Practice Profit and loss Questions and Answers

• 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...
• Raj purchased a television at the price of Rs. 50,000 and sold it at a loss of 12%. With this money, he again purchased a new television and sold that at a...
• The profit earned when an article is sold for Rs. 1,500 is the same as the loss incurred on selling it for Rs. 700. Find the selling price of the article i...
• The profit earned when an article is sold for Rs. 1,800 is the same as the loss incurred on selling it for Rs. 1,000. Find the selling price of the article...
• The profit earned when an article is sold for Rs. 2,200 is the same as the loss incurred on selling it for Rs. 1,400. Find the selling price of the article...
• An article is marked 40% above its cost price and sold after offering a discount of Rs. 60 such that its selling price is Rs. 100 more compared to its sell...
• An article is marked 25% above its cost price and sold after offering a discount of Rs. 30 such that its selling price is Rs. 50 more compared to its selli...
• An article is marked 50% above its cost price and sold after offering a discount of Rs. 50 such that its selling price is Rs. 120 more compared to its sell...
• An article is marked 45% above its cost price and sold after offering a discount of Rs. 80 such that its selling price is Rs. 110 more compared to its sell...