Profit and Loss Questions

• The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?
• If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent.
• Sam purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate of Rs. 375 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of Rs. 33. What was his percentage profit?
• Some articles were bought at 6 articles for Rs. 5 and sold at 5 articles for Rs. 6. Gain percent is:
• Alfred buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and spends Rs. 800 on its repairs. If he sells the scooter for Rs. 5800, his gain percent is:
• 100 oranges are bought at the rate of Rs. 350 and sold at the rate of Rs. 48 per dozen. The percentage of profit or loss is:
• On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is:
• When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner loses 15%. At what price must that plot be sold in order to gain 15%?
• A shopkeeper sells one transistor for Rs. 840 at a gain of 20% and another for Rs. 960 at a loss of 4%. His total gain or loss percent is:
• A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to gain 20%?
• A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle?
• In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit?
• A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22.5% on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of Rs. 392, what was his profit?
• A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is:
• The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is:
• If cost of 15 eggs be 75 rupees, then find out the cost of 5 dozen eggs.
• A stationer buys diaries at 75 rupees per dozen and sells them at 15 rupees per piece. What is the profit?
• A man bought 18 oranges for a rupee and sold them at 12 oranges for a rupee. what is the profit percentage?
• On selling an article for Rs. 240, a trader loses 4%. In order to gain 10 % he must sell that article for
• By selling 12 apples for a rupee, a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee should he sell to gain 20%