Profit and Loss Questions

An iron costing ₹758 was sold by Ramesh at a gain of 15%, and it was again sold by Reena, who bought it from Ramesh, at a loss of 8%. Find the selling price of the iron for Reena (correct to two places of decimals).

The marked price of a fancy toy is ₹30,000. It is to be sold allowing two successive discounts of 20% and 24%, respectively. On cash payment, an additional 10% discount on the net price is also given. The selling price (in ₹) of the toy is:

A man sold 30 articles for Rs. 100 and gained 20%. The number of articles he bought for Rs. 100 was:

After getting two successive discounts, Seema got a shirt at Rs. 153, for which the marked price was Rs. 200. If the second discount was 15%, the first discount was:

An article was sold for Rs. 1,215 after giving a discount of 19%. If a discount of 17.5% is given, then for how much (in Rs.) should the article be sold?

Jagat Singh sold an article for Rs. 6,000 and incurred a loss. Had he sold it for Rs. 7,400, his profit would have been
3
2
​
of the amount of loss that he incurred. At what price should he sell it to gain 25% profit?

On selling an article for Rs. 984, Arun loses 18%. In order to gain 15%, he must sell it for:

A shopkeeper marks his goods 40% above their cost price. He sells 60% of the goods at the marked price and the remaining at 65% discount on the marked price. His gain/loss in the whole transaction is:

A dealer allows his customers a discount of 20% and still gains 20%. If the cost price of an article is Rs. 960, what is its marked price (in Rs.)?

A pen drive was sold at a price after giving two successive discounts of 30% and 20%. If the selling price of the item was ₹ 560, then what was the marked price of the pen drive?

A shopkeeper bought an item for Rs. 4,500 and sold it at a loss of 5%. From this money, he bought another item and sold it at a profit of 10%. What is his overall profit?

The cost price of 21 articles is equal to the selling price of 15 articles. Find the gain or loss percentage.

A vendor bought 15 kg of rice at a certain rate per kg. After a week, he sold 6 kg of the rice at 20% profit, 6 kg at neither profit nor loss and 3 kg at 10% loss. In this transaction, what is his profit percentage?

A salesman sold an article at three-fifth of the marked price. By doing so, he gained 20%. The ratio of the marked price and the cost price of the article is:

A shopkeeper sells a dozen pair of socks whose marked price is Rs. 600 at 20% discount. How many pairs of socks can be bought for Rs. 320?

An article is sold for Rs. x. If it is sold at 66
3
2
​
% of this price, there is a loss of 20%. What is the percentage profit when it is sold for Rs. x?

If the selling price of 45 articles is equal to the cost price of 50 articles, the loss or gain percentage is:

A shopkeeper is buying goods from a wholesaler. The wholesaler sells $1265$ units of the goods to the shopkeeper, earning a profit equal to the selling price of $165$ units of the goods. Find the profit percentage of the wholesaler.

By selling $20$ items, a shopkeeper gets a profit equal to the selling price of $5$ items. What is his profit percentage?

A store announces a discount scheme "Buy $1$ shampoo bottle and get $60\%$ discount on another shampoo of the same quality, size and same price." If the cost price of each shampoo bottle is $60\%$ less than the marked price then what is the profit percentage of the store?

A businessman bought two types of rice at the rate of Rs. $120/\text{kg}$ and Rs. $220/\text{kg}$. How much rice (in kg) of the first type should be mixed with $72\text{kg}$ of rice of the second type so that the resulting mixture can be sold at Rs. $280/\text{kg}$ to earn a profit of $40\%$?

A shopkeeper gives a discount of $25\%$ on the marked price of an article. If the selling price of the article is ₹$150$, find its marked price.

The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 2,100 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1,460. At what price should the article be sold to make 20% profit?

A cloth piece was purchased for ₹ 700. At what price should it be sold to get a profit of 12.5% after a tailoring charge of ₹ 20 was paid for?

If the selling price is tripled, the profit becomes 5 times. What is the profit percent?

A shopkeeper bought $150$ pencils at $\text{₹ }10$ each and sold them at $\text{₹ }5$ each. Calculate the total profit or loss.

An article was sold for $\text{₹ }1,404$ at a loss of $10\%$. Find the cost price of the article.

Rajesh made a profit of 14% when he sold a raincoat for ₹7,980. Find the cost price of the raincoat.

A man sold an article for Rs. 644 gaining
3
1
​
rd of his outlay. Find the cost price of the article.

Sarika bought three shirts for her husband and paid Rs. 4,200 for all the three pieces. The shopkeeper gave her a discount of 20% on the total amount. What would be the marked price of one shirt?

An article marked for ₹30,000 is available through two discount schemes. Under scheme 1, successive discounts of 25%, 16% and 15% are offered. Under scheme 2, successive discounts of 20%, 15% and 16% are offered. Find the difference between the selling price under the two schemes.

Shatish sold a music system to Karan at a 25% gain and Karan sold it to Swati at a 30% gain. If Swati paid Rs. 12,500 for the music system, what amount did Shatish pay for the same?

A salesman purchases goods at ₹1,250 and is forced to sell it at ₹1,000. Find his loss percentage.

A shopkeeper expects a gain of 36% on his cost price. If in a month, his sale was ₹6,14,856, then what was his profit (in ₹)?

If the cost price of a table is ₹400 and the selling price is ₹600, then find the profit percentage.

A TV manufacturer sells an item to a wholesaler at a profit of $8\%$. The wholesaler sells it to a retailer at a profit of $10\%$. The retailer in turn sells it to the customer for ₹$11,050$ making a profit of $15\%$. What is the manufacturer's purchasing price? (Assume only whole numbers)

To clear a stock of items, a seller gives an 8% discount on the marked price. He spends ₹x on the promotion of the discount offer. His total cost of the items is ₹2,50,000 and the marked price is 10% more than the cost price. Finally, he earns no profit or no loss. What is the value of x?

By selling a mobile phone for ₹23,856, Ramesh gains 20%. If he sells it for ₹20,580, find his gain or loss percentage (correct to two places of decimals).

A shopkeeper marks the price of his goods at 20% higher than the cost price and allows a discount of 10%. What is his profit percentage?

A dealer sells an article at a discount of 5% on the marked price. If the marked price is 20% above the cost price and the article was sold for ₹2,280, then the cost price would be:

Reyan purchased a laptop for ₹56,000 and a scanner-cum-printer for ₹22,000. He sold the laptop for a 20% profit and the scanner-cum-printer for a 15% profit. What is his overall profit percentage?

A wrist watch was purchased for ₹3,000 and sold for ₹3,500. Find the profit percentage.

Which of the following schemes will yield maximum discount on purchase of ₹x?
2 successive discounts of 25% and 15%

Single discount of 20%

2 free on purchase of 3 items

3 free on purchase of 7 items

Yashwant buys candies at 15 for Rs. 40 and sells them at 30 for Rs. 50. What is his gain or loss percent?

Oranges are purchased at the rate of 7 oranges for Rs. 3. At what price one hundred oranges should be sold so that the profit is 33%?

A dealer allows his customers a discount of 25% and still gains 25%. If an article costs Rs. 1600 to the dealer, then its marked price (nearest to one rupee) is:

Suresh sells a pen at ₹ 120 for
3
100
​
% profit. At what price should he sell it to gain 40%?

A discount of 30% on the marked price of a shirt enables a man to purchase a tie also, which costs him ₹ 210. How much did the man pay for the shirt?