Profit and Loss

Profit and Loss
SP given , P/L % given :

Easy 1. David sold a bicycle at Rs 2100 and made a loss of 25%. At how much price he
should sell the bicycle if he wants to make a profit of 15%?
Easy 2. The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the
percentage loss by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be
sold to make 25% profit?
Easy 3 (certain rs more and different p/l% given). A loss of 20% is made by selling an
article. Had it been sold for Rs 240 more, there would have been a profit of 10%. What
would be the selling price of the article if it is sold at 25% profit?
X cp and Y sp is given , Profit Loss Percentage is asked

Easy 4. Cost price of 12 articles is equal to the selling price of 8 articles. Find the profit /
loss %?
Easy 5. By selling 33 m. cloth, a shopkeeper loses money equivalent to selling price of 11 m.
Find his loss percentage.
Medium 6. If selling price is doubled then, the profit triples. What is profit per cent?
Easy 7. On selling 15 balls at Rs 400 there is loss equal to Cost Price of 5 balls. The cost
price of a ball is?
X pens for Y Rs and Y pens for X rs, P/L %
Easy 8. A person buys 18 pens for 12 Rs and sells 12 pens for 18 rupees. Find his profit
percentage.
Medium 9. Navya buys a certain number of toys at 12 per Rs 9 and the same number at 18
per Rs 9. If she sells them at 18 per Rs15 does she gain or lose and by what percentage?
False Weight Problems

Easy 10. A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell pulses at the cost price, but he uses a
false weight of 950gm. for a kg. His gain is____%.
Easy 11. A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell pulses at the 20% profit , also he uses a
false weight of 800gm for a kg, His actual gain is____%.
Easy 12. A dishonest milkman sells milk at cost price but he mixes water and earns
14(2/7)%. Find the ratio of mixture and milk in the mixture?
See – Saw Application
Easy 13. Chamanlal purchased 20 dozen note books @ Rs.48 per dozen. He sold 8 dozen at
10% profit and the remaining12 dozens with 20% profit. What is the profit percentage in
this transaction?
Easy 14. A cow and a horse are bought for rs 200000. The cow is sold at profit of 20% and
the horse at a loss of 10%.the overall gain is 4000rs.The cost price of cow is
Easy 15. A trader has 600kgs of rice , a part of which he sells at 15% profit and the
remaining quantity at 20% loss. On the whole , he incurs an overall loss of 6% .What is the
quantity of rice he sold at 20% loss?
Medium 16. A watch dealer incurs an expense of Rs. 150 for producing every watch. He also
incurs an additional expenditure of Rs. 30,000, which is independent of the number of
watches produced. If he is able to sell a watch during the season, he sells it for Rs. 250. If he
fails to do so, he has to sell each watch for Rs. 100.If he produces 1500 watches, what is the
number of watches that he must sell during the season in order to breakeven, given that he
is able to sell all the watches produced?
Certain articles for certain price with P/L % given or X Apples a Rupee
Easy 17. By selling 12 oranges for Rs 60 a man losses 25%. The number of oranges he has
to sell for Rs 100 so as to gain 25% is?
Easy 18. A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to
gain 20%?
Same SP same Profit loss %
Easy 19. Shopkeeper sells two items at the same price. If he sells one of them at a profit of
10% and the other at a loss of 10%, find the percentage profit/loss.
Same SP different profit loss %
Easy 20. A trader bought two horses for Rs 39,000. He sold one at a loss of 20% and
another at a profit of 15%. If the selling price of each horse is same, then what are their cost
price respectively?
Easy 21. A Shopkeeper buys two bicycles for Rs. 750. He sells first bicycle at a profit of 22%
And the second bicycle at a loss of 8%. What is the SP of first bicycle if in the Whole
transaction there is no profit no loss?
Marked Price / Discount Problems
Easy 22. A shopkeeper buys an article for 600 Rs and marks it for sale at a price that gives
him 60 % profit on his cost price. He, however, gives a 15 % discount on the marked price
to his customer. Calculate the actual profit gained by the shopkeeper as well as his profit
percent.
Easy 23. Ajay marks his good 20% above the cost price and sells then at a discount of 10%.
If he gains Rs. 420, find the cost price of the goods.
Easy 24. At what per cent above the cost price must Atul mark his goods so that he gains
20% after giving a discount of 25% ?
Hard 25. A dealer offers a cash discount of 20% and still makes a profit of 20%, when he
further allows 16 articles to a dozen to a Particularly sticky bargainer. How much Per cent
above the cost price were his Wares listed?
Other Problems.
Medium 26. A person sells two fans for Rs. 6800. The cost price of the first fan is equal to
the selling price of the second fan. If the first is sold at 30% loss and the second at 100%
gain, what is total profit or loss (in rupees)?
Medium 27. Raman calculates his profit % on the selling price whereas Rajeev calculates
his on the cost price. They find that the difference of their profits Rs.150. If the selling price
of both them are the same and both of them get 50% profit. Find their selling price.
Medium 28. A cloth merchant uses 120cm scale while buying, instead a meter scale ,but
uses an 80 cm scale while selling the same cloth. If he offers a discount of 20% on cash
payment. Find the profit percent.
Medium 29. A businessman sells a commodity at 10% profit. If he had bought it 10% less
and sold it for rs2 less, then he would have gained 16(2/3)%. What is the cost price of the
commodity?

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SP given , P/L % given :

X cp and Y sp is given , Profit Loss Percentage is asked

X pens for Y Rs and Y pens for X rs, P/L %

False Weight Problems

Same SP same Profit loss %

Same SP different profit loss %

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