Profit and Loss Questions

• Profit and Loss – Finding profit from total monthly sales with a target margin: A salesman expects a gain of 13% on his cost price. If in a month his total sales (revenue) are ₹ 791000, what is his profit?
• Profit and Loss – Recovering cost price from a known selling price and loss rate: A gold bracelet is sold for ₹ 14500 at a loss of 20%. What is the cost price of the bracelet?
• Profit and Loss – Compute selling price for a desired gain: Find the selling price when the cost price is ₹ 40 and the gain is 25%.
• Profit and Loss – Recover selling price after a known absolute loss: Anita purchased a bicycle at a cost of ₹ 3200 and sold it at a loss of ₹ 240. At what price did she sell the bicycle?
• Profit and Loss — Find the Cost Price (CP) when the Selling Price (SP) is ₹ 400 and the transaction incurs a 70% loss. Clearly state the relation SP = (1 − loss%) * CP and compute CP accordingly. Provide your final CP in exact fractional form as well as decimal form for clarity.
• Profit and Loss — A cycle is sold for ₹ 2345 at a loss of 19%. Estimate the original Cost Price (CP) accurately by inverting the percentage-loss relation. Provide the nearest whole-rupee value as asked.
• Profit and Loss — An article is sold at ₹ 180 with a 10% loss. Determine the new Selling Price (SP) required to achieve a 10% gain on the same article. Clearly relate loss-based CP recovery and then apply the required gain.
• Profit and Loss — A calculator is bought for ₹ 350 and sold at a gain of 15%. Compute the Selling Price (SP) of the calculator, showing the direct percentage-increase step on CP.
• Profit and Loss — If the cost price (CP) is 95% of the selling price (SP), determine the profit percentage. Show the conversion from the CP/SP relation to the net gain on CP.
• Profit and Loss — A shop charges 28% above cost. If the customer paid ₹ 8960 for the cell phone (this is the SP), find the Cost Price (CP). Use the markup relation SP = (1 + 28%) * CP.
• Profit and Loss — The selling price (SP) of an article is ₹ 2220 and the profit earned is 20%. Compute the Cost Price (CP) by reversing the gain relation SP = (1 + 20%) * CP.
• Profit and Loss — Rajan sells an article for ₹ 6000 at a loss of 25%. Determine the original Cost Price (CP) using SP = (1 − 25%) * CP and present the exact value.
• Profit and Loss — A fruit-seller buys lemons at 2 for ₹ 1 (CP per lemon = ₹ 0.50) and sells them at 5 for ₹ 3 (SP per lemon = ₹ 0.60). Compute the gain percentage.
• Profit and Loss — A dealer sells three-fourths of his stock at a 24% gain and the remaining one-fourth at cost price. Find the overall percentage gain on the entire transaction.
• Profit and Loss — The selling price of 20 articles equals the cost price of 22 articles. Determine the gain percentage.
• Profit and Loss — If the cost price of 23 toys equals the selling price of 20 toys, find the overall gain or loss percentage.
• Profit and Loss — The ratio of Cost Price (CP) to Selling Price (SP) is 3:7. If SP is ₹ 700, determine the CP.
• Profit and Loss — Apples bought at 5 for ₹ 10 (CP = ₹ 2 each) and sold at 6 for ₹ 15 (SP = ₹ 2.50 each). Compute the gain percentage.
• Profit and Loss — Selling an article for ₹ 625 produces the same magnitude of profit as the magnitude of loss when selling it for ₹ 435. Determine the Cost Price (CP).
• Profit and Loss — The difference between SP at 6% profit and SP at 4% profit is ₹ 3 for the same article. Find the Cost Price (CP).