Profit and Loss
Profit and Loss: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Profit or Loss while Buying and Selling, Purchase Price of an Item, Face Value of the Bill & False Weight of Item etc.
Important Questions on Profit and Loss
A man sold an article at a loss of , if he sold it at more than profit would be . Find the cost price of the article.

A clock was sold for Rs. . If the percentage of profit was numerically equal to the cost price, the cost of the clock was

A shopkeeper labeled the price of his articles so as to earn a profit of on the cost price. He then sold the articles by offering a discount of on the labeled price. What is the actual profit percent earned in the deal?

A shopkeeper marks his goods above his cost price but allows a discount of at the time of sale. His gain is:

If the cost price of articles is equal to the selling price of articles, what is the percentage profit or loss made by the merchant?

Mahesh earned a profit of by selling apples at the rate of for apple. Then the total cost, at which the apples were bought is:

A trader allows two successive discounts of and for selling an article. If he gets for the article, its marked price is:

Some articles were bought at articles for Rs. and sold at articles for Rs. . Gain percent is:

A man sold a wristwatch for at a loss of . At what rate should he have sold the wristwatch to earn a profit of ?

At what per cent above the cost price must a shopkeeper mark his goods so that he gains even after giving a discount of on the marked price?

Break-even analysis can be used for:

A shopkeeper sells notebooks at the rate of each and earns a commission of . He also sells pencil boxes at the rate of each and earns a commission of . How much amount of commission will he earn in two weeks if he sells notebooks and pencil boxes a day?

Achal started a business investing . After months Kavi joined the business with . If the profit was at the end of the year, what is the difference between the profit of Achal and Kavi?

A dishonest trader claims that his selling price is equal to his cost price but weights gms. instead of kg. then his profit percent is -

By selling an article for merchant has a profit of . But due to a fall in demand, he sells it at only of the profit per cent. Find his selling price.

Find the difference between a discount of on and two successive discounts of and on the same amount.

Raju purchased an item for and sold it at the gain of . From that amount, he purchased another item and sold it at a loss of . What is his overall gain/loss?

On selling balls at , there is a loss equal to the cost price of balls. The cost price (in ) of a ball is:

Ravi and Raj invested in the ratio of in a business. If of the total profit goes to charity and Ravi's share of profit is , what is the amount of total profit?

Chinmay, a table manufacturer marks up the price of his table by . He gives a discount of such that he earns a profit of. If the cost of doing business is , find the cost of the table to Chinmay :
