Practice Profit and loss Questions and Answers

• Anand buys an old cycle for Rs. 5700 and spends Rs. 550 on its repairs. If he sells the cycle for Rs. 6500, his gain percent is
• A shopkeeper purchased 70 kg of radish for Rs. 560 and sold the whole lot at the rate of Rs. 14 per kg. What will be his gain percent?
• The price of an article marked at 30% above cost price is sold at a profit of 25%. If it were to be sold at a discount of 25%, ind the percentage decrease ...
• The price of an article marked at 25% above cost price is sold at a profit of 20%. If it were to be sold at a discount of 20%, ind the percentage decrease ...
• Viru has Rs. 9000. He gives this money to Mahi on simple interest and after 4 years received the double amount. If the interest rate is 5% more than the pr...
• By giving a discount of 23% on the market price of an article, the trader earns a profit of 10%. If the difference between the market price and the cost pr...
• If a boat travels 15 km more in downstream than in upstream  in 3 hours and if the speed of the Boat in still water is 17 kmph.  Find the distance travel...
• The diameter of a circular field is equal to the side of a square  field. If the total cost of fencing the circular field is Rs. 374 at the  rate of Rs.1...
• A person earn 18% profit on the marked price. If he quadruple the marked price but gave 40% discount on the new marked price then how much percentage of pr...
• A person earn 25% profit on the marked price. If he tripled the marked price but gave 40% discount on the new marked price then how much percentage of prof...
• Rohan bought a motor-cycle at a discount of 13(1/3) % on MRP. He earned half the amount of his CP by renting it for 400 days. After that he resells it at h...
• The greatest number, which when subtracted from 978, gives a number exactly divisible by each of 12, 18, 20 and 24, is:
• The HCF and LCM of two natural numbers are 15 and 55, respectively. What is the difference between the two numbers, if one of the numbers is 25?
• If A : B = 8:3 and A is 25 more than B then find the sum of A and B.
• The cost price of two articles is same. One article is sold at 40% profit and another at 10% loss. If the selling price of one article is Rs. 700 more than...
• The cost price of two articles is same. One article is sold at 20% profit and another at 10% loss. If the selling price of one article is Rs. 999 more than...
• The cost price of two articles is same. One article is sold at 12.5% profit and another at 20% loss. If the selling price of one article is Rs. 390 more th...
• The cost price of two articles is same. One article is sold at 25% profit and another at 12% loss. If the selling price of one article is Rs. 777 more than...
• The cost price of two articles is same. One article is sold at 29% profit and another at 11 % loss. If the selling price of one article is Rs. 600 more tha...
• The ratio between the present ages of Beena and Meenal is 4 : 9. Beena is 10 years younger than Meenal. Find the ratio of their ages 8 years hence....
• A garment company declared 17% discount for wholesale buyers. Ms. Diksha, a wholeseller bought garments from the company for Rs.1660 after getting discount...
• A shopkeeper sold an article A at 20% gain and another article B at 20% loss. Find her overall gain or loss percent if selling price of both articles were ...
• An article is sold for Rs. 480 at 20% loss. If this article was sold at 12.5% profit, what would have been its selling price?
• A purchased an article and sold it to B at 25% profit. B marked it up by 20% above the price at which A has purchased it and then sold it after giving a di...
• A purchased an article and sold it to B at 20% profit. B marked it up by 24% above the price at which A has purchased it and then sold it after giving a di...
• A purchased an article and sold it to B at 20% profit. B marked it up by 25% above the price at which A has purchased it and then sold it after giving a di...
• A shopkeeper sells two products A and B. He earns 12% profit on a product A costing Rs. 2000. If the overall profit on selling two products is 17%, then wh...
• A shopkeeper sells two products A and B. He earns 21% profit on a product A costing Rs. 1200. If the overall profit on selling two products is 18%, then wh...
• A shopkeeper marks up an item by 25%. If he increases the discount from 12% to 14%, the profit will decrease by Rs. 70. Find the selling price of the item ...
• A shopkeeper marks up an item by 25%. If he increases the discount from 11% to 15%, the profit will decrease by Rs. 90. Find the selling price of the item ...
• 25 kg of rice ‘A is purchased for Rs. 4/kg while 30 kg of rice ‘B’ is purchased for Rs. 10/kg. If the mixture of the both types of rice is sold at Rs...
• 31 kg of rice ‘A is purchased for Rs. 7/kg while 28 kg of rice ‘B’ is purchased for Rs. 8/kg. If the mixture of the both types of rice is sold at Rs....
• A man bought an article at 25% less of the marked price and sold it at 15% more than the marked price. Find the profit earned by him. ...
• A man bought an article at 20% less of the marked price and sold it at 25% more than the marked price. Find the profit earned by him. ...
• A man bought an article at 12.5% less of the marked price and sold it at 5% more than the marked price. Find the profit earned by him.
• A man bought an article at 30% less of the marked price and sold it at 12% more than the marked price. Find the profit earned by him. ...
• A shopkeeper sells an article for Rs 78 and earns double the profit that he would have earned on selling this article for Rs 69. Find the C.P of this artic...
• A shopkeeper sells an article for Rs 70 and earns thrice the profit that he would have earned on selling this article for Rs 50. Find the C.P of this artic...
• A shopkeeper sells an article for Rs 120 and earns thrice the profit that he would have earned on selling this article for Rs 66. Find the C.P of this arti...