Practice Profit and loss Questions and Answers

• 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. 21 per kg and Rs. 27 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 saree having cost price of Rs. 2700 is marked up by 40% above its cost price and sold after offering two successive discounts of 10% and 20% respectively...
• The interest earned on investing Rs. 1200 for 2 years at the rate of 10% p.a., compounded annually, is used to purchase an article. If the article is later...
• 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 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. 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...
• A trader bought an article for Rs. 1600 and marked it 25% above of its cost price. If he sold it after giving a discount of Rs. 160 then find the profit pe...
• A trader bought an article for Rs. 2000 and marked it 25% above of its cost price. If he sold it after giving a discount of Rs. 160 then find the profit pe...
• A trader bought an article for Rs. 1500 and marked it 25% above of its cost price. If he sold it after giving a discount of Rs. 30 then find the profit per...
• A trader bought an article for Rs. 900 and marked it 20% above of its cost price. If he sold it after giving a discount of Rs. 45 then find the profit perc...
• A shopkeeper marked an article P% above its cost price and sold it for Rs. 1600 after giving a discount of 20%. If the shopkeeper had a loss of 8% on the w...
• A shopkeeper marked an article P% above its cost price and sold it for Rs. 720 after giving a discount of 25%. If the shopkeeper had a loss of 13% on the w...
• A shopkeeper marked an article P% above its cost price and sold it for Rs. 640 after giving a discount of 22%. If the shopkeeper had a loss of 6.4% on the ...
• A shopkeeper marked an article P% above its cost price and sold it for Rs. 1150 after giving a discount of 20%. If the shopkeeper had a loss of 8% on the w...
• A shopkeeper marked an article P% above its cost price and sold it for Rs. 748.8 after giving a discount of 20%. If the shopkeeper had a loss of 6.4% on th...
• A shopkeeper marked an article P% above its cost price and sold it for Rs. 748.8 after giving a discount of 28%. If the shopkeeper had a loss of 6.4% on th...
• A shopkeeper marked an article P% above its cost price and sold it for Rs. 810 after giving a discount of 20%. If the shopkeeper had a loss of 7.4% on the ...