Profit and Loss

Practice progressions – After giving a discount of 20% on the marked price of a book, he purchased a pen worth of Rs. 80. What is the original price of the book?

Practice Profit and Loss – After selling 144 articles a man earns a profit of cost price of 9.Find profit percentage?

Practice Profit and Loss – A shopkeeper marked a suit at Rs.400. He sold it after allowing a discount, and still made at a profit of 25%. At what percentage above its cost price did he marked the suit, if he sold it for Rs.320?

Practice Profit and Loss – Suppose, C1, C2, C3, C4, and C5 are five companies. The profits made by Cl, C2, and C3 are in the ratio 9 : 10 : 8 while the profits made by C2, C4, and C5 are in the ratio 18 : 19 : 20. If C5 has made a profit of Rs 19 crore more than C1, then the total profit (in Rs) made by all five companies is

Practice Profit and Loss – One morning, Govind Lal the owner of the local petrol bunk, was adulterating the petrol with kerosene. He had two identical tanks – the first was full of pure petrol while the second was empty. First he transferred an arbitrary amount of petrol from the first tank into the second and then replaced the petrol removed from the first tank with kerosene. He then repeated this process one more time but this time he ensured that by the end of the process the second tank was exactly full. If the concentration of petrol in the second tank is 75% and the cost price of kerosene is half that of petrol, then what is Govind Lal’s net profit percentage on selling the contents of the second tank given that he claims to sell the petrol at a profit of 25%?

Practice Profit and Loss – There are 4 quarts in a gallon. A gallon of petrol sells for Rs.12 and a quart of the same petrol sells for Rs.5. The owner of a rental agency has 6 machines and each machine needs 5 quarts of petrol. What is the minimum amount of money he must spend to purchase enough petrol?

Practice Profit and Loss – If 5% more is gained by selling an article for Rs. 350 than by selling it for Rs. 340, the cost of the article is:

Practice Profit and Loss – A man bought a number of clips at 3 for a rupee and an equal number at 2 for a rupee. At what price per dozen should he sell them to make a profit of 20% ?

Practice Profit and Loss – The manufacturer of a certain item can sell all he can produce at the selling price of Rs. 60 each. It costs him Rs. 40 in materials and labour to produce each item and he has overhead expenses of Rs. 3000 per week in order to operate the plant. The number of units he should produce and sell in order to make a profit of at least Rs. 1000 per week, is

Practice Profit and Loss – A sells a bicycle to B at a profit of 20%. B sells it to C at a profit of 25%. If C pays Rs. 225 for it, the cost price of the bicycle for A is:

Practice Profit and Loss – Padam purchased 30 kg of rice at the rate of 17.50 per kg and another 30 kg rice at a certain rate. He mixed the two and sold the entire quantity at the rate of Rs. 18.60 per kg and made 20% overall profit. At what price per kg did he purchase the lot

Practice Profit and Loss – The list price of an electric iron is Rs. 300. If two successive discounts of 15% and 10% are allowed, its selling price will be:

Practice Profit and Loss – Rakesh buys a scooter worth Rs. 10,000. He sells it to Mohan at a profit of 10%. If after sometime Mohan sells it back to Rakesh at a loss of 10%, then totally:

Practice Profit and Loss – An article was sold for Rs. 2770. Had it been sold for Rs. 3000 there would have been an additional gain of 10%. Cost Price of the article is:

Practice Profit and Loss – Every year before the festive season, a shopkeeper increases the price of the products by 35% and then introduces two successive discounts of 10% and 15% respectively. What is his percentage loss or gain?