Free Practice Questions for Profit-and-loss in Maths

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Question 61:

A trader marked the price of an article so as to earn a profit of 28 % on its cost price. He sold it by giving a 15 % discount on its marked price. What was his actual profit percentage ?

Question 62:

A shopkeeper sells an item for ₹ 1,638 after offering a discount of 16 % on its list price. Had he not offered any discount, he would have earned a profit of 30 %. What is the cost price (in ₹) of the article ?

Question 63:

Pens are bought by a shopkeeper at the rate of ₹ 1,200 for 150 pens and sold at the rate of ₹ 1,620 for 180 pens. His profit or loss per cent is:

Question 64:

A loss of 12 % gets converted into a profit of 8.5 % when the selling price of an article is increased by ₹ 164 . The cost price of the article is:

Question 65:

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

Question 66:

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

Question 67:

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

Question 68:

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

Question 69:

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

Question 70:

A man sells two articles at ₹ 9,180 each. He gains 8 % on one article and loses 15 % on the other. His overall profit or loss is:

Question 71:

A shopkeeper has some toys. He sells two-third of the toys at a profit of 35 % and the remaining toys at 10 % loss. What is his overall percentage of profit ?

Question 72:

A discount of 20 % on the price of an article is the same as a discount of 25 % on the price of another article. The prices of the two articles will be, respectively:

Question 73:

After giving a discount of 20 % on the marked price of an article, it is sold for ₹ 120. Had the discount not been given, the profit would have been 20 %. What is the cost price of the article ?

Question 74:

A dealer sold an article at a loss of 4 %. Had he sold it for ₹ 120 more, he would have gained 8 %. To gain 11 %, he should sell the article for ?

Question 75:

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

Question 76:

By selling an item for ₹ 3,750 a shopkeeper earned 25% profit. If the item had been sold for ₹ 300 more, then what would have been the profit percentage of the shopkeeper?

Question 77:

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

Question 78:

A shopkeeper bought an item for ₹ 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?

Question 79:

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

Question 80:

A shopkeeper bought 200 notebooks at the rate of ₹ 80 for 5 . He sold half of them at the cost price and the remaining notebooks at the rate of ₹ 100 for 5 . What is his profit percentage ?

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