Free Practice Questions for Profit-and-loss in Maths

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Question 21:

A fruit seller had some oranges. He sold 30% oranges and still had 210 oranges. The number of oranges he had, initially, was:

Question 22:

Yusuf purchased an item for ₹ 5,500 and sold it at a profit of 15%. From that amount, he purchased another item and sold it at 12% profit. What is his overall gain?

Question 23:

A trader lists his articles 26% above the cost price and allows a discount of 15% on every article. What is his gain percentage?

Question 24:

If the Selling Price of a toy is $\frac{4}{3}$ of its Cost Price, then the profit percentage is:

Question 25:

Simran gets a discount of 20% on an oven whose price is ₹ 3,200. Since she pays cash, she gets an additional 5% discount too. How much does she pay?

Question 26:

Sudha gains 30% by selling an article for ₹ 91. If she sells it for ₹ 78.75, then what will be her percentage loss/gain?

Question 27:

A sold an article to B at 24% profit. B sold it to C at 30% profit. If B's profit was ₹ 72.60 more than that of A, then how much (in ₹) did B pay for it?

Question 28:

Ram bought an article for ₹ 6,800 and spent ₹ 700 on its repairs. He marked his article at 8% above the overall cost price. He sold the article for ₹ 6,196.50 after giving two successive discounts of 10% and x%.. Find the value of x.

Question 29:

The cost prices of two articles are in the ratio 4: 5. Selling the first article at 10% profit and the second at 20% profit will give the difference of ₹ 480 in their selling prices. The sum of the cost price of the two articles is:

Question 30:

A trader earns a profit of 20% by selling an article after giving a discount of 20% on the marked price of the article. If the cost price of the article is ₹448 , then its marked price (in ₹) is:

Question 31:

A dealer sells an article by allowing a 13% discount on its marked price and gains 20%. If the cost price of the article is increased by 10%, what discount percentage should he allow now on the same marked price, so as to earn the same percentage of profit as before?

Question 32:

A single discount equivalent to a series of successive discounts, 20%, 10% and 15%, is:

Question 33:

Amit sells an almirah to Bimal and makes a profit of 10%. Bimal sells the same almirah to Chetan and makes a profit of 10%. If Chetan bought the almirah for ₹ 14,520 , what is the cost price of the almirah for Amit?

Question 34:

Sumer bought 6 chairs at the rate of ₹800 per chair and a table for ₹1,200. He sold all the chairs and the table for ₹7,200. What is his gain percentage?

Question 35:

Which of the following is incorrect?

Question 36:

The marked price of an article is ₹550. It is sold for ₹317.90, after giving three successive discounts of 15%, x% and 20% on its marked price. If it is sold by giving a single discount of 2 x%, then its selling price (in ₹ ) will be:

Question 37:

By selling an article for ₹ 1800, triple the profit is obtained than the profit that would have been obtained by selling it for ₹ 1350 . The cost price (in ₹) of the article is:

Question 38:

Raghu bought some pens at the rate of 12 for ₹ 100 and an equal number of pens at 15 for ₹ 135. How many pens should he sell for ₹ 260 , so as to make a profit of 20% ?

Question 39:

A man bought two mobiles phones for ₹ 50,000. He sold one of them at a profit of 15% and the other at a loss of 20%. If the selling price of each mobile is the same, what is the approximate cost price (to the nearest rupee) of the mobile that was sold at a loss?

Question 40:

A shopkeeper buys a table fan marked at ₹ 2,600 on 18 % discount. He marked it for ₹ 2,800 and allows a 15 % discount. How much does he earn?

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