Practice Profit and loss Questions and Answers

• A dealer bought two washing machines at a certain amount. He sold the first washing machine at a 35% profit and the second washing machine at a 15% loss. I...
• The ratio of marked price to cost price of a pair of shoes is 9:6, respectively. If the shopkeeper offers a discount of 15% on the marked price, then find ...
• The marked price of a blender is Rs. 800. The shopkeeper sold the blender at a 15% discount and earned a profit of Rs. 120. If the cost price of a juicer i...
• An item marked at Rs. 1,500 is sold for Rs. 1,020 after two successive discounts of 15% and Y%. If a gadget with a cost price of Rs. 6,000 is sold at a pro...
• Anil purchased a plot for Rs. 125,000 and spent Rs. 25,000 on legal fees. If he sold the plot for Rs. 180,000, find the profit percent earned by Anil.
• Nina bought a laptop for Rs. 35,000 and spent Rs. 5,000 on accessories. If she sold the laptop for Rs. 53,000, find the profit percent earned by Nina.
• Mira bought a painting for Rs. '5x'. She spent Rs. 'x + 800' on restoration and sold it to Neil for Rs. '9x - 400'. Calculate 'x' if Mira made a profit of ...
• A merchant bought two items: a mixer and a juicer for Rs. 9,500. He sold the mixer at a profit of 30% and the juicer at a loss of 20%. Determine the cost p...
• A retailer purchased five articles and incurred some expenses on their transportation. Each article was sold at a markup of 50% above the original cost pri...
• A shop owner buys six items and pays additional charges for delivery. He then sells each by marking up the price by 45% and applying a discount of 20%, wit...
• Anita sold an article at 50% profit. If the profit percentage had been numerically equal to CP, then the profit earned would have been 300% more. Find the ...
• Priya sold an article at 20% profit. If the profit percentage had been numerically equal to CP, then the profit earned would have been 100% more. Find the ...
• Eva sold a camera after giving a discount of 20% and made a profit of 55%. Had she given a discount of 10%, she would have earned Rs. 60 more. Find the sel...
• Rahul sold a computer after giving a discount of 10% and earned a profit of Rs. 1200. If he had sold it for Rs. 300 less, he would have earned a profit of ...
• Anita sold a necklace after giving a discount of 15% and earned a profit of Rs. 850. If she had sold it for Rs. 200 less, she would have earned a profit of...
• A shopkeeper marked an article Rs. 200 above the cost price and sold it after giving two successive discounts of 12% and 18% respectively, and faces a loss...
• A shopkeeper marked an article Rs. 400 above the cost price and sold it after giving two successive discounts of 20% and 15% respectively, and faces a loss...
• A shopkeeper marked an article Rs. 250 above the cost price and sold it after giving two successive discounts of 5% and 25% respectively, and faces a loss ...
• The sum of the cost prices of two articles, 'A' and 'B', is Rs. 680. Both articles are marked up by 50%, whereas the marked price of article 'B' is Rs. 150...
• The sum of the cost prices of two articles, 'C' and 'D', is Rs. 480. Both articles are marked up by 60%, whereas the marked price of article 'D' is Rs. 120...
• The sum of the cost prices of two articles, 'G' and 'H', is Rs. 600. Both articles are marked up by 55%, whereas the marked price of article 'H' is Rs. 110...
• The sum of the cost prices of two articles, 'I' and 'J', is Rs. 750. Both articles are marked up by 40%, whereas the marked price of article 'J' is Rs. 140...
• A seller marked an item above its cost price and allows a discount of 25% on it. On the discounted price, the seller charges a packaging price which is equ...
• A seller marked an item above its cost price and allows a discount of 10% on it. On the discounted price, the seller charges a packaging price which is equ...
• A seller marked an item above its cost price and allows a discount of 35% on it. On the discounted price, the seller charges a packaging price which is equ...
• A shopkeeper sold an article at marked price and got a profit of 50%. If he had given a discount of 20%, then find his new profit percent.
• A shopkeeper sold an article at marked price and got a profit of 60%. If he had given a discount of 10%, then find his new profit percent.
• A shopkeeper sold an article at marked price and got a profit of 25%. If he had given a discount of 5%, then find his new profit percent.
• A shopkeeper sold an article at marked price and got a profit of 70%. If he had given a discount of 30%, then find his new profit percent.
• Rohan bought 50 candies for Rs. 60 and he sold them in such a manner so that selling price of 30 candies is Rs. 54. Find the value of 4(P + 15) if the prof...
• Anita bought 80 pencils for Rs. 96 and she sold them in such a manner so that selling price of 40 pencils is Rs. 72. Find the value of 2(P + 10) if the pro...
• Rahul bought 25 notebooks for Rs. 200 and he sold them in such a manner so that selling price of 10 notebooks is Rs. 100. Find the value of 5(P + 5) if the...
• The selling price of a laptop is Rs. 945. If the laptop was sold at 35% profit, then find the discount offered given that the laptop was marked Rs. 700 abo...
• The selling price of a refrigerator is Rs. 1365. If the refrigerator was sold at 30% profit, then find the discount offered given that the refrigerator was...
• The selling price of a washing machine is Rs. 1680. If the washing machine was sold at 40% profit, then find the discount offered given that the washing ma...
• The selling price of a mobile phone is Rs. 735. If the mobile phone was sold at 25% profit, then find the discount offered given that the mobile phone was ...
• The ratio of the cost price of an article to its selling price is 5:6. The marked price of the same item is Rs. 3,000 whereas the sum of the discount offer...
• Pooja purchased a laptop at the price of Rs. 80,000 and sold it at a loss of 10%. With this money, she again purchased a new laptop and sold that at a prof...
• Amit purchased a smartphone at the price of Rs. 25,000 and sold it at a loss of 15%. With this money, he again purchased a new smartphone and sold that at ...
• Neha purchased a tablet at the price of Rs. 35,000 and sold it at a loss of 18%. With this money, she again purchased a new tablet and sold that at a profi...