Browse Tag

profit and loss questions

13 Articles

What is price of a pair of sandles is decreased by 10% the number of pair sold incresed by 20%. What is net effect on sells ?

No Comment

Answer : D. 8 % increases

A farmer bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to gain 20% ?

No Comment

Answer : C. 5

When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner loses 15%. At what price must that plot be sold in order to gain 15% ?

No Comment

Answer : C. Rs. 25,300

Some articles were bought at 6 articles for Rs. 5 and sold at 5 articles for Rs. 6. Gain percent is ?

No Comment

Answer : D. 44%

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 ?

No Comment

Answer : B .70%

A storekeeper sold a wrist watch for $660, including a sales tax of 10%. If the cost price of the watch is $500, what is the percentage profit for shopkeeper ?

No Comment

Answer : D. 20%

A customer paid you $600 for construction work, out of which, 3/5 of the total amount was spent on the purchase of materials and 1/5 of the remaining was spent on travelling. How much is left after all the deductions ?

No Comment

Answer : C.

The C.P of 15 books is equal to the S.P of 18 books. Find the gain% or loss% ?

No Comment

Answer : A. 16 2/3 % loss

A trader bought a car at 20% discount on its original price. He sold it at a 40% increase on the price he bought it. What percent of profit did he make on the original price ?

No Comment

Answer : C . 12 %

A watch was sold at a loss of 10%. If it was sold for Rs.140 more, there would have been a gain of 4%. What is the cost price ?

No Comment

Answer : A. Rs 1000...

Riya sold her car for 50000 less than what she bought it for and lost 8% at what price should she have sold her car, if she wanted to gain as much as she lost in the first transaction ?

No Comment

Answer : C. 675000...

Revati brought a machine of 4,50,000 and sold it to raghu at profit. Raghu sold the machine to danush at loss of 10% for 4,95,000. What profit got ravi ?

No Comment

Answer : D. 22.22 %...

Ajith sells a table to Ajay at 10% profit and Ajay sells it to Anoob at 10% loss. At what price did Ajith purchase the table if Anoob paid Rs.2178 ?

No Comment

Answer : C. Rs 2200...

Our site uses cookies. By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.