Free Practice Questions for Profit-and-loss in Maths

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Question 81:

A car was sold for ₹ 66,000 at a gain of 10 %. Had it been sold for ₹ 600 more, then the percentage gain would have been :

Question 82:

A man sold a radio and a TV set together for ₹ 20,850, thereby making a profit of 20 % on the radio and 15 % on the TV set. If he had sold them together for ₹ 21,450, then he would have made 15 % profit on the radio and 20 % profit on the TV set. The cost price of the TV set was:

Question 83:

A trader purchased a room cooler for ₹ 5,400 . After allowing a discount of 25%, he gains 25 %. What is the price marked on the room cooler ?

Question 84:

The marked price of an article is ₹ 480 . After a discount of 18 % on the marked price, a shopkeeper earns a profit of ₹ 63.60. His percentage gain is:

Question 85:

A student purchased a box of pencils at the rate of ₹ 35 for 10 pencils and sold all of them at the rate of ₹ 54 for 9 pencils. In this transaction, he gained ₹ 350. How many pencils did the box contain?

Question 86:

A person lost 15 % by selling an item for ₹ 5,270. If he had sold the item for ₹ 6,324 , then what would his profit or loss percentage have been?

Question 87:

A dealer marked the price of an item 50 % above the cost price. He allowed three successive discounts of 10%, 15% and 20% to a particular customer. As a result, he incurred a loss of ₹ 410. At what price (in ₹) did he sell the item to the said customer?

Question 88:

An article was sold for ₹ 1,225 after allowing a discount of 12.5%. If 9.5 % discount is given, then for how much will it be sold?

Question 89:

Arun Kumar bought 8 pieces of TV sets at ₹ 24,000 each and sold all 8 pieces at a total price of ₹ 2,26,560. What was his profit percentage or loss percentage?

Question 90:

For an item, a manufacturer gains 12 %, a wholesaler gains 10 %, and a retailer gains 15 %. Find the cost price of the item for the manufacturer, if its retail price is ₹ 56,672.

Question 91:

Badri loses 15% when he sells his scooter for Rs. 17,000. At what price (in ₹), should he sell it to earn 18% profit?

Question 92:

The cost of one chair is ₹ 450. Ravi buys 10 chairs for ₹ 3825. The discount per cent he gets in buying the 10 chairs is

Question 93:

The cost price of an article is ₹ 1,545, which is 25 % below the marked price. If the article is sold at 18 % discount, what profit per cent is made on the transaction?

Question 94:

A man wanted to sell an item at 25 % profit, but he actually sold it at 25 % loss for ₹ 870. At what price did he want to sell it to earn the profit of 25% ?

Question 95:

If the retail price of a table is ₹1,100 and if the gain percentages of a manufacturer, a wholesale dealer and a retailer are 5 %, 10 % and 12 %, respectively, then find the cost of production of the table. (Round off to the integer value.)

Question 96:

Amit sells an item for ₹ 614.25 after offering a discount of 25 % on its marked price. Had he not offered the discount, he would have earned a profit of 17 %. The cost price (in ₹ ) of the item is:

Question 97:

A trader allows a discount of 20 % on the marked price and still gains 4 % on the whole. At what percentage above the cost price did he mark his goods?

Question 98:

If the successive discounts are 5 %, 10 % and 16 %, then find the single equivalent discount.

Question 99:

A shopkeeper marks his goods at 32 % above the cost price. He sells three-fifth of the goods at the marked price, one-fifth at a discount of 20 % on the market price, and the remaining at 40 % discount on the marked price. What is his profit/loss percentage?

Question 100:

A publisher sells a book to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 30 %. The wholesaler sells the book to a retailer at a profit of 25%. The book is then solid to a customer for Rs.312, by earning a profit of 20 %. What is the cost price (in Rs.) of the book for the wholesale dealer?

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