Practice Profit and loss Questions and Answers

• 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 ...
• The ratio of cost price and selling price of a shirt is 5:6 respectively. The shirt was marked up by 25% above its cost price, and sold after giving Rs.60 ...
• A shopkeeper sold a school bag at a profit of 60%. Had he sold the school bag at 20% profit he would have earned Rs.164 less. Find the cost price of the sc...
• A shopkeeper sold a school bag at a profit of 35%. Had he sold the school bag at 15% profit he would have earned Rs.148 less. Find the cost price of the sc...
• A shopkeeper sold a school bag at a profit of 65%. Had he sold the school bag at 35% profit he would have earned Rs.183 less. Find the cost price of the sc...
• A shopkeeper sold a school bag at a profit of 45%. Had he sold the school bag at 25% profit he would have earned Rs.148 less. Find the cost price of the sc...
• A shopkeeper sold a school bag at a profit of 35%. Had he sold the school bag at 20% profit he would have earned Rs.135 less. Find the cost price of the sc...
• A shopkeeper sold a school bag at a profit of 30%. Had he sold the school bag at 15% profit he would have earned Rs.105 less. Find the cost price of the sc...
• A shopkeeper sold a school bag at a profit of 55%. Had he sold the school bag at 35% profit he would have earned Rs.188 less. Find the cost price of the sc...
• A shopkeeper sold a school bag at a profit of 42%. Had he sold the school bag at 22% profit he would have earned Rs.124 less. Find the cost price of the sc...
• Some toffees were bought at rate of 11 for Rs10 and same number at the rate of 9 for Rs10. If the whole lot was sold at one rupee per toffee, then gain% or...
• A shopkeeper sells an article at profit of 20% and uses a weight of 25% less instead of 1 kg. Find his actual profit?
• The difference between selling an item at an 18 percent loss and at a 14 percent profit is Rs. 1000. At what price should the item be sold to make a profit...
• A seller marked his article 65% above the cost price and sold it after offering two successive discounts of 60% and 25% respectively. In the whole transact...
• A seller marked his article 60% above the cost price and sold it after offering two successive discounts of 50% and 20% respectively. In the whole transact...
• A seller marked his article 75% above the cost price and sold it after offering two successive discounts of 60% and 25% respectively. In the whole transact...
• A seller marked his article 80% above the cost price and sold it after offering two successive discounts of 60% and 25% respectively. In the whole transact...
• A seller marked his article 70% above the cost price and sold it after offering two successive discounts of 60% and 25% respectively. In the whole transact...
• A seller marked his article 80% above the cost price and sold it after offering two successive discounts of 60% and 20% respectively. In the whole transact...
• P purchased a book from registered store and gets 13% discount while Q purchased the same book from a roadside stall and got 16% discount. If Q paid Rs. 21...
• P purchased a book from registered store and gets 12% discount while Q purchased the same book from a roadside stall and got 18% discount. If Q paid Rs. 12...