375 in a financial institution which paid simple interest at the rate of 8% p.a. At the end of 2 years, she withdrew all the money. She then invested the money in share. The value of the shares depreciated at 4% p.a. during the first year of investment. In the next 3 years, the value of the shares appreciated at the rate of 6% every four months
a) Calculate the amount Halima invested in shares. b) Calculate the value of Halima's shares. (i) At the end of the first year; (ii) At the end of the fourth year, to the nearest shilling. c) Calculate Halima„s gain from the share as a percentage. (ii) Find the values of x and y. (iii) Calculate the time taken before the policemen were unable to communicate. Form 1 Mathematics
A fuel dealer makes a profit of Kshs. 520 for every 1000 litres of petrol sold and Ksh. 480 for every 1000 litres of diesel sold.
In a certain month the dealer sold twice as much diesel as petrol. If the total fuel sold that month was 900,000 litres, find the dealer‟s profit for the month. Form 1 MathematicsForm 1 Mathematics
A Kenyan tourist left Germany for Kenya through Switzerland. While in Switzerland he bought a watch worth 52 Deutsche Marks. Find the value of the watch in:
(a) Swiss Francs. (b) Kenya Shillings Use the exchange rates below: 1 Swiss Franc = 1.28 Deutsche Marks. 1 Swiss Franc = 45.21 Kenya Shillings Form 1 Mathematics
The cash price of a T.V set is Kshs 13, 800. A customer opts to buy the set on Hire purchase terms by paying a deposit of Kshs 2, 280
If simple interest of 20% p.a is charged on the balance and the customer is required to repay by 24 equal monthly installments, calculate the amount of each installment. ​Related Questions and Answers on Commercial Arithmetic IForm 1 Mathematics
A retailer planned to buy some computers form a wholesaler for a total of Kshs 1,800,000. Before the retailer could buy the computers the price per unit was reduced by Kshs 4,000. This reduction in price enabled the retailer to buy five more computers using the same amount of money as originally planned.
(a) Determine the number of computers the retailer bought (b) Two of the computers purchased got damaged while in store, the rest were sold and the retailer made a 15% profit Calculate the profit made by the retailer on each computer sold Form 1 Mathematics
Three business partners: Asha Nangila and Cherop contributed Kshs 60,000, Kshs 85,000 and Kshs 105 000 respectively. They agreed to put 25% of the profit back into business each year. Thay also agreed to put aside 40% of the remaining profit to cater for taxes and insurance. The rest of the profit would then be shared among the partners in the ration of their contributions. At the end of the first year, the business realized a gross profit of Kshs 225 000
(a) Calculate the amount of money Cherop received more than Asha at the end of the first year (b) Nangila further invested Kshs 25,000 into the business at the beginning of the second year. Given that the gross profit at the end of the second year increased in the ratio 10: 9, calculate Nangila's share of the profit at the end of the second year. ​Related Questions and Answers on Commercial Arithmetic I
Form 1 Mathematics
A Kenyan businessman bought goods from Japan worth 2, 950 000 Japanese yen. On arrival in Kenya custom duty of 20% was charged on the value of the goods.
If the exchange rates were as follows 1 US dollar = 118 Japanese Yen 1 US dollar = 76 Kenya shillings Calculate the duty paid in Kenya shillings Form 1 Mathematics
A certain sum of money is deposited in a bank that pays simple interest at a certain rate.
After 5 years the total amount of money in an account is Kshs 358 400. The interest earned each year is 12 800 Calculate (i) the amount of money which was deposited (ii) the annual rate of interest that the bank paid (b) A computer whose marked price is Kshs 40,000 is sold at Kshs 56,000 on hire purchase terms. (i) Kioko bought the computer on hire purchase term. He paid a deposit of 25% of the hire purchase price and cleared the balance by equal monthly installments of Kshs 2625 Calculate the number of installments (ii) Had Kioko bought the computer on cash terms he would have been allowed a discount of 12 ½ % on marked price. Calculate the difference between the cash price and the hire purchase price and express as a percentage of the cash price. Form 1 Mathematics
In the year 2001, the price of a sofa set in a shop was Kshs 12,000
(a) Calculate the amount of money received from the sales of 240 sofa sets that year (b) (i) In the year 2002 the price of each sofa set increased by 25% while the number of sets sold decreased by 10% Calculate the percentage increase in the amount received from the sales (ii) If at the end of year 2002, the price of each sofa set changed in the ration 16:15, calculate the price of each sofa set in the year 2003 (c) The number of sofa sets sold in the year 2003 was P% less than the number sold in the year 200. Calculate the value of P, given that the amounts received from sales if the two years were equal. Form 1 Mathematics
A construction company requires to transport 144 tonnes of stones to sites A and B. The company pays Kshs 24,000 to transport 48 tonnes of stone for every 28 km. Kimani transported 96 tonnes to a site A, 49 km away.
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Akinyi, Bundi, Cura, and Diba invested some money on a business in the ratio of 7 : 9 : 10 : 1 respectively. The business realized a profit of Kshs 46,800. They shared 12% of the profit equally and the remainder in the ratio of their contributions.
Calculate the total amount received by Diba Form 1 Mathematics
A retailer bought 49 kg of grade I rice at Kshs. 65 per kilogram and 60 kg of grade II rice at Kshs 27.50 per kilogram. He mixed the two types of rice.
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​A manufacturer sells bottle of fruit juice to a trader at a profit of 40%. The trader sells it for Kshs 84 at a profit of 20%. Find:
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​During a certain period, the exchange rate were follows:
Calculate the total amount of money the management ended up with. A salesman gets a commission of 2.4% on sales up to Kshs 100.00. He gets an additional commission of 1.5% on sales above this. Calculate the commission he gets on sales worth Kshs 280.000A company is to construct a parking bay whose area is 135m2. It is to be covered with concrete slab of uniform thickness of 0.15. To make the slab cement. Ballast and sand are to be mixed so that their masses are in the ratio 1: 4: 4. The mass of m3 of dry slab is 2, 500kg.
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