Profit and Loss
Profit and Loss: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Profit and Loss as Per Cent, Prices Related to Sale of an Item, Profit and Loss on Sale of an Item & Finding Profit and Loss Given as Percentage etc.
Important Questions on Profit and Loss
Find selling price (SP) if a profit of is made on a fan bought for and expenses of made on its repairs.
Find selling price (SP) if a profit of is made on a lawn mower bought at with as transportation charges.
Find selling price (SP in ) if a profit of is made on a cycle of with as overhead charges
A man sold an article for at a loss of . Find the cost price of the article.
The cost of almirahs is . One day the shopkeeper sold almirahs to Rohit. How much did Rohit pay for the almirahs?
A shopkeeper bought a bicycle for, and sold it at a profit of . What will be the selling price of it?
Write only numerical value.
A shopkeeper purchases 60 kg of sugar at ₹30 per kg and 40 kg of sugar at ₹25 per kg. He then mixes them and packs the mixture into 1 kg packets. If he makes a profit of 15% on every packet, the price of 1 kg of the mixed sugar is ₹_____.
A person purchased 10 dozen eggs at the rate of ₹48 per dozen. He realised that 12 eggs were broken. If he wants to make a profit of 35%, he should sell each of the remaining unbroken eggs for ₹_____.
A damaged handbag which costs ₹2400 was put on sale at a loss of 5%. On the last day of sale, the price was further slashed by another 5%.The selling price of handbag is ₹_____.
The difference between the two Selling Prices of toasters of the same model, which were sold at a profit of 5% and 6%, is ₹8. The higher Selling Price at which the toaster was sold is ₹_____.
Peter sells a painting at ₹600 and makes a profit of 20%. In order to make a profit of 35%, the price at which the painting should be sold is ₹_____.
Maya buys 25 artificial jewellery sets for ₹20000 and realizes that 5 of them are damaged. She decided to sell each damaged set at $ \frac{1}{3}$rd the price of the good sets. The price at which she should sell the each damaged set if she wants to make a profit of 30% on the whole deal is ₹_____.
Babu sells watches at a profit of 25%. He then uses the money to buy calculators, which he sells at a profit of 20%. If he makes a total profit of ₹2000, the amount of money he initially invested to buy watches is ₹_____.
Vasant bought a mobile phone for ₹12000 and he sold it at a loss of 10%. He then used this money to purchase another mobile phone, which he sold at a profit of 10%. What is his net profit/loss?
During rainy season, a shopkeeper bought umbrellas at cost of ₹180 per piece and earned a profit of 20% of the selling price. At the end of the day, the account showed that the profit made by the shopkeeper by selling these umbrellas is ₹1440. How many umbrellas did the shopkeeper sell?
Ramu made some mistake in the calculation and sold mangoes for ₹125 per kg; he found that he lost $ \frac{1}{6}$th of the money he spent on buying the mangoes. He intended to earn a profit of 20%.To earn a profit of 20%, the price at which he should have sold the mangoes is ₹_____.
A shopkeeper sells 15 pencil boxes for ₹375 and profits 25%. The number of pencil boxes he could have bought for ₹200 is _____.
A shopkeeper buys dry fruits in bulk at ₹3900 for 5 kg. She then packs them in smaller gift boxes of 250 gram and sells them each for ₹225. The cost of the gift box is ₹5. Her profit% per box sold is _____%.
A mobile phone is sold for ₹6360 at a profit of 6%. If it was sold at ₹7800, the profit % would have been _____%.
The Rao family bought a plot of land for ₹360000 in 2005.They constructed a fence to secure it at a cost of ₹57000. In 2009 they sold the land for a net amount of ₹792300, the profit% they made on the land is _____ %.
