Profit and Loss

Profit and Loss Problems

1. The cost price of an article is ₹7,840. What should be the selling price to ensure a 7% profit?
   ✅ ₹8,388.80

2. A shopkeeper purchased 70 kg of potatoes for ₹420 and sold them at a rate of ₹6.50 per kg. What is the gain percentage?
   ✅ 8.33%

3. A gold ring was sold for ₹1,45,000 at a loss of 20%. What was its cost price?
   ✅ ₹1,81,250

4. By selling a paper for ₹28,50, a shopkeeper gains 14%. If the profit is rounded to 8%, what will be the selling price?
   ✅ ₹2700

5. Find the single discount equivalent to successive discounts of 10%, 20%, and 30%.
   ✅ 49.6%

6. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but uses a weight of 960 grams instead of 1 kg. What is his gain percentage?
   ✅ 4.17%

7. If the cost price of 15 books is equal to the selling price of 20 books, what is the loss percentage?
   ✅ 25%

8. A man buys pencils at the rate of 6 for ₹4 and sells them at the rate of 4 for ₹6. What is his gain percentage?
   ✅ 125%

9. By selling 45 lemons for ₹40, a man loses 20%. How many should he sell for ₹24 to gain 20% in the transaction?
   ✅ 30 lemons

10. A vendor loses the selling price of 4 oranges while selling 36 oranges. If his loss percentage is 10%, what was the cost price per orange?
    ✅ ₹1.25 per orange

1. Mansi purchased a car for ₹2,50,000 and sold it for ₹3,48,000. What is the profit percentage?
   ✅ 39.2%

2. If the cost price is ₹2,569 and the selling price is ₹2,272, what is the percentage of loss?
   ✅ 11.56%

3. A gold bracelet is sold for ₹14,500 at a 20% loss. What was its original cost price?
   ✅ ₹18,125

4. Shaloo sold a mobile phone for ₹1,950, incurring a 25% loss. At what price should she sell it to gain a 30% profit?
   ✅ ₹3,120

5. A book was sold for ₹27.50 with a 10% profit. If it were sold for ₹25.75, what would have been the percentage of profit or loss?
   ✅ 6.36% profit

6. If the cost price is 96% of the selling price, what is the profit percentage?
   ✅ 4.17% profit

7. If the selling price of 30 items is equal to the purchase price of 25 items, what is the profit or loss percentage?
   ✅ 20% profit

8. A vendor buys bananas at 6 for ₹10 and sells them at 4 for ₹6. What is the gain or loss percentage?
   ✅ 20% loss

9. A vendor buys buttons at a rate of 6 for ₹1. How many buttons must he sell for ₹1 to gain a 20% profit?
   ✅ 5 buttons

10. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but uses a false weight and gains $16\frac{18}{47}\%$. What weight does he use for 1 kg?
    ✅ 941 grams

11. After two successive discounts, an item with a list price of ₹150 is available for ₹105. If the second discount is 12.5%, what was the first discount?
    ✅ 16%

12. A man sold two flats for ₹6,75,958 each. On one, he gained 16%, while on the other, he lost 16%. What was his overall gain or loss?
    ✅ ₹81,115 overall gain

13. Two-thirds of a consignment was sold at a 5% profit, while the remaining portion was sold at a 2% loss. If the total profit was ₹400, what was the value of the consignment?
    ✅ ₹8,000

14. An article is sold at a certain price. By selling it at 2/3 of that price, one incurs a 10% loss. What would have been the gain percentage at the original price?
    ✅ 15% gain