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Questions on Profit and

Loss

Q1. By selling an article for Rs. 720, a


man loses 10%. At what price should
he sell it to gain 5%?

Q2. A person loses 20%, a radio for Rs


768. What percent will he gain by
selling it for RS.1020?

Q3 Mitu got profit of 10%. On selling


an article for RS 220 to get a profit of
30%, she should sell the article in how
many rupees?
Q4. The CP of an item is two-third of
its selling price. What is the gain or
loss percent on that item?

Q5. Sumit purchased an item for RS


4000 and sold it at the gain of 35%.
From that amount, he purchased
another item and sold it at the loss of
20%. What is his overall gain/loss?

Q6. A person sold his watch for RS 75


and got a percentage profit equal to
the cost price. What is the CP of the
watch?

Q7. A furniture seller sells two tables


at RS 1500 each. He earned a profit of
20% on one table and suffered a loss
of 20% on another table. What is his
net profit or loss in this deal?

Q8. A sold a watch to B at 40% gain


and B sold it to C at a loss of 20%. If C
bought the watch for RS.432, at what
Price did A purchase it?

Q9. An article was purchased for RS


78350. Its price was marked up by
30%. It was sold at a discount of 20%
on the marked up price, what was the
profit percent on the CP?

Q10. A man cells a calculator at the


rate of RS 250 each, which includes a
profit of 14%. What amount of profit
will he earn in 19 days if he sells 7
calculators per day?
Q11. The SP of an electric iron is RS
300. If two successive discounts of
15% and 10% are allowed. What is the
SP of the iron?

Q12. A man bought a number of clips


at 3 for a rupee and an equal no at 2
for a rupee. At what price per dozen
should he sell them to make a profit of
20%?

Q13. (x% of 932) + 30 =309.6 Find


x ?.

Q14. If 5% more is gained by selling


an article for RS 350, then by selling it
for RS 340, the CP of the article is?
Q15. Piyush bought 30kg of rice at the
rate of RS 8.50 per kg and 20kg of rice
at the rate of 9.00 per kg. He mixed
the two. At what price (approx) per kg
should he sell the mixture in order to
get 20% profit?

Q16. Alfred buys an old scooter for RS


4700 and spends RS 800 on its
repairs. If he sells the scooter for RS
5800. What is his profit percent?
Q17. A vendor bought mangoes at 6
for a rupee. How many for a rupee
must he sell to gain 20%?
Q18. A man bought fruits at the rate
of 16 for Rs24 and sold them at the
rate of 8 for Rs18. What is the profit?

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