Practice Profit and loss Questions and Answers

• A bought a laptop for Rs.25000. He spent 16% of the amount that he had paid for buying it for its repair. He then sold the laptop to B and earned a profit ...
• A purchased an article for Rs 1300. She sold the article at 15% profit. She then added Rs 300 to the amount received and purchased a purse such that the se...
• A purchased an article for Rs 1280. She sold the article at 10% profit. She then added Rs 200 to the amount received and purchased a purse such that the se...
• A purchased an article for Rs 2000. She sold the article at 15% profit. She then added Rs 200 to the amount received and purchased a purse such that the se...
• A purchased an article for Rs 1550. She sold the article at 8% profit. She then added Rs 355 to the amount received and purchased a purse such that the sel...
• A purchased an article for Rs 1560. She sold the article at 10% profit. She then added Rs 325 to the amount received and purchased a purse such that the se...
• A purchased an article for Rs 1300. She sold the article at 12% profit. She then added Rs 400 to the amount received and purchased a purse such that the se...
• A purchased an article for Rs 3500. She sold the article at 12% profit. She then added Rs 500 to the amount received and purchased a purse such that the se...
• The shopkeeper sold the earrings at the profit of 25% and the cost price of earrings is Rs.3000. He earns x% profit on bracelet costing Rs.2500. If the ove...
• The shopkeeper sold the earrings at the profit of 15% and the cost price of earrings is Rs.4200. He earns x% profit on bracelet costing Rs.3500. If the ove...
• The shopkeeper sold the earrings at the profit of 25% and the cost price of earrings is Rs.3600. He earns x% profit on bracelet costing Rs.3000. If the ove...
• The shopkeeper sold the earrings at the profit of 15% and the cost price of earrings is Rs.1800. He earns x% profit on bracelet costing Rs.1500. If the ove...
• The shopkeeper sold the earrings at the profit of 25% and the cost price of earrings is Rs.1500. He earns x% profit on bracelet costing Rs.1250. If the ove...
• The selling price of the book is 30% more than the selling price of the bag and the selling price of the bottle is 30% less than the selling price of the b...
• The selling price of the book is 25% more than the selling price of the bag and the selling price of the bottle is 30% less than the selling price of the b...
• The selling price of the book is 30% more than the selling price of the bag and the selling price of the bottle is 30% less than the selling price of the b...
• An article is marked up by P% above the cost price. If shopkeeper offers discount of 25% and still earns a profit of 35%. For earning a profit of 71%, how ...
• Cost price of an article is Rs X and marked price is 400% more than cost price. To gain profit of 100%, what percent of discount should be offered on this ...
• A person buys 5 tables and 9 chairs for Rs15,400. He sells the tables at 10% profit and chairs at 20% profit. If his total profit on selling all the tables...
• A man sells two pipes at 12 each. He gains 20% on one and loses 20% on the other. In the whole transaction, there is
• A merchant fixed the selling price of his articles at 675 after adding 35% profit to the cost price. As the sale was very low at this price level, he decid...
• A chair listed at 550 is available at successive discounts of 25% and 10%. The selling price of the chair is
• A trader allows two successive discounts of 20% and 10% on selling an article. If he gets 550 for that article, find its marked price.
• A person sold his goods after announcing two successive discounts of 32% each. The effective discount altogether is
• What price should a shopkeeper mark on an article costing him 300 to gain 40% after allowing a discount of 30%?
• 10% of a product's cost price is Rs.1245.80. What would be the selling price if the product is sold at a loss of 15%? (rounded off to the nearest rupee)
• Jeeva purchased an article for Rs.2500 and sold it at 25% above cost and paid a tax of Rs.125. Find the post-tax profit in rupees.
• A milkman purchases 25 liters of milk from a dairy for Rs.800 and sells it at the rate of 33.50 per liter. What is the profit or loss %? (rounded off)
• A shopkeeper sold 46 articles for Rs.6240 and suffered a loss of 16%. How many articles should he sell for Rs. 9360 to earn a profit of 26%?
• The marked price of a product is Rs.320 more than the cost price. If 15% discount offered on the marked price and the profit percent on that product is 27....
• The marked price of a product is Rs.300 more than the cost price. If 55% discount offered on the marked price and the profit percent on that product is 12....
• The marked price of a product is Rs.240 more than the cost price. If 15% discount offered on the marked price and the profit percent on that product is 27....
• Marked price of an article is Rs.800 more than the cost price. When the same article is sold at a discount of Rs.400, the profit percent earned is 25%. To ...
• Marked price of an article is Rs.1000 more than the cost price. When the same article is sold at a discount of Rs.100, the profit percent earned is 15%. To...
• Marked price of an article is Rs.1250 more than the cost price. When the same article is sold at a discount of Rs.500, the profit percent earned is 25%. To...
• Marked price of an article is Rs.1360 more than the cost price. When the same article is sold at a discount of Rs.100, the profit percent earned is 20%. To...
• If an article is marked 60% above the cost price. If discount of x% is given on the marked price of the article then final profit of 12% is obtained. Now i...
• Selling price of an article after a discount of 25% is Rs 450. If cost price is Rs 320 then marked price is what percent more than cost price of article?
• A shopkeeper marks the price of the article in such a way that after allowing 28% discount, he wants a gain of 12%. If the marked price is ₹224. then the...
• Cost of 4 pens, 6 note books and 9 files is Rs 305. Cost of 3 pens, 4 notebooks and 2 files is Rs 145. What is the cost (in Rs) of 5 pens, 8 notebooks and ...