Profit and Loss Questions

• The marked price of an article is Rs. 480. The shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% and gains 8%. If no discount is allowed, his gain percent would be?
• A man sold an article for Rs.75 and lost something. had he sold it for Rs. 96, his gain would have been double the former loss. The C.P. of the article is?
• A dishonest trader marks up his goods by 80% and gives discount of 25%. Besides he gets 20% more amount per kg from wholesaler and sells 10% less per kg to customer. What is the overall profit percentage?
• An egg seller sells his eggs only in the packs of 3 eggs, 6 eggs, 9 eggs,12 eggs etc., but the rate is not necessarily uniform. One day Raju (which is not the same egg seller) purchased at the rate of 3 eggs for a rupee and next hour he purchased equal number of eggs at the rate of 6 eggs for a rupee. Next day he sold all the eggs at the rate of 9 eggs for Rs. 2. What is his percentage profit or loss?
• A merchant earns 25% profit in general. Once his 25% consignment was abducted forever by some goondas. Trying to compensate his loss he sold the rest amount by increasing his selling price by 20%. What is the new percentage profit or loss?
• Cost Price of two motorcycles is same. One is sold at a profit of 15% and the other for Rs. 4800 more than the first. If the net profit is 20%. Find the cost price of each motorcycle :
• A man sold an article at a loss of 25% . If he sells the article for Rs. 21 more, he would have got a gain of 10% . The CP of the article is?
• Ramesh buys 2 articles for Rs. 600. He sells on them at a profit of 22% and other at a loss of 8% and makes no profit or loss at the end. What is the cost of the article he sold at a loss?
• On selling an article for Rs. 64 one loses 20% . In order to gain 20%, what should be the selling price?
• A furniture seller sells two tables at Rs. 1500 each. He earned a profit of 20% on one table and suffered a loss of 20% on the another table. Net profit or loss in this deal is?
• A man sold two books at Rs. 24 each, on one he got a profit of 20% and on other, he lost 20% . On the whole, he?
• A man purchases two clocks A and B at a total cost of Rs. 650. He sells A with 20% profit and B at a loss of 25% and gets the same selling price for both the clocks. What are the purchasing price of A and B, respectively?
• A property dealer sells a house for Rs. 630000 and in the bargain makes a profit of 5% . Had he sold it for Rs. 500000, then what percentage of loss or gain he would have made?
• If a person makes a profit of 10% on 1/4 th of the quantity sold and a loss of 20% on the rest, then what is his average percent profit or loss?
• A man sells 16 mangoes at a cost price of 20 mangoes, then percentage of his gain is?
• If the cost price of 12 pencils is equal to sale price of 10 pencils, then find the gain or loss as a percentage of the sell price?
• Ram bought 800 eggs at Rs. 3.75 each per dozen. He sold 450 of them at 2 for Rs. 1 and remaining at 5 for Rs. 2. His gain % is?
• A man buys two hens for Rs. 500 each. He sod one for 15% profit and other for 5% loss. Find his profit percentage?
• A person purchases 100 pens at a discount of 10% . The net amount of money spent by the person to purchase the pens is ₹ 600. The selling expenses incurred by the person are 15% on the net cost price. What should be the selling price for 100 pens in order to earn a profit of 25%?
• If 7 kg of tea of price ₹ 72 per kg is blended with 33 kg of tea of ₹ 87 per kg and 35 kg of ₹ 85 per kg and the mixture is sold at 15% profit, then what is the selling price of the mixture?