Practice Profit and loss Questions and Answers

• A shopkeeper marks his goods 60% above the CP and gives 25% discount to customer. At the time of selling the goods he uses 800gm weight instead of 1 kg and...
•   A person bought an article and sold it at a loss of 15%. If he had bought it for 20% less and sold it for Rs114 more he would have had profit of 30%...
•   A man purchases some number of articles at Rs.729000 and he sells  4/9th  of them at 7.5% loss.  what profit % did he sell the remain...
• By selling 72 articles, a loss equal to the selling price of 8 articles was incurred. What is the loss percentage?
• The marked price of an article is ₹600. After allowing a discount of 25% on the marked price, there was a loss of ₹30. The loss percentage is:
• If the ratio of marked price and selling price of an article is 13:10. Shopkeeper earned 25% profit. If the difference between marked price and cost price ...
• A shopkeeper marked up of a shirt 60% above the cost price and sold at the discount of 25%, and made a profit of Rs.950. If the cost price of pant is 40% m...
• A and B started a business with investments in the ratio 11:10 respectively. After 10 months, C joined them with an investment 40% more than the investment...
• ‘A’ invested Rs. 6600 for ‘x’ months while ‘B’ invested Rs. 1100 less amount than ‘A’ for (x + 3) months. I...
• A and B together started a business with initial investment in the ratio of 3:5, respectively. The time-period of investment for A and B is in the ratio of...
• A invested Rs. X in a business. After four months B Joined him with Rs. 7X and A double his investment. If at the end of the years total profit is Rs. 4865...
• Marked price of an article is 1.45 times of cost price. Selling price is Rs. 1500.Find the discount percentage if profit percentage is 25%
• Navya buys two article A and B at the same cost price Rs. P. Then, She markup both articles by 75% above their cost price. Then, she sold article A at Rs.2...
• The profit on selling an article for Rs.425 is the same as the loss on selling it for Rs.355, then the cost price of the article is
• A & B jointly made a profit of Rs.1650 and they decided to share it such that 1/3 of A's profit is equal to 2/5 of B's profit. Then profit of B is
• Last year Mr. A bought two paintings. This year he sold them for Rs, 20,000 each. On one, he made a 25% profit and on the other he had a 25% loss. Then his...
• A shopkeeper sells rice at 10% profit and uses weight 30% less than the actual measure. His gain percent is ...
• A and B started a business with investments in the ratio 11:10 respectively. After 10 months, C joined them with an investment 40% more than the investment...
• The cost price of an article is Rs. 2500 and a shopkeeper wants to earn 12% profit on it after giving 20% discount on marked price. Find the marked price o...
• The cost price of an article is Rs. 5500 and a shopkeeper wants to earn 16% profit on it after giving 20% discount on marked price. Find the marked price o...
• The cost price of an article is Rs. 3000 and a shopkeeper wants to earn 23% profit on it after giving 25% discount on marked price. Find the marked price o...
• The cost price of an article is Rs. 2800 and a shopkeeper wants to earn 15% profit on it after giving 8% discount on marked price. Find the marked price of...
• The cost price of an article is Rs. 2335 and a shopkeeper wants to earn 12% profit on it after giving 20% discount on marked price. Find the marked price o...
• The cost price of an article is Rs. 3500 and a shopkeeper wants to earn 25% profit on it after giving 20% discount on marked price. Find the marked price o...
• A shopkeeper marked an article ‘A’ 40% above the cost price and sold it for Rs. 3024 after giving a certain discount while he sold an article ‘B’ f...
• A shopkeeper marked an article ‘A’ 60% above the cost price and sold it for Rs. 4032 after giving a certain discount while he sold an article ‘B’ f...
• A shopkeeper marked an article ‘A’ 20% above the cost price and sold it for Rs. 6048 after giving a certain discount while he sold an article ‘B’ f...
• A shopkeeper marked an article ‘A’ 25% above the cost price and sold it for Rs. 7056 after giving a certain discount while he sold an article &...
• A shopkeeper marked an article ‘A’ 28% above the cost price and sold it for Rs. 8064 after giving a certain discount while he sold an article ‘B’ f...
• A shopkeeper marked an article ‘A’ 50% above the cost price and sold it for Rs. 9072 after giving a certain discount while he sold an article ‘B’ f...
• A trader buys some goods for Rs 150. If the overhead expenses be 12% of cost price, then at what price should it be sold to earn 10% profit ?
• The ratio of cost prices of two articles ‘A’ and ‘B’ is 5:1 respectively and the average cost price of articles ‘A’ and ‘B’ is Rs. 1200. If...
• A shopkeeper marked an article 50% above its cost price and made a profit of Rs. 200 when he sold the article after giving a discount of 25%. 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 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...