Profit and Loss

Practice Profit and Loss – In what ratio should water and wine be mixed so that after selling the mixture at the cost price a profit of 33.33% is made?

Practice Profit and Loss – Bhajan Singh purchased 120 reams of paper at Rs 80 per ream. He spent Rs 280 on transportation, paid octroi at the rate of 40 paise per ream and paid Rs 72 to the coolie. If he wants to have a gain of 8 %, what must be the selling price per ream?

Practice Profit and Loss – If the cost price of 12 pens is equal to the selling price of 8 pens, the gain percent is ?

Practice Profit and Loss – A man buys oranges at Rs 5 a dozen and an equal number at Rs 4 a dozen. He sells them at Rs 5.50 a dozen and makes a profit of Rs 50. How many oranges does he buy?

Practice Profit and Loss – Tarun got 30% concession on the labelled price of an article and sold it for Rs. 8750 with 25% profit on the price he bought. What was the labelled price ?

Practice Profit and Loss – A shopkeeper cheats to the extent of 10% while buying and selling, by using false weights. His total gain is.

Practice Profit and Loss – The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?

Practice Profit and Loss – A Shopkeeper sells two articles at Rs.1000 each, making a profit of 20% on the first article and a loss of 20% on the second article. Find the net Profit or loss that he makes? 

Practice Profit and Loss – A man buys an item at Rs. 1200 and sells it at the loss of 20 percent. Then what is the selling price of that item

Practice Profit and Loss – A person sold two cows each for Rs.9900. If he gained 10% on one and lost 20% on the other, then which of the following is true?

Practice Profit and Loss – The cash difference between the selling prices of an article at a profit of 4% and 6% is Rs 3. The ratio of two selling prices is

Practice Profit and Loss – A shopkeeper fixes the marked price of an item 35% above its cost price. The percentage of discount allowed to gain 8% is

Practice Profit and Loss – Cost of 3 cricket balls = cost of 2 pairs of leg pads. 

Cost of 3 pairs of leg pads = cost of 2 pairs of gloves.

Cost of 3 pairs of gloves = cost of 2 cricket bats.

If a cricket bat costs Rs 54, what is the cost of a cricket ball. 

Practice Profit and Loss – In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit

Practice Profit and Loss – A person incurs a loss of 5% be selling a watch for Rs. 1140. At what price should the watch be sold to earn 5% profit.