Problems on Profit and Loss
Problems on Profit and Loss: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Marginal Cost, Purchase Price of an Item, Marked Price (MP) of an Item, Selling Price (SP) of an Item, Overhead Charges, Cost Price (CP) of an Item, Finding Profit and Loss Given as Percentage, and Bill Amount.
Important Questions on Problems on Profit and Loss
A person sold a horse at a gain of . Had he bought it for less and sold it for less, he would have made a profit of . The cost price of the horse was

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 ?

A reduction of in the price of an article enables a dealer to purchase more articles in . What is the original price of the article?

Jeevan bought an article at discount on the labelled price. He sold the article with profit on the labelled price. What was his percentage of profit on the price he bought?

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 :

sells an article to making a profit of of his outlay. sells it to for profit. Find the cost price of the article for , if sells it for and incurs a loss of of his outlay.

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?

By selling an article for , a man loses in order to make profit, he must sell it for ?

When the price of commodity is , quantity demand is , and when price is , quantity demanded is . Based on this information, what is marginal revenue resulting from an increase in output from to ?

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 mixes two varieties of tea, one costing . and another at . in the ratio . If he sells the mixed variety at. What is his gain or loss percent?

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 vendor bought toffees at for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to gain ?

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?

The ratio of cost price and selling price of an article is . What is the profit percent on it?

If there is a profit of on the cost price, then the percentage of profit on the sale price is-

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 ?
