Profit and Loss Questions

A man sold a stove for $\text{Rs. }423$ and incurred a loss of $6\%$. At what price should it be sold so as to earn a profit of $8\%$?

The ratio of manufacturing cost of two saris is $2:5$. If the first sari is sold at $15\%$ profit and the second sari is sold at $18\%$ profit, then the manufacturer makes a total profit of $\text{Rs. }396$. Find the cost of manufacture of the first sari.

A book seller allowing a $12\%$ discount on the marked price of a book made a profit of $10\%$. What will be his percentage of profit if he sells the book at the marked price?

A trader sold a bicycle at a profit of $10\%$. Had he bought the bicycle at $10\%$ less price and sold it at a price $\text{Rs. }12$ more, he would have gained $25\%$. What is the cost price of the bicycle?

A fruit seller purchased bananas at $\text{Rs. }30$ per dozen and sold each pair at $\text{Rs. }7$. What is the percentage profit or loss at this?

A man sold an article at a gain of $5\%$. Had he sold it for $\text{Rs. }240$ more, he would have gained $8\%$ . Find the cost price of the article.

A businessman purchased $35\text{kg}$ of pulse at $\text{Rs. }525$ and sold each kg at the rate of $\text{Rs. }18$. What is his percentage of profit or loss at this?

There is $25\%$ profit if an article is sold at Rs. $150$. At what per cent should the selling price be increased so that there will be $30\%$ profit?

A retailer getting a discount of $20\%$ on the marked price sells an article at the marked price. The percentage of profit of the retailer is:

Selling a radio at $\text{Rs. }363.75$, there was a loss of $3\%$ to a radio seller. At what price should he sell the radio to make a profit of $10\%$?

A businessman sold an article at a loss of $15\%$. Had he sold the article at $\text{Rs. }100$ more, he would have gained $10\%$. At what price did he sell the article?

There is a loss of $11\%$ if an article is sold at $\text{Rs. }178$. At what price should it be sold to make a profit of $11\%$?

A hawker purchases some mangoes at the rate of $9$ mangoes for $\text{Rs. }5$ and sells them at $\text{Rs. }8$ per dozen. What will be his profit or loss percentage?

A shoemaker sold two pairs of shoes at the same price. On the first pair he makes a profit of $20\%$ and on the other pair he makes a loss of $20\%$. What is his percentage of profit or loss in the whole business?

There is some loss if an article is sold at $\text{Rs. }120$. There is same amount of profit if the article is sold for $\text{Rs. }140$. What is the cost price of the article?

When the price of rice increases by $12\frac{1}{2}\%$, a man can get $250\text{gm}$ less rice for $\text{Rs. }18$. Find the present cost of rice per kg.

A trader mixes three varieties of groundnuts costing $\text{Rs. }50$, $\text{Rs. }20$, and $\text{Rs. }30$ per kg in the ratio $2:4:3$ in terms of weight and sells the mixture at $\text{Rs. }33$ per kg. What percentage of profit does he make?

If $3$ mangoes are sold for the cost price of $4$ mangoes, then the profit is:

The total cost of a washing machine with a toaster was $\text{Rs }10500$. The toaster was sold at a profit of $22\%$ and the washing machine at a loss of $12\%$. If the sale price was the same for both items, then the cost price of the cheaper item was:

A $20\%$ discount is offered on an item. By applying a promo code, the customer wins $15\%$ cashback. What is the effective discount?

On selling an article for $\text{₹}1,700$, a shopkeeper loses $15\%$. To gain $20\%$, at what price must he sell that article?

Shyam bought a chair for ₹1,563 and spent ₹350 on its repairing. He sold it for ₹2,398. Find his profit percentage (correct to two places of decimals).

A chair is bought for ₹600 and sold for ₹750. Find the profit percentage.

The difference between the cost price and the selling price of a table lamp is ₹540. If the profit is 30%, then the selling price (in ₹) is:

The marked price of a commodity was given as ₹425 per kg. After two successive discounts of 5% and y%, respectively, the retailer purchased it for ₹323 per kg. What was the value of y?

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.

To gain $8\%$ after allowing a discount of $10\%$, by what percent must the marked price be hiked from the cost price?

The printed price of an article is $40\%$ higher than its cost price. Then, what is the rate of discount so that the gain is $12\%$ profit?

The marked price of an item was ₹12,500. Two successive discounts of 12% each was offered on its sale. What was the selling price (in ₹) of the item?

A book vendor sold a book at a loss of $10\%$. Had he sold it for $\text{₹}1,080$ more, he would have earned a profit of $10\%$. Find out the cost of the book.

Arun bought a cycle for $\text{Rs. }800$ and then sold it for $\text{Rs. }920$. What is his profit percentage?

Babu made a $4\%$ loss by selling $12$ toffees for $\text{Rs. }5$. How many toffees should he sell for $\text{Rs. }10$ to get a $28\%$ profit?

A merchant has $1000\text{kg}$ of sugar, part of which he sells at $8\%$ profit and the rest at $18\%$ profit. He gains $14\%$ on the whole transaction. The quantity sold at $18\%$ profit is:

If the cost price of $12$ pens is equal to the selling price of $8$ pens, the gain percentage is:

Amal and Bimal started a business. Amal invested $\text{Rs. }500$ for $9$ months and Bimal invested some money for $6$ months. If they make a total profit of $\text{Rs. }69$ in a year and Bimal gets a profit share of $\text{Rs. }46$, the capital invested by Bimal in the business is:

If the ratio of cost price and selling price is $25:26$, then what is the percentage of profit?

Paban incurred a $10\%$ loss by selling lemons at $\text{Rs. }18$ per dozen. At what price should he sell each dozen of lemons to make a profit of $10\%$?