Profit and Loss Questions

A retailer offers the following discount schemes for buyers on an item.
i) Two successive discount of 20%.
ii) A discount of 25% followed by a discount of 15%.
iii) A discount of 40%.
Under which scheme(s) will the selling price be minimum?

Mukesh sells 80% part of a commodity at a profit of 20% and rest of the part at a loss of 5% and in this way earns a profit of ₹9,300. What was the cost price of the commodity for Mukesh?

If a merchant offers a discount of 30% on the list price, then he makes a loss of 16%. What % profit or % loss will he make if he sells at a discount of 20% of the list price?

An old HP Deskjet printer was bought for ₹4,800 and ₹500 was spent on its repair. If it was sold for ₹6,360, then its profit percentage is:

A tractor manufacturing company sells each tractor for ₹5,00,000. Assuming that KISAN firm buys 50 tractors from them as a part of an annual contract, the company offers a trade discount of 10% to KISAN and an additional 2% discount if the payment is made within 30 days. What will be the amount payable by KISAN within 30 days for the consignment?

A vendor buys 20 laptop bags for ₹13,000 and sells them at 15 for ₹10,125. How many laptop bags should be bought and sold to earn a profit of ₹3,225?

A trader had 6 quintals of wheat. He sold a part of it at 7% profit and the rest at 17% profit, so that he made a total profit of 11%. How much wheat did he sell at 17% profit?

P buys an article for Rs. 280 and sells it to Q at a profit of 25%. Q sells it to R at some profit. R sells it to S for Rs. 560 making a profit of 40%. What percentage profit (rounded off to the nearest integer) did Q make?

Sukrit purchased an item for ₹650 and sold it at a profit of 26%. At what price (in ₹) did Sukrit sell the item?

When a discount of 20% is given on a monthly train pass, the profit is 44%. If the discount is 29%, then the profit is ________.

A 20% discount is offered on an item. By applying a promo code, the customer wins a 10% cashback. What is the effective discount?

A shopkeeper by selling 11 Tag Heuer watches, earns a profit equal to the selling price of 3 Tag Heuer watches. His profit percentage is:

At 10% discount, the selling price of a grinder is Rs 48000. What is the selling price if the discount is 25%?

Refer the below data table and answer the following Question.

During the lockdown, a state government gives 4.5 kg of rice to each person of a family at a cost price of ₹40 per kg. But the distributor uses a false weight of 3.75 kg instead of 4.5 kg and distributes the rice. The accumulated rice was sold in the black market at double the price. He showed the government that he distributed 2700 kg of rice. When caught, he was made to pay a fine of 125% of what he earned in the black market. What was his fine amount?

A dealer buys an article listed at ₹250 and gets successive discounts of 12% and 16%. He spends 10% of the cost price on transportation. At what price should he sell the article to earn a profit of 25%? (Correct to two places of decimal)

If 80% of total articles are sold at a loss of 15% and remaining articles are sold at a profit of 15%, then what will be the overall loss percentage?

How many kg of rice at Rs 54 per kg must be mixed with 30 kg of rice at Rs 40 per kg, so that on selling the mixture at Rs 48.4 per kg, there will be a profit of 10%?

Refer to the data table below and answer the following question.YearCompany's % Profit20112520122520135201425201510What was the Revenue of the company if its Expenditure was Rs 350 crore in the year when its % profit was the least?

A vendor buys pens at the rate of 4 for Rs 5 and sells at the rate of 4 for Rs 3. What will be the result?

Refer the below data table and answer the following Question.YearCompany's % Profit201125201225201310201420201520What was the Revenue of the company if its Expenditure was $\text{Rs }275\text{ crore}$ in the year when its % profit was the least?

A shopkeeper by selling $9$ Rolex watches, earns a profit equal to the selling price of $4$ Rolex watches. His profit percentage is:

At $10\%$ discount the selling price of a toaster is $\text{Rs }18000$, what is the selling price if the discount is $37.5\%$?

A wholesaler sells a watch to a retailer at a profit of 25% and the retailer sells it to a customer at a loss of 12%. If the customer pays Rs 1045, what had it cost the wholesaler?

If the selling price of an item is Rs 1150 after getting a discount of 8%, what is its marked price?

The selling price of a watch is ₹$966$ and the profit percentage is $15\%$. If the selling price is ₹$798$, then what will be the loss percentage?

A shopkeeper wants to earn $33\%$ profit on an article after offering a $30\%$ discount. By how much percentage more should he mark the price of his article above the cost price?

A shopkeeper sold pistachios at the rate Rs. 1140 a kg and bears a loss of 5%. Now if he decides to sell it at Rs. 1260 per kg, what will be the result?

If a shopkeeper sells an item at Rs. 2275 which is marked as Rs. 3250, then what is the discount he is offering?

A shopkeeper fixes the selling price of an article 20% above its cost. If the cost price increases by 20% and he increases the selling price by 16%, then his profit percentage (on the increased cost) is:

The cost price of two articles A and B is the same. Article A is sold at a loss of 24% and article B is sold for Rs. 270 more than the selling price of A. If the net profit by selling both the articles is 12%, then what is the selling price (in Rs.) of article B?

A dealer marks an article 40% above its cost price, and sells it by giving two successive discounts of 15% and 25% on the marked price. If he suffers a loss of Rs. 43, then the marked price (in Rs.) of the article is:

A shopkeeper normally makes a profit of $20\%$ in a certain transaction; he weighed $900\text{ gm}$ instead of $1\text{ kg}$ due to an error in the weighing machine. If he charges $15\%$ less than what he normally charges, then what is his actual profit or loss percentage?

A shopkeeper announced a $17\%$ rebate on the marked price of an article. If the selling price of the article is ₹$1,245$, then the marked price (in ₹) of the article is:

A person spends $60\%$ of his income. His income increased by $30\%$ and he increased his expenditure by $20\%$. His percent savings will then be increased by:

A vendor buys $20$ pens for ₹$15$ and sells them at $15$ for ₹$20$. How many pens should be bought and sold to earn a profit of ₹$245$?

A shopkeeper by selling 20 Timex watches, earns a profit equal to the selling price of 4 Timex watches. His profit percentage is:

At 15% discount the selling price of a microwave oven is ₹34000, what is the selling price if the discount is 37.5%?

The difference between cost price and selling price is Rs 576. If the profit percentage is 16%, then what is the cost price (in Rs)?

Abhishek marks the price of his laptop 60% above the cost price. If he gives a discount of 30% on the marked price, then what is the profit percentage?

A shopkeeper sold cashew nuts at the rate Rs 1,260 a kg and bears a loss of 8%. Now if he decides to sell it at Rs 1,386 per kg, what will be the result?

If a shopkeeper sells an item at Rs 1250 which is marked as Rs 1500, then what is the discount he is offering?

Marked price of an item is Rs 800. On purchase of 1 item discount is 15%, on purchase of 4 items discount is 38%. Rajshri buys 5 items, what is the effective discount?

A wholesaler sells a watch to a retailer at a gain of 36% and the retailer sells it to a customer at a loss of 25%. If the customer pays Rs 2499, what had it cost the wholesaler?

The total cost of a dishwasher with a vacuum cleaner was Rs. 78750. The vacuum cleaner was sold at a profit of 37% and the dishwasher at a loss of 27%. 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 a 30% cashback. What is the effective discount?

The selling price of 80 items is equal to the cost price of 72 items. What is the percentage of loss incurred in the transaction?

A shopkeeper by selling 13 Titan watches, earns a profit equal to the selling price of 3 Titan watches. His profit percentage is ________.

Raheem sells a machine for Rs 48 lakhs at a loss. Had he sold it for Rs 60 lakh, his gain would have been 5 times the former loss. Find the cost price of the machine.

Ticket for an adult is Rs 1500 and a child is Rs 800. 1 child goes free with two adults. If a group has 25 adults and 12 children, what is the discount percentage the group gets?

Marked price of an item is Rs 500. On purchase of 2 items discount is 8%, on purchase of 3 items discount is 16%. Radha buys 5 items, what is the effective discount?

The percentage distribution of the expenditure incurred in publishing a book is as follows:Printing Cost = $20\%$ Paper Cost = $25\%$ Royalty = $15\%$ Binding = $20\%$ Promotion Cost = $10\%$ Transportation Cost = $10\%$ If $2500$ copies are published and the printing cost for them amounts to $\text{Rs. }160,000$, then what should be the selling price of a book such that the publisher can earn a profit of $25\%$?

A shopkeeper marks the price of an article $25\%$ above its cost price. After allowing a $10\%$ discount on the marked price, the article is sold for $\text{₹}720$. What is the difference (in $\text{₹}$) between the cost price and marked price of the article?

A person bought $80\text{m}$ cloth at $\text{₹}110$ per $\text{m}$ and sold $75\%$ of it at a gain of $6\%$. At what gain percent did he sell the remaining cloth, if he gained $10\%$ on his total outlay?

Note-books are bought at $16$ for $\text{₹}700$ and sold at $11$ for $\text{₹}500$. How many notebooks should be sold to gain $\text{₹}450$?

A man buys 120 toys each at the same cost price. He sells 45% of the toys at 40% profit, one-third of the remaining at 20% profit, and the remaining at a loss which is equal to the cost price of 14 toys. His profit per cent in the entire transaction is:

A watch is sold at a profit of 25%. If both the cost price and the selling price of the watch are decreased by Rs. 75, then the profit would be 30%. The original selling price (in Rs.) of the watch is:

A trader sells an item for Rs. 516.60 after offering a discount of 18% on its list price. Had he not given the discount, he would have earned a profit of 26%. What is the cost price (in Rs.) of the item?

A sells an article to B at a gain of 16%, B sells it to C at a loss of 15%, and C sells it to D at a gain of 20%. If the difference between the profits earned by C and A is Rs. 248, then the loss (in Rs.) incurred by B is:

What is the selling price of a calculator if a shopkeeper allows two successive discounts of 7% each on its marked price of Rs. 500?

A silver puja thali set marked at Rs. 10,000 is sold with two successive discounts of 10% and 5%. An additional 5% discount is offered if the payment is made in cash mode. Find the selling price of the article on cash payment.

Mohan purchases a table at an MRP of Rs. 800, at a discount of 10%. If he sells it at Rs. 900, then the profit percentage is:

On selling a television at a $6\%$ profit and a fridge at a $9\%$ profit, a shopkeeper gains $\text{Rs. }5,100$. However, if the shopkeeper sells the television at a $9\%$ profit and the fridge at a $6\%$ loss, he gains $\text{Rs. }1,800$ on the whole transaction. The cost price (in $\text{Rs.}$) of the fridge is:

A person sold an article at a loss of $8\%$. Had he sold it at a gain of $10.5\%$, he would have received $\text{Rs. }74$ more. What is the cost price (in $\text{Rs.}$) of the article?

Raghunandan sells a machine for ₹45 lakhs at a loss. Had he sold it for ₹55 lakh, his gain would have been 9 times the former loss. Find the cost price of the machine.

Sohan buys an old car for Rs. 2,47,000 and spends Rs. 18,000 on its repairs. If he sells the car for Rs. 2,78,250, his profit percentage is:

A seller sells two shirts for Rs. 3,360. The cost of four such shirts for the shopkeeper was Rs. 5,600. What is the profit/loss percentage on each shirt?

The marked price of a TV is ₹50,000. The difference between a single discount of 30% and two successive discounts of 25% and 6% on this deal is:

At what percentage above the cost price must an article be marked so as to gain $38\%$ after allowing a customer a discount of $8\%$ on the marked price?

If $20\%$ more would be gained by selling an article for ₹ $93$ than selling it for ₹ $85$, then the cost price of the article is:

A dealer advertises that he sales his goods at cost price. But he uses 950 gm for 1 kg weight. Find his gain or loss percentage.

If 3 dupattas are offered free on the purchase of 6 dupattas priced Rs 1200 each, what is the effective discount on each dupatta?

A shopkeeper made a profit of $16\%$ on his goods. If the price at which he buys decreases by $20\%$ while he reduces his selling price by $23\%$, what is now his percentage of profit? (correct to one decimal place)

A shopkeeper purchased a chair whose marked price is ₹1400, at two successive discounts of 20% and 30% respectively. If he sells the chair for ₹1176, then what is the profit percentage?

A wholesaler sells a watch to a retailer at a gain of $20\%$ and the retailer sells it to a customer at a loss of $10\%$. If the customer pays $\text{Rs }874.8$, what had it cost the wholesaler?

If a merchant offers a discount of $25\%$ on the list price, then he makes a loss of $5\%$. What $\%$ profit or $\%$ loss will he make if he sells at a discount of $10\%$ of the list price?