Practice Profit and loss Questions and Answers

• 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 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?
• 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. 800 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. 240 after offering a discount of 50%. 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. 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...