Practice Profit and loss Questions and Answers

• After giving a discount of 20% on the marked price of an article, it is sold for ₹120. Had the discount not been given, the profit would have been 20%. W...
• A shopkeeper has some toys. He sells two-third of the toys at a profit of 35% and the remaining toys at 10% loss. What is his overall percentage of profit?
• A man sells two articles at 29.180 each. He gains 8% on one article and loses 15% on the other. His overall profit or loss is:
• Roshan purchased 100 rolls of paper for Rs. 24 per roll. He spent Rs. 200 on their transportation. He also paid 20 paise per roll for packing of each roll....
• Roshan purchased 100 rolls of paper for Rs. 22 per roll. He spent Rs. 300 on their transportation. He also paid 10 paise per roll for packing of each roll....
• Roshan purchased 100 rolls of paper for Rs. 25 per roll. He spent Rs. 500 on their transportation. He also paid 30 paise per roll for packing of each roll....
• Roshan purchased 100 rolls of paper for Rs. 27 per roll. He spent Rs. 600 on their transportation. He also paid 50 paise per roll for packing of each roll....
• Roshan purchased 100 rolls of paper for Rs. 30 per roll. He spent Rs. 350 on their transportation. He also paid 10 paise per roll for packing of each roll....
• Roshan purchased 100 rolls of paper for Rs. 32 per roll. He spent Rs. 450 on their transportation. He also paid 20 paise per roll for packing of each roll....
• A man purchased 100 rolls of paper for Rs. 34 per roll. He spent Rs. 650 on their transportation. He also paid 50 paise per roll for packing of each roll. ...
• A man purchased 100 rolls of paper for Rs. 22 per roll. He spent Rs. 700 on their transportation. He also paid 20 paise per roll for packing of each roll. ...
• A man purchased 100 rolls of paper for Rs. 50 per roll. He spent Rs. 800 on their transportation. He also paid 10 paise per roll for packing of each roll. ...
• A man purchased 100 rolls of paper for Rs. 60 per roll. He spent Rs. 750 on their transportation. He also paid 20 paise per roll for packing of each roll. ...
• A trader marked an article 70% above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of 40%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 20, then f...
• A trader marked an article 80% above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of 40%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 22, then f...
• A trader marked an article 70% above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of 40%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 24, then f...
• A trader marked an article 20% above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of 10%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 28, then f...
• A trader marked an article 40% above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of 25%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 30, then f...
• A trader marked an article 50% above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of 30%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 32, then f...
• A trader marked an article 35% above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of 20%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 34, then f...
• A trader marked an article 25% above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of 17%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 36, then f...
• A trader marked an article 40% above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of 20%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 30, then f...
• A trader marked an article 70% above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of 40%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 40, then f...
• A trader marked an article 20% above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of 15%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 22, then f...
• A trader marked an article 16% above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of 10%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 11, then f...
• A trader marked an article 35% above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of 25%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 20, then f...
• A man sold 30 articles for ₹100 and gained 20%. The number of articles he bought for ₹100 was:
• On selling an anicle for ₹984, Arnn loses 18%. In order to gain 15%, he must sell it for:
• Jagat Singh sold an article for ₹6,000 and incurred a loss. Had be sold it for ₹7,400, his profit would have been 2/3 of the amount of loss that he inc...
• Selling price of article ‘A’ when sold at a profit of 45% is Rs. 150 more than its selling price when sold at a loss of 35%. If the cost price of artic...
• Selling price of article ‘A’ when sold at a profit of 35% is Rs. 120 more than its selling price when sold at a loss of 40%. If the cost price of artic...
• Selling price of article ‘A’ when sold at a profit of 20% is Rs. 150 more than its selling price when sold at a loss of 30%. If the cost price of artic...
• Selling price of article ‘A’ when sold at a profit of 30% is Rs. 160 more than its selling price when sold at a loss of 50%. If the cost price of artic...
• Selling price of article ‘A’ when sold at a profit of 50% is Rs. 180 more than its selling price when sold at a loss of 40%. If the cost price of artic...
• 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 25% is Rs. 250 more than its selling price when sold at a loss of 55%. 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?