Practice Profit and loss Questions and Answers

• 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...
• There are some oranges in a shop. Sita purchased 50% of the oranges and Gopal purchased 60% of the remaining oranges. If Sita sells all her oranges at Rs. ...
• A shopkeeper purchased three items 'M', 'N', and 'O' at the same price. He sold item 'M' at a 25% profit, item 'N' at a 20% loss, and item 'O' at a 35% pro...
• Atul sells goods to a customer at a profit of P%. If the cost price of the goods for the customer is ₹1,50,000 and Atul makes a profit of ₹25,000, then...
• A jewel was sold passing through 3 hands and overall, its price is raised by 60%. The first seller earns 15% profit, and the second seller earns 20% profit...
• The selling price of 12 jackets is equal to the cost price of 15 jackets. Find the percentage of profit earned on selling a jacket.
• A smartphone was sold for Rs. 36,300 at a profit of 10%. If the smartphone was instead sold at a loss of 8%, what would have been its selling price?
• A washing machine was sold for Rs. 33,600 at a profit of 20%. If the washing machine was instead sold at a loss of 4%, what would have been its selling pri...
• A microwave oven was sold for Rs. 15,750 at a profit of 25%. If the microwave oven was instead sold at a loss of 9%, what would have been its selling price...
• By selling 18 pineapples at Rs.72 a seller suffers a loss of 40%. At what price should he sell 10 pineapples to get a profit of 50%?
• On purchase of articles worth ₹10,000, a shopkeeper offers a flat discount of ₹700 to his customers. Further, by shopping using a credit card, he gives...
• Profit percentage earned on selling article 'E' is the same as the percentage loss incurred on selling article 'F'. If the cost price of article 'E' is Rs....
• Profit percentage earned on selling article 'G' is the same as the percentage loss incurred on selling article 'H'. If the cost price of article 'G' is Rs....
• Profit percentage earned on selling article 'I' is the same as the percentage loss incurred on selling article 'J'. If the cost price of article 'I' is Rs....
• Aman bought two articles for Rs. 840. He sold one at a loss of 20% and another at a profit of 20%. If the selling price of both the articles is equal, then...
• Meena bought two articles for Rs. 920. She sold one at a loss of 15% and another at a profit of 15%. If the selling price of both the articles is equal, th...
• Priya bought two articles for Rs. 1080. She sold one at a loss of 25% and another at a profit of 25%. If the selling price of both the articles is equal, t...
• A multi-store outlet sold 1375 items in a week earning 25% gain. The gain is also equal to the selling price of ‘Q’ number of items. What is the value ...
• If the selling price of an article is Rs. 540 and the cost price is Rs. 450, what is the profit percentage?
• A shopkeeper sold an article after offering two successive discounts of 20% and 30%, respectively. If the marked price and the cost price of the article ar...
• 'A' and 'B' started a business by investing Rs. 7,200 and Rs. 9,000, respectively. If 'A' and 'B' invested their investments for 10 months and 14 months, r...
• A dishonest dealer announces selling his articles with a 25% loss but uses 40% lighter weights. What is the percentage of his profit or loss?
• The first shirt is sold at twice the selling price of the second shirt. The first shirt is sold at 8% profit and the second shirt is sold at a 3% loss. Wha...
• On selling 50 articles for Rs. 4000 there is a loss equal to the cost price of 10 articles. Find the selling price of 25 articles if the shopkeeper wants t...
• On selling 80 articles for Rs. 6000 there is a loss equal to the cost price of 20 articles. Find the selling price of 40 articles if the shopkeeper wants t...
• When a lamp and a table are sold at 10% profit and 25% profit, respectively, the seller earns Rs. 30 more in comparison when they are sold by interchanging...
• Tina is 50% more efficient than Rina, and Mina is 30% more efficient than Tina. If Mina and Tina together can do a piece of work in 12 days, in how many da...
• A bag of cost price of Rs. 6000 is marked up by a certain percentage, and a discount percent of twice the markup percent is offered on it. If there is a lo...
• A bag of cost price of Rs. 7000 is marked up by a certain percentage, and a discount percent of twice the markup percent is offered on it. If there is a lo...
• A bag of cost price of Rs. 8000 is marked up by a certain percentage, and a discount percent of twice the markup percent is offered on it. If there is a lo...
• A bag of cost price of Rs. 9000 is marked up by a certain percentage, and a discount percent of twice the markup percent is offered on it. If there is a lo...
• A bag of cost price of Rs. 10000 is marked up by a certain percentage, and a discount percent of twice the markup percent is offered on it. If there is a l...
• 'A' sold an article whose cost price is Rs. 'Y', at a profit of 25% to 'B'. 'B' marked the price of the article 25% above the price at which he bought it f...
• 'A' sold an article whose cost price is Rs. 'Z', at a profit of 30% to 'B'. 'B' marked the price of the article 30% above the price at which he bought it f...
• 'A' sold an article whose cost price is Rs. 'V', at a profit of 10% to 'B'. 'B' marked the price of the article 10% above the price at which he bought it f...
• A seller marked the price of an item at Rs. 3,000. The seller gave successive discounts of (y + 3)% and (y - 3)% to a customer. If the customer paid Rs. 2,...
• Cost price of an article is Rs. 20,250. It is marked 48% above its cost price and sold after allowing 20% discount. Find the profit (in Rs.) earned
• A seller marked the price of an item at Rs. 2,800. The seller gave successive discounts of (a + 3)% and (a - 3)% to a customer. If the customer paid Rs. 2,...
• A seller marked the price of an item at Rs. 5,000. The seller gave successive discounts of (b + 5)% and (b - 5)% to a customer. If the customer paid Rs. 4,...