Practice Profit and loss Questions and Answers

• A shopkeeper marked an article 65% above its cost price and made a profit of Rs. 644 when he sold the article after giving a discount of 15%. Find the prof...
• A shopkeeper marked an article 40% above its cost price and made a profit of Rs. 80 when he sold the article after giving a discount of 25%. Find the profi...
• A shopkeeper marked an article 50% above its cost price and made a profit of Rs. 320 when he sold the article after giving a discount of 20%. Find the prof...
• A shopkeeper marked an article 60% above its cost price and made a profit of Rs. 192 when he sold the article after giving a discount of 30%. Find the prof...
• The ratio of cost prices of two articles ‘A’ and ‘B’ is 1:3 respectively and the average cost price of articles ‘A’ and ‘B’ is Rs. 1200. If...
• Anita tried her hands on selling a cake that she had baked. She sold half of her cake at 20% profit, but seeing that cake would perish soon, sold half of t...
• The profit earned when article is sold for Rs. 1440 is 27times of the loss incurred when it is sold for Rs. 880.Find the CP?
• A shopkeeper marks his goods 50% above the CP and gives 20% discount to customer. At the time of selling the goods he uses 900gm weight instead of 1 kg. Fi...
• A seller purchased certain number of watches at prices ranging from Rs. 1350 to Rs. 1650 and sold them at price ranging from Rs. 1500 to Rs. 1800. Find the...
• A seller purchased certain number of watches at prices ranging from Rs. 850 to Rs. 1150 and sold them at price ranging from Rs. 1000 to Rs. 1300. Find the ...
• ‘A’ and ‘B’ started a business by investing certain sum in the ratio 13:5, respectively for 6 years. If 10% of the total profit is donated in an or...
• A person sold two articles for Rs. 1936 each. On one he gained 28% and on other he lost 12%. What is his overall gain or loss percent, correct to one decim...
• Ratio of cost price and marked price of an article is 1:3. If profit obtained is Rs. 3500 then the profit percentage is 50%. If discount is 10%, find the s...
• Cost price of a bag is Rs.600. The shopkeeper marked it 60% above the cost price and sold it after giving a discount of 20%. If the shopkeeper had sold it ...
• Cost price of a bag is Rs.700. The shopkeeper marked it 80% above the cost price and sold it after giving a discount of 25%. If the shopkeeper had sold it ...
• Cost price of a bag is Rs.900. The shopkeeper marked it 80% above the cost price and sold it after giving a discount of 20%. If the shopkeeper had sold it ...
• Cost price of a bag is Rs.820. The shopkeeper marked it 60% above the cost price and sold it after giving a discount of 25%. If the shopkeeper had sold it ...
• Cost price of a bag is Rs.750. The shopkeeper marked it 80% above the cost price and sold it after giving a discount of 20%. If the shopkeeper had sold it ...
• Cost price of a bag is Rs.660. The shopkeeper marked it 80% above the cost price and sold it after giving a discount of 25%. If the shopkeeper had sold it ...
• Cost price of a bag is Rs.960. The shopkeeper marked it 70% above the cost price and sold it after giving a discount of 25%. If the shopkeeper had sold it ...
• Cost price of a bag is Rs.980. The shopkeeper marked it 80% above the cost price and sold it after giving a discount of 25%. If the shopkeeper had sold it ...
• Cost price of a bag is Rs.500. The shopkeeper marked it 60% above the cost price and sold it after giving a discount of 22%. If the shopkeeper had sold it ...
• Cost price of a bag is Rs.760. The shopkeeper marked it 70% above the cost price and sold it after giving a discount of 25%. If the shopkeeper had sold it ...
• A businessman purchases 20 articles whose cost is equal to the selling price of 15 articles. The profit or loss percentage of the businessman is:
• A shopkeeper purchased an article for Rs. ‘a’ and marked it 150% above its cost price and sold it after giving two successive discounts of 540 and 20%,...
• A shopkeeper purchased an article for Rs. ‘a’ and marked it 140% above its cost price and sold it after giving two successive discounts of 480 and 20%,...
• A shopkeeper purchased an article for Rs. ‘a’ and marked it 150% above its cost price and sold it after giving two successive discounts of 250 and 20%,...
• A shopkeeper purchased an article for Rs. ‘a’ and marked it 125% above its cost price and sold it after giving two successive discounts of 250 and 10%,...
• A shopkeeper purchased an article for Rs. ‘a’ and marked it 150% above its cost price and sold it after giving two successive discounts of 300 and 25%,...
• A shopkeeper purchased an article for Rs. lsquo;arsquo; and marked it 160% above its cost price and sold it after giving two successive discounts of 350 an...
• A shopkeeper purchased an article for Rs.'a' and marked it 140% above its cost price and sold it after giving two successive discounts of 300 and 20%, resp...
• A shopkeeper purchased an article for Rs. ‘a’ and marked it 135% above its cost price and sold it after giving two successive discounts of 200 and 20%,...
• A shopkeeper purchased an article for Rs. ‘a’ and marked it 140% above its cost price and sold it after giving two successive discounts of  Rs270 and ...
• The cost price of article A and B is Rs. ‘X’ and Rs. (X + 400), respectively. Article A is sold at 20% profit while article B is sold at 10% loss. If s...
• The cost price of article A and B is Rs. ‘X’ and Rs. (X + 350), respectively. Article A is sold at 20% profit while article B is sold at 10% lo...
• The cost price of article A and B is Rs. ‘X’ and Rs. (X + 480), respectively. Article A is sold at 20% profit while article B is sold at 10% lo...
• The cost price of article A and B is Rs. ‘X’ and Rs. (X + 550), respectively. Article A is sold at 20% profit while article B is sold at 10% lo...
• The cost price of article A and B is Rs. ‘X’ and Rs. (X + 750), respectively. Article A is sold at 20% profit while article B is sold at 10% loss. If s...
• The cost price of article A and B is Rs. ‘X’ and Rs. (X + 900), respectively. Article A is sold at 20% profit while article B is sold at 10% lo...
• The cost price of article A and B is Rs. ‘X’ and Rs. (X + 550), respectively. Article A is sold at 20% profit while article B is sold at 10% lo...