Practice Profit and loss Questions and Answers

• An automobile agency launched a scheme that if a customer purchased two Jabas Discover bikes, one extra Jabas Discover will be free and if he purchases 3 J...
• Seema sold a laptop at a profit of 15%. If she had bought it at 10% less and sold it for ₹ 2,200 more, she would have gained 40%. What was the cost price...
• 'G' labeled an item with a price tag that is 400% higher than its cost price and later sold it to 'A' at a discounted rate of 25%. This transaction resulte...
• The combined cost price of Bournvita and Horlicks is Rs. 2000. With Horlicks sold at a 16% profit and Bournvita at a 20% profit, and given that the ratio o...
• The ratio of the cost prices of Leather Shoes to Sports Shoes is 6:5. Both types of shoes are sold after a single discount of 20% for Leather Shoes and 25%...
• 'H' sells an article at a 20% profit. If he had bought it at 20% less and sold it for Rs. 40 more, he would have gained 75%. Determine the cost price of th...
• Seema sold a laptop at a profit of 15%. If she had bought it at 10% less and sold it for ₹ 2,100 less, she would have gained 20%. What was the cost price...
• Seema sold a laptop at a profit of 15%. If she had bought it at 10% less and sold it for 2,100 less, she would have gained 20%. What was the cost price (in...
• The cost price of 6 chocolates and 4 biscuits amounts to Rs. 6,960. Additionally, the cost price of 5 chocolates and 7 biscuits totals Rs. 8,880. Each choc...
• A shopkeeper sells an article at a profit of 8(1/3) % of the selling price. Find the actual profit percentage.
• A shopkeeper sells an article at a Loss of 20% of the selling price. Find the actual loss percentage.
• The purchasing price of 275 articles is equal to the selling price of 250 articles. Find the profit/loss%.
• The cost price of 12 articles is equal to the selling price of 9 articles while the discount (D) on 10 articles is equal to the profit (P) on 5 articles. F...
• By selling 72 articles, a man suffers a loss of the selling price of 9 articles. Find the loss percentage.
• By selling 72 items, a man gets a profit equal to the selling price of 9 items. Find the profit percentage.
• By selling two articles for Rs.800, a person gains the cost price of 5 articles. The profit percent is.  
• A trader bought some orange at 7 for Rs 11. He sold all at 2 for Rs 3. Thereby he losses Rs 30. Find number of oranges sold.
• A shopkeeper bought 60 pencils at a rate of 4 for Rs. 5 and another 60pencils at a rate of 2 for Rs.3. He mixed all the pencils and sold them at a rate of ...
• 'S' purchased two bags of rice for a total of Rs. 2,000. He sold one of the bags at a profit of 32%, and the other at a loss of 12%. If the overall profit ...
• Two cycles were sold at 1499 Rs each. First was sold at 25% profit and second at 20% loss. Find the overall profit or loss.
• Two cycles were sold at 1499 Rs each. First was sold at 25% profit and second at 25% loss. Find the overall profit or loss.
• A shopkeeper sold two items. The selling price of the first item equal the cost price of the second item. He sold the first item at a profit of 20% and the...
• By Selling 3 dozen oranges for rupees 405, a trader loses 25%. How many oranges should he sell for 288 if he needs to earn a profit of 20% in the transacti...
• By selling 18 table fans for Rs 11,664 a man incurs a loss of 10%. How many fans should be sold for Rs.17,424 to earn 10% profit?
• A dishonest shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at 44% loss, but he uses 910g weight instead of 1 kg. Find his actual loss percent? 
• A person sold a house at 15% Profit. If he had purchased it for 25% less and sold it for Rs 48 less, then there would have been a profit of 32%. Find the c...
• A person buys 5 tables and 9 chairs for Rs. 15400.He sells tables at 10% profit and chairs at 20% profit. If his total profit on selling all tables and cha...
• The selling price of 15 oranges is equal to the cost price of 12 oranges. Find the loss percent.
• A gold ring is sold for Rs.24,400 at a loss of 60%. What is the cost price of the gold ring?
• The shopkeeper purchased an article for Rs. "X." He marked the article __________% above its cost price and allowed a ________% discount on the marked pric...
• Amit sold an electric-iron for ₹ 2,656 after giving a discount of 17% on the marked price. Had he not given the discount, he would have earned a profit o...
• Abhinav bought some pencils for ₹ X. He sold 20% of pencils at 25% loss, one third at 20% profit and the remaining at 25% profit. If the total profit ear...
• Burger King applies a fixed charge and an additional fee for each burger ordered. 'Arun' and 'Vicky' placed orders for 180 and 120 burgers, respectively, r...
• Tarun and Ajit are wardrobe dealers. The cost of the wardrobe is Rs 44,000. Is. Tarun gives a discount of 18% on the full price, while Ajit gives Rs 38,000...
• The combined average cost price of two items, Almonds and Walnuts, is Rs. 450. If Almonds are sold at a profit of 50% and Walnuts at a loss of 25%, resulti...
• A digital wall clock is labeled with a price that is 75% higher than its cost price, resulting in the marked price being Rs. 1,800 more than the cost price...
• A shopkeeper acquires 24 pens at Rs. 900 each and 12 geometry boxes at Rs. 300 each. Later, he sells 2 pens to each of the 12 students, presenting them wit...
• Ratio of cost price of two items P and Q is 2:5. Item P and Item Q are marked 25% above and 30% above their respective cost price. If the ratio of discount...
• A marked an article 60% above its cost price and when he allows ‘X’% discount, he makes a profit of ________% and when he allows ‘1.5X’% discount, ...
• The marked price of an article in two different shops P and Q is Rs 1200 and Rs X respectively. In shop P the article is available at two successive discou...