93 questions · Difficulty 1/3
1.While selling, a businessman allows 40% discount on the marked price and there is a loss of 30% if it is sold at the marked price, profit percent will be
2.By selling an article at ? /? th of the marked price, there is a gain of 25%. The ratio of the marked price and the cost price is
3.A man buys two chairs for a total cost of Rs.900. By selling ones for ? /? of its cost and the other for ?/ ? of its cost, he makes a profit of Rs.90 on the whole transaction. The cost of the lower priced chair is
4.By selling 100 oranges, a vendor gains the selling price of 20 oranges. His gain percent is
5.60% of the cost price of an article is equal to 50% of its selling price. Then the percentage of profit or loss on the cost price is
6.Maninder bought two horses at Rs.40,000 each. He sold one horse at 15% gain, but had to sell the second horse at loss. If he had suffered a loss of Rs.3,600 on the whole transaction, then the selling price of the second horse is
7.A and B started a business by investing Rs.3,50,000 and Rs.1,40,000 respectively. A got profit of 20% for managing the business and the rest of the profit was divided according to their investment. If A got Rs.38000 more than B after 1 year, then total profit is.
8.Tarun bought a T.V. with 20% discount on the labelled price. Had he bought it with 25% discount, he would have saved Rs.500. At what price did he buy the T.V.?
9.A manufacturer sells an article to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 10%. The wholesale dealer sells it to a shopkeeper at 20% profit. The shopkeeper sells it to a customer of Rs.56,100 at a loss of 15%. Then the cost price of the article to the manufacturer is
10.A loss of 19% gets converted into a profit of 17% when the selling price is increased by Rs.162. The cost price of the article is
11.A man purchased 150 pens at the rate of Rs.12 per pen. He sold 50 pens at a gain of 10%. The percentage gain at which he must sell the remaining pens so as to gain 15% on the whole outlay is
12.A dealer sold two types of goods for Rs.10,000 each. On one of them, he lost 20% and on the other he gained 20%. His gain or loss percent in the entire transaction was
13.The cost price of 40 articles is the same as the selling price of 25 articles. Find the gain percent.
14.A sells an article to B making a profit of ? /? of his outlay. B sells it to C, gaining 20%. If C sells it for Rs.600 and incurs a loss of ? /? of his outlay, the cost price of A is
15.A tradesman marks his goods 30% more than the cost price. If he allows a discount of 6?/ ? %, then his gain percent is
16.A shopkeeper purchased a chair marked at Rs.600 at two successive discounts of 15% and 20% respectively. He spent Rs.28 on transportation and sold the chair for Rs.545. His gain percent was
17.By selling 25 metres of cloth a trader gains by 5 metre of the selling price the trader’s profit in % is
18.A sell a suitcase to B at 10% profit. B sells it to C at 30% profit. If C pays Rs.2,860 for it, then the price at which A bought it is.
19.Gita buys a plot of land for Rs.96,000. She sells ? /? of it at a loss of 6%. She wants to make a profit of 10% on the whole transaction by selling the remaining land. The gain % on the remaining land is
20.An article is sold at a gain of 15%. Had it been sold for Rs.27 more, the profit would have been 20%. The cost price of the article is
21.On selling 17 balls at Rs.720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price (in Rs.) of a ball is
22.Two items A and B are sold at a profit of 10% and 15% respectively. If the amount of profit received is the same, then the cost price of A and B may be
23.An item costing Rs.200 is being sold at 10% loss. If the price is further reduced by 5%, the selling price will be
24.A shopkeeper buys 144 items at 90 paise each. On the way 20 items are broken. He sells the remainder at Rs.1.20 each. His gain percent correct to one place of decimal is
25.There is a profit of 20% on the cost price of an article. The % of profit, when calculated on selling price is
26.By selling an article for Rs.102, there is a loss of 15%, when the article is sold for Rs.134.40, the net result in the transaction is
27.Two toys are sold at Rs.504 each. One toy brings the dealer a gain of 12% and the other a loss of 4%. The gain or loss percent by selling both the toys is
28.A sold a horse to B for Rs.4800 by losing 20%, B sells it to C at a price which would have given A, a profit of 15%. B’s gain is
29.Ram sold two horses at the same price. In one he gets a profit of 10% and in the other he gets a loss of 10%. Then Ram gets
30.A man purchases some oranges at the rate of 3 oranges for Rs.40 and the same quantity at 5 oranges for Rs.60. If he sells all the oranges at the rate of 3 for Rs.50, find his gain or loss percent (to the nearest integer).
31.A man sells in article at 5% above its cost price. If he had bought it at 5% less than what he had paid for it and sold it at Rs.2 less, he would have gained 10%. The cost price of the article is
32.There would be a 10% loss, if rice is sold at Rs.54 per kg. To earn a profit of 20%, the price of rice per kg will be
33.If a shopkeeper wants to give 20% discount on a toy, he has to sell it Rs.300. If he sells it at Rs.405, then his gain percent is
34.A dealer fixed the price of an article 40% above the cost of production. While selling it he allows a discount of 20% and makes a profit of Rs.48. The cost of production (in Rs.) of the article is
35.A manufacturer fixes his selling price at 33% over the cost of production. If cost of production goes up by 12% and manufacturer raises his selling price by 10%, his percentage profit is
36.A dealer is selling an article at a discount of 5% on the marked price. If the marked price is 12% above the cost price and the article was sold for Rs.532 then the cost price is (in Rs.)
37.A shopkeeper increases the price of an object by 40% and then sells it at 25% discount on the marked price. If the selling price of such an object be Rs.2100, its cost price for the shopkeeper was?
38.By what fraction selling price (S.P.) must be multiplied to get the cost price (C.P.) if the loss is 20%?
39.Ramesh sold a book at a loss of 30%. If he has sold it for Rs.140 more, he would have made a profit of 40%. The cost price of the book is
40.A shopkeeper purchased 510 eggs at the rate of Rs.20 per dozen. 30 eggs were broken on the way. In order to make a gain of 20%, he must sell the remaining eggs at the rate of
41.A sell a watch to B and makes a loss of 12%. B makes a profit of 12?/ ? % by selling the watch to C. If A sells the watch to be at the cost of which C purchased it, then the percentage of loss or profit of A will be.
42.A man buys 3 type-I cakes and 6 types-II cakes for Rs.900. He sells type-I cakes at a profit of 15% and type-II cakes at a loss of 10%. If his overall profits is Rs.30, the cost price (in Rs.) of a type-I and of a type-II cakes is
43.A photographer allows a discount of 10% on the advertised price of a camera. The price (in Rs.) that must be marked on the camera, which cost him Rs.600 to make a profit of 20% would be
44.The ratio of cost price and selling price of an article is 20 : 21. The gain percent on it is
45.The ratio of cost price and selling price 25 : 26. The percent profit will be
46.A shopkeeper buys a product of Rs.150 per kg. 15% of product was damaged. At what price (per kg) should he sell the remaining so as to earn a profit of 20%?
47.Mr. Kapur purchased two toy cycles for Rs.750 each. He sold these cycles, gaining 6% on one and losing 4% on the other. The gain of loss percent in the whole transaction is
48.The profit earned by a shopkeeper by selling a bucket at a gain of 8% is Rs.28 more than when he sells it at a loss of 8%. The cost price (in Rupees) of the bucket is
49.A man bought 500 metres of electric wire at 50 paise per metre he sold 50% part at the profit of 5%, at what % profit he sold remaining as to gain 10% on the whole transaction?
50.. Oil equal to 20% of the weight of ground nut is extracted in a mill. The matter left after extraction is sold as cattle feed at the rate of Rs.12.5/kg. the groundnuts are bought at Rs.20/kg. The processing cost is Rs.5/kg. At what price (Rs per kg) should the oil be sold to earn 20% profit on total costs (Total cost = Cost of groundnuts and processing costs)?
51.If a vendor sells a coconut at Rs.14.4 he makes 10% loss. If he wants to make 25% profit, then at what price (in Rs) should he sell?
52.At a village trade fair a man buys a horse and a camel together for Rs.51,250. He sold the horse at a profit of 25% and the camel at a loss of 20%. If he sold both the animals at the same price, then the cost price of the cheaper animal was Rs. _____.
53.On a certain item profit is 150%. If the cost price increases by 25% what will be the new profit margin (in %)?
54.A vendor buys bananas at 4 for Rs.3 and sells at 3 for Rs.4. What will be the result?
55.A wholesaler sells a watch to a retailer at a profit of 8% and the retailer sells it to a customer at a profit of 12%. If the customer pays Rs.8,448 what had it cost (approximately) to the wholesaler (in Rs.)?
56.A trader had 2000 kgs of rice. He sold a part of it at 10% profit and the rest at 16% profit, so that he made a total profit of 14.2%. How much rice (in kg) did he sell at 10% profit?
57.A used car dealer sells a car for Rs.7.6 lakhs and makes some loss. If he had sold if for Rs.9.2 lakhs his profit would been thrice his loss. What was the cost price of the car (in Rs lakhs)?
58.An oil refinery buys oil at Rs3600 per barrel. There is 10% wastage. If the refinery wants to earn 5% profit then at what price should it sell including 8% tax on selling price? (in Rs per barrel)
59.A vendor sells a coconut at Rs.24 and suffers 24% loss. If he wants to make 14% profit, then at what price (in Rs.) should he sell?
60.A villager buys a goat and a sheep together for Rs.14,250. He sold the sheep at a profit of 10% and the goat at a loss of 20%. If he sold both the animals at the same price, then what was the cost price of the cheaper animal?
61.On a certain item profit is 120%. If the cost price increases by 10% then what will be the new profit margin (in %) if selling price remains the same?
62.A vendor buys bananas at 9 for Rs.8 and sells at 8 for Rs.9. What will be the profit or loss (in %)?
63.If a stall sells a pizza at Rs.200 he makes 20% loss if he wants to make 10% profit then at what price (in Rs) should he sell?
64.A wholesaler had 200 dozen of mangoes. He sold some of the these mangoes at 20% profit and the rest at 10% profit, so that he made 13% profit on selling all the mangoes. How many mangoes (in dozens) did he sell at 20% profit?
65.If the selling price is tripled and cost price doubled the profit would become 65%. What is the present profit (in %)?
66.A vendor buys bananas at 7 for Rs.6 and sells at 6 for Rs.7. What will be the result?
67.A miner sells a diamond to a trader at a profit of 40% and the trader sells it to a customer at a profit of 25%. If the customer pays Rs.56 lakhs to buy the diamond, what had it cost the miner (in Rs. lakhs)?
68.A grocer had 1600 kgs of wheat. He sold a part of it at 20% profit and the rest at 12% profit, so that he made a total profit of 17%. How much wheat (in kg) did he sell at 20% profit?
69.A used two-wheeler dealer sells a scooter for Rs.46,000 and makes some loss. If he had sold it for Rs.58,000 his profit would have been double his loss. What was the cost price (in Rs.) of the scooter?
70.A trader buys jowar at Rs.30 per kg. 20% of the grain gets wasted. He plans to sell the remaining grain so that he makes 40% overall profit. At what price (in Rs. per kg) should he sell the grain?
71.If a vendor sells a watermelon at Rs.69 he makes 8% loss. If he wants to make 16% profit then at what price (in Rs) should he sell?
72.The cost of 25 items is the same as the revenue by selling X items. Find X, if the profit made in the transaction is 25%
73.An item is sold for Rs.7130 making a 15% profit. What is the cost price (in Rs) of this item?
74.A shopkeeper bought 120 quintals of wheat. 20% of it was sold at 25% loss. At what percent gain should he sell the rest to gain 25% on the whole transaction?
75.A shopkeeper allows 28% discount on the marked price of an article and still makes a profit of 20%. If he gains Rs.30.80 on the sale of one article, then what will be the cost price of the article?
76.A person marks his goods x% above the cost price and allows a discount of 30% on the marked price. If his profit is 5%, then the value of x will be:
77.When an article is sold for Rs.355, there is a loss of 29%. To gain 21%, it should be sold for Rs.
78.<p>An article is sold at a certain price. If it is sold at 33? ? % of this price, there is a loss of 33? ? %. What is the percentage profit when it is sold at 60% of the original selling price?</p>
79.<p>Radha marks her goods 25% above the cost price. She sells 35% of goods at the marked price, 40% at 15% discount and the remaining at 20% discount. What is her overall percentage gain?</p>
80.<p>Anu sold an article for Rs.480 at some profit. Had she sold it for Rs.400, then there would have been a loss equal to one-third of the initial profit. What was the cost price of the article?</p>
81.<p>By selling two articles for ₹800, a person gains the cost price of three articles. The profit percent is:</p>
82.<p>When an article is sold at its marked price, it gives a profit of 25%. If a discount of 9.6% is allowed on the marked price, then the profit percent will be:</p>
83.<p>A man sells his goods at a certain price, 20% of which is his profit. If the price at which he buys the goods increases by 10% and he sells them at an 8% higher, then what will be his profit percent (correct to one decimal place)?</p>
84.<p>Sujata marks an article 36% above the cost price and allows a 40% discount on the marked price. The loss percentage is:</p>
85.<p>An article is sold at a certain price. If it is sold at 80% of this price, then there will be a loss of 10%. What is the percentage profit when the article is sold at the original selling price?</p>
86.<p>A person sells an article at 16% below its cost price. Had he sold it for ₹33 more, he would have gained 14%. To gain 25%, he should sell the article for:</p>
87.<p>The marked price of an article is ₹800 and it is sold at a discount of 19%. If there is a gain of 8%, then by what percent above the cost price was the article marked?</p>
88.<p>The marked price of an article is Rs 1500. If two successive discounts, each of x%, on the marked price is equal to a single discount of Rs 587.40, then what will be the selling price of the article if a single discount of x% is given on the marked price?</p>
89.An article was sold at a profit of 14%. Had it been sold for Rs121 less, a loss of 8% would have been incurred. If the same article would have been sold for Rs536.25, then the profit/loss percent would have been:
90.<p>If the selling price of an article is 32% more than its cost price and the discount offered on its marked price is 12%, then what is the ratio of its cost price to the marked price?</p>
91.<p>35% of goods were sold at a profit of 65%, while the remaining were sold at x% loss. If the overall loss is 12%, then what is the value of x? (correct to one decimal place)</p>
92.<p>A person buys 80 kg of rice and sells it at a profit of as much money as he paid for 30 kg. His profit percentage is :</p>
93.<p>A shopkeeper allows 18% discount on the marked price of an article and still makes a profit of 23%. If he gains Rs18.40 on the sale of the article, then what is the marked price of the article?</p>