From a number of mangoes, a man sells half the number of existing mangoes plus 1 to the first customer, then sells 1/3rd of the remaining number of mangoes plus 1 to the second customer, then 1/4th of the remaining number of mangoes plus 1 to the third customer and 1/5th of the remaining number of mangoes plus 1 to the fourth customer. He then finds that he does not have any mangoes left. How many mangoes did he have originally?

A person who has a certain amount with him goes to the market. He can buy 50 oranges or 40 mangoes with this amount. He retains 10% of the amount for taxi fare and buys 20 mangoes and of the balance he purchases oranges. The number of oranges he can purchase is?

A person bought some mangoes at the rate of 7 per rupee. He bought the same number of mangoes at the rate of 6 per rupee. He mixes both types and sells at 14 for rupees 6. In the business he earns a profit of Rs. 46. How many mangoes he bought in all.

Mr Lee was selling apples in bags of p apples. 9 customers came and bought 1 bag each. He had 3 apples left. How many apples did he have at first? Express your answer in term of p.

A retailer selling mangoes offered a flat discount of 10% on his marked price. Further, owing to persistent bargaining by a customer, he offered n mangoes free for every 12 mangoes purchased by the customer and still made an overall profit of 20% in the transaction. Find the value of n, if the mangoes were marked at more than their cost price.

A greengrocer sold a case of apples in the following way.The first customer bought half the case, plus another two apples.The second customer bought half of those left, plus another two apples.The third customer bought half those left, plus another two apples.The fourth customer bought the remaining apple.How many apples were in the case originally?