Profit Loss

1. A sells a bicycle to B at a profit of 20% and B sells it to C at a profit of 25%. If C pays

2250 for it, what did A pay for it?
2. A mobile phone is sold for Rs 5060 at a gain of 10%. What would have been the gain or
loss per cent if it had been sold for Rs 4370?
3. Some articles were bought at 6 for Rs 5 and sold at 5 for Rs 6. Gain percent is
4. Cost price of two articles is same. One is sold at a profit of 15% and the other for Rs.
1500 more than the first. If the net profit is 30%. Find the cost price of each article.
5. Akash buy an article for Rs. 19200. He sold it at 12% loss and got some money and from
that money he again buys an article and this time he gets 12% profit. What was profit or
loss he got from this transaction?
6. By selling an article for Rs 400 more, Karthik would have made 4 % profit on his sale
instead of a 12 % loss. What was his cost price. (ASG)
7. Selling price of three articles A, B and C is in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 and profit percent
earned on selling these article is in the ratio of 4 : 12 : 5. If cost price of article A and B is
equal and cost price of article C is 120 Rs. Find the overall gain on three articles?
8. A man buys an article and sells it at a profit of 20%. If he had bought it at 20% less and
sold it for Rs.75 less, he could have gained 25%. What is the cost price?
9. If goods be purchased for Rs.840 and one-fourth be sold at a loss of 20% at what gain
percent should the remainder be sold so as to gain 20% on the whole transaction?
10. The cost price of 9 articles is equal to the selling price of 11 articles. Then the loss
percentage is
11. A dishonest dealer sells his goods at 10% loss on cost price but uses 20% less weight.
What is his profit or loss%?
12. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price, but he uses a weight of 960 g
for the kg weight. Find his gain per cent.
13. A man sold two housing apartments for Rs2 lakhs each. He sold one at 20% loss and the
other at 20% gain. Find his gain or loss percent.
14. If the C.P. of 15 tables be equal to the S.P. of 20 tables, find the Profit or Loss per cent.
15. By selling 33 metres of cloth, a man gains the sale price of 11 metres. The gain % is
16. At a clearance sale, all goods are on sale at 45% discount. If I bought shoes for Rs 660,
what was Marked Price?
17. A shopkeeper offers his customers 10% discount and still makes a profit of 26%. What is
the actual cost to him of an article marked 280?
18. Find the single discount equivalent to successive discounts of 25% and 20%
19. Find the S.P. of an article whose M.P. is `9988467 giving successive discount of 50%,
40% and 10%
20. Ramesh buys two books for `410 and sells one at a loss of 20% and the other at a gain of
25%. If both the books are sold at the same price. Find the cost price of two books.
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