Profit and Loss Percent

Q. TOFFEES ARE BOUGHT AT 15 FOR ₹20. HOW MANY TOFFEES WOULD BE SOLD FOR ₹20 SO AS TO GAIN 25%

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When $S.P=Rs.750,$ C.P$=Rs.600.$ Find gain percent.

Q. Amit sold his bike at the loss of 20%. The cost price of his bike was ₹ 40000. Find the selling price of the bike sold by Amit.

1. ₹ 28000
2. ₹ 38000
3. ₹ 24000
4. ₹ 32000

Q. Cost price of a car is 28, 50, 000 and selling price is 31, 75, 000. Find profit percent.
(chap- profit loss and discount)

Q. A shopkeeper gets 30% profit on selling a box of oranges. Find the selling price of the box of oranges if they were bought for ₹ 700.

1. ₹ 850
2. ₹ 950
3. ₹ 910
4. ₹ 810

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A dealer marks a damaged article at 10% above the cost price and then allows a discount of 10%. Find his gain or loss per cent

Q. A shopkeeper gets 20% profit on selling a box of oranges at ₹ 500. Then, the cost price of the box of oranges is

1. ₹ 400
2. ₹ 416.67
3. ₹ 322
4. ₹ 418.2

Q. If Amit makes a profit of $5\%$ on ${\frac{3}{4}}^{th}$ of the quantity of apples sold and a loss of $10\%$ on the rest of the apples, then his net percent profit or loss is

1. 10%
2. 12.5%
3. 15%
4. 7.5%

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Mr, Basu purchased $20$ plastic chairs at $₹225$ per chair. He sold $12$ chairs at $₹275$per chair and the remaining chairs at $₹200$ per chair. Find his gain or loss percent.

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A shopkeeper buys an article for $₹735$ and sold it for $₹850$, find his profit or loss.

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The cost of an article is ₹ 15500 and ₹ 450 is spent on its repair. If the article is sold at a profit of 15 %, then what is the selling price?

1. 14682

2. 15342.5

3. 18000

4. 18342.5

Q. A shopkeeper sold two bats whose cost price is ₹ 1000 each. He makes a profit of 25% on one bat, but a loss of 10% on the other bat. Calculate the overall loss/profit percent.

1. 7.5%
2. 10%
3. 12.5%
4. 5%

Q. A shopkeeper buys a box of apples for ₹ 875. If he sells the same for ₹ 1000, then he obtains a

1. profit of ₹ 125
2. loss of ₹ 125
3. profit of ₹ 100
4. loss of ₹ 100

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A shopkeeper sold two baseball bats which have a cost price of ₹ 2000 each. He makes a profit of 15% on one of the bats but a loss of 5% on the other bat. Then he has made a ___________ overall.

1. Profit of 10%

2. Profit of 5%

3. Loss of 10%

4. Loss of 5%

Q. The price elasticity of demand when fresh milk's price increases from $Rs.20$ per litre to $Rs.30$ per litre is equal to

1. $1.0$
2. $1.66$
3. $2.66$
4. $2.5$

Q. A shopkeeper sold sarees at $\text{Rs.}266$ each after giving a $5\%$ discount on labeled price. Had he not given the discount, he would have earned a profit of $12\%$ on the cost price. what was the cost price of each saree?

1. $\text{Rs.}240$
2. Date indepequate
3. None of these
4. $\text{Rs.}260$
5. $\text{Rs.}280$

Q. A hawker sells orange at a profit of $25\%$. If he reduces the selling price of each orange by $60$ paise, he earns a profit of $5\%$. Find the final selling price of each orange.

Q. A shop keeper purchased 200 bulbs for ₹10 each. However, 5 bulbs were fused and put them into scrap. The remaining were sold at ₹12 each. Find the gain or loss percent.

1. 18%
2. 19%
3. 16%
4. 17%

Q. The cost of a refrigerator is ₹ 8000 with ₹ 1000 being spent on its transportation. Find its selling price if it is sold at a profit of 10%.

1. 9900

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A shopkeeper purchased 200 bulbs for Rs 10 each. However, 5 bulbs were fused and had to be thrown away. The remaining were sold at Rs 12 each. Find the gain or loss %

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A shopkeeper buys 80 articles for ₹ 2400 and sells them at a profit of 16%. Find the selling price of one article.

1. ₹ 16.6

2. ₹ 34.8

3. ₹ 29.8

4. ₹ 26.6

Q. For a journey the cost of a child ticket . It the $\frac{1}{3}$ of the cost of an adult ticket, It the cost of tickets for 4 adults and 5 children is RS.85, the cost of a child ticket is

1. Rs 5
2. RS 6
3. RS 10
4. RS 15

Q. A shopkeeper gives a discount of 25% on the marked price of an article and still earns a profit of 20% on his outlay, if he had not given any discount, then the profit on his outlay would have been

1. 45%
2. 50%
3. 55%
4. 60%

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A motorbike was sold by a showroom for ₹ 80, 000. The owner then sold this bike at ₹ 60, 000. Find the percentage of profit or loss.

1. 20%

2. 25%

3. 30%

4. 35%

Q. After allowing two successive discounts of $15$% and $5$%, a fan sold of 2907. What is the marked price of the fan?

1. Rs $3060$
2. Rs $3000$
3. Rs $3600$
4. Rs $600$

Q. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given :
A merchant purchases a wrist watch for Rs. 450 and fixes its list price in such a way that after allowing a discount of 10%, he earns a profit of 20%. Find the list price of the wrist watch.

1. Rs. $540$
2. Rs. $495$
3. Rs.$600$
4. Rs. $585$

Q. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false for each of the following:
(i) SP = $\frac{(100+\mathrm{loss}\%)}{100}\times \mathrm{CP}.$
(ii) CP = $\frac{100}{(100+\mathrm{gain}\%)}\times \mathrm{SP}.$
(iii) Gain is reckoned on the selling price.
(iv) The discount is allowed on the marked price.

Q. Match the following with their respective formula.

1. S.P - C.P
2. M.P - S.P
3. C.P - S.P
4. Principal + Interest

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What should be the selling price of an article that costs ₹20 in order to make a profit of ₹4?

1. ₹22

2. ₹24

3. ₹28

4. ₹16

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Sohan bought a second-hand refrigerator for ₹ 2500 and spent ₹ 1500 on its repair. He then sold it for ₹ 3300. What is the gain or loss percentage?

1. 17.5% loss

2. 22.5% loss

3. 10% gain

4. 10% loss