Problems on Profit and Loss
Problems on Profit and Loss: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Marked Price (MP) of an Item, Selling Price (SP) of an Item, Purchase Price of an Item, Face Value of the Bill & False Weight of Item etc.
Important Questions on Problems on Profit and Loss
On selling each one of a cow and a horse for, there is gain of on cow and loss of on horse, what is net loss or gain in the whole transaction ?

Due to an increase of 30% in the price of eggs, 3 eggs less are available for Rs. 9.10. The present rate per egg is :

A man bought a second-hand typewriter for and spent on its repairs. He sold it for . His profit percent is _____.

A shoe company sold 50 pairs of shoes on a day costing each for . Then the profit obtained in ₹. is -

What price should a tradesman mark on an article that cost him to gain after allowing discount?

A merchant offers discount on all his goods and still makes a profit of . If an item is marked then its cost price is

A shopkeeper makes a profit of even after giving a discount of on the marked price of an article. If marked price is then the cost price of the article is-

A dealer marks the price of an article more than the cost price. He allows commission, his profit percent is

A vendor sells his articles at a certain profit percentage. If he sells his articles at of his actual selling price, then he incurs a loss of. What is his actual profit percentage?

Find the cost price for this article, if an article is sold for the amount of profit is equal to the amount of loss if it is sold for ?

A tradesman marks his goods at more than the cost price. If he allows a discount of .Then his gain percent is -

What percent of hours is seconds?

A trader purchases a watch and a wall clock for . He sells them making a profit of on the watch and on the wall clock. He earns a profit of . The difference between the original prices of the wall clock and the watch is equal to _____.

A and B invested in a business in the ratio 3 : 5. If 20% of the total profit goes to charity and then A's share is Rs.12000, then the total profit is (in Rs.)

The cost price of oranges is same with the selling price of oranges .The profit percent is -

A person purchased oranges for and sold them at the rate of for . His profit is ?

A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but he uses a weight of g for a kg weight. Find the gain percent.

A merchant loses by selling an article. If the cost price of the article is , then the selling price of the article is ?

In a 100 m race, A beats B by 10 m and C by 13 m. In a race of 180 m, B will beat C by:

Ram bought a T.V. with discount on the labelled price. Had he bought it with discount he would have saved . The value of the T.V. set that he bought is
