Practice Profit and loss Questions and Answers

• Selling price of article ‘A’ when sold at a profit of 60% is Rs. 190 more than its selling price when sold at a loss of 16%. If the cost price of artic...
• Selling price of article ‘A’ when sold at a profit of 55% is Rs. 200 more than its selling price when sold at a loss of 45%. If the cost price of artic...
• Selling price of article ‘A’ when sold at a profit of 45% is Rs. 260 more than its selling price when sold at a loss of 35%. If the cost price of artic...
• After getting two successive discounts, Seema got a shirt at ₹153, for which the marked price was ₹200. If the second discount was 15%, the first disco...
• An anicle was sold for ₹1,215 after giving a discount of 19%. If a discount of 17.5% is given, then for how much (in ₹) should the article be sold?
• A man spent 66% of his income in May. If his savings is increased by 20% in June and becomes Rs. 6120, then find the income of man in May.
• The ratio of the cost price and marked price of an article is 3:7, respectively. The article is sold after giving a discount of Rs. 800 such that there is ...
• The ratio of the cost price and marked price of an article is 4:9, respectively. The article is sold after giving a discount of Rs. 700 such that there is ...
• The ratio of the cost price and marked price of an article is 5:9, respectively. The article is sold after giving a discount of Rs. 900 such that there is ...
• The ratio of the cost price and marked price of an article is 4:7, respectively. The article is sold after giving a discount of Rs. 800 such that there is ...
• The ratio of the cost price and marked price of an article is 7:10, respectively. The article is sold after giving a discount of Rs. 400 such that there is...
• A shopkeeper bought two articles for Rs. 200 each. If he sold one of them at 40% profit and the other at 25% loss, then find the difference between the sel...
• A shopkeeper bought two articles for Rs. 500 each. If he sold one of them at 40% profit and the other at 25% loss, then find the difference between the sel...
• A shopkeeper bought two articles for Rs. 700 each. If he sold one of them at 40% profit and the other at 25% loss, then find the difference between the sel...
• A shopkeeper bought two articles for Rs. 900 each. If he sold one of them at 40% profit and the other at 25% loss, then find the difference between the sel...
• A shopkeeper bought two articles for Rs. 250 each. If he sold one of them at 40% profit and the other at 20% loss, then find the difference between the sel...
• A shopkeeper bought two articles for Rs. 150 each. If he sold one of them at 40% profit and the other at 30% loss, then find the difference between the sel...
• A shopkeeper bought two articles for Rs. 350 each. If he sold one of them at 40% profit and the other at 40% loss, then find the difference between the sel...
• A shopkeeper bought two articles for Rs. 450 each. If he sold one of them at 40% profit and the other at 22% loss, then find the difference between the sel...
• A shopkeeper sold an article for Rs. 200 after offering a discount of 20%. If he earned a profit of 60%, then find the ratio of cost price to the marked pr...
• A shopkeeper sold an article for Rs. 780 after offering a discount of 40%. If he earned a profit of 30%, then find the ratio of cost price to the marked pr...
• A shopkeeper sold an article for Rs. 300 after offering a discount of 40%. If he earned a profit of 50%, then find the ratio of cost price to the marked pr...
• A shopkeeper sold an article for Rs. 600 after offering a discount of 40%. If he earned a profit of 50%, then find the ratio of cost price to the marked pr...
• A shopkeeper sold an article for Rs. 300 after offering a discount of 80%. If he earned a profit of 50%, then find the ratio of cost price to the marked pr...
• A shopkeeper sold an article for Rs. 600 after offering a discount of 40%. If he earned a profit of 50%, then find the ratio of cost price to the marked pr...
• A shopkeeper sold an article for Rs. 700 after offering a discount of 20%. If he earned a profit of 25%, then find the ratio of cost price to the marked pr...
• Cost price of an article is X. The article is marked up by Y% and sold while offering a discount of 25%. The profit earned is (Y + 20). When the same artic...
• A shopkeeper purchases rice of two varieties ‘A’ and ‘B’ at Rs. 27 per kg and Rs. 24 per kg respectively. He mixes 1 kg of variety ‘A’ rice wit...
• A shopkeeper purchases rice of two varieties ‘A’ and ‘B’ at Rs. 24 per kg and Rs. 18 per kg respectively. He mixes 1 kg of variety ‘A’ rice wit...
• A shopkeeper purchases rice of two varieties ‘A’ and ‘B’ at Rs. 18 per kg and Rs. 45 per kg respectively. He mixes 1 kg of variety ‘A’ rice wit...
• A saree having cost price of Rs. 1000 is marked up by 40% above its cost price and sold after offering two successive discounts of 10% and 20% respectively...
• A saree having cost price of Rs. 1300 is marked up by 50% above its cost price and sold after offering two successive discounts of 10% and 20% respectively...
• A saree having cost price of Rs. 900 is marked up by 50% above its cost price and sold after offering two successive discounts of 10% and 20% respectively....
• A saree having cost price of Rs. 2500 is marked up by 50% above its cost price and sold after offering two successive discounts of 10% and 20% respectively...
• A shopkeeper bought article ‘A’ for Rs. ‘x’ and marked it 20% above its cost price and sold it for Rs. 1800. Marked price of article ‘B’ is Rs....
• A shopkeeper bought article ‘A’ for Rs. ‘x’ and marked it 20% above its cost price and sold it for Rs. 1500. Marked price of article ‘B’ is Rs....
• A shopkeeper bought article ‘A’ for Rs. ‘x’ and marked it 25% above its cost price and sold it for Rs. 2600. Marked price of article ‘B’ is Rs....
• A shopkeeper bought article ‘A’ for Rs. ‘x’ and marked it 20% above its cost price and sold it for Rs. 3000. Marked price of article ‘B’ is Rs....
• A trader bought an article for Rs. 3000 and marked it 20% above of its cost price. If he sold it after giving a discount of Rs. 120 then find the profit pe...
• A trader bought an article for Rs. 3600 and marked it 20% above of its cost price. If he sold it after giving a discount of Rs. 180 then find the profit pe...