Practice Profit and loss Questions and Answers

• 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...
• 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?