Practice Profit and loss Questions and Answers

• 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...
• A shopkeeper made a profit of 30% by selling an article for Rs. 260. If he had sold it after allowing a discount of 15% on its selling price, then find the...
• A shopkeeper made a profit of 40% by selling an article for Rs. 280. If he had sold it after allowing a discount of 15% on its selling price, then find the...
• A shopkeeper made a profit of 50% by selling an article for Rs. 300. If he had sold it after allowing a discount of 20% on its selling price, then find the...
• A shopkeeper made a profit of 60% by selling an article for Rs. 320. If he had sold it after allowing a discount of 20% on its selling price, then find the...
• A and B started a business with investments in the ratio 5:4 respectively. After 4 months, C joined them with an investment 30% more than the investment of...
• A invested Rs. 2x in a business. After six months B Joined him with Rs. 5x and A double his investment. If at the end of the year’s total profit is R...
• The cost price of 15 mangoes is Rs.220. Because of bad quality of mangoes, the shopkeeper has to sell mangoes at a loss that is equal to selling price of 5...
• The cost price of 20 mangoes is Rs.208. Because of bad quality of mangoes, the shopkeeper has to sell mangoes at a loss that is equal to selling price of 6...
• The cost price of 25 mangoes is Rs.210. Because of bad quality of mangoes, the shopkeeper has to sell mangoes at a loss that is equal to selling price of 5...
• The cost price of 20 mangoes is Rs.120. Because of bad quality of mangoes, the shopkeeper has to sell mangoes at a loss that is equal to selling price of 4...
• The cost price of 16 mangoes is Rs.220. Because of bad quality of mangoes, the shopkeeper has to sell mangoes at a loss that is equal to selling price of 6...
• The cost price of 23 mangoes is Rs.200. Because of bad quality of mangoes, the shopkeeper has to sell mangoes at a loss that is equal to selling price of 2...
• The cost price of 26 mangoes is Rs.210. Because of bad quality of mangoes, the shopkeeper has to sell mangoes at a loss that is equal to selling price of 4...
• After allowing a 10% discount on the marked price of an article, a dealer makes a profit of 5%. What is the marked price, if the cost price of the article ...
• The ratio of cost price and selling price of a shirt is 4:5 respectively. The shirt was marked up by 30% above its cost price, and sold after giving Rs.40 ...
• The ratio of cost price and selling price of a shirt is 4:5 respectively. The shirt was marked up by 35% above its cost price, and sold after giving Rs.45 ...
• The ratio of cost price and selling price of a shirt is 6:7 respectively. The shirt was marked up by 20% above its cost price, and sold after giving Rs.40 ...
• The ratio of cost price and selling price of a shirt is 7:8 respectively. The shirt was marked up by 20% above its cost price, and sold after giving Rs.40 ...
• The ratio of cost price and selling price of a shirt is 7:8 respectively. The shirt was marked up by 25% above its cost price, and sold after giving Rs.60 ...
• The ratio of cost price and selling price of a shirt is 3:4 respectively. The shirt was marked up by 35% above its cost price, and sold after giving Rs.30 ...