Profit and Loss

ABC26GN2677 · Reynolds Superink pens are bought at the rate of 8 for ₹ 100. To make a profit of 60 per cent, these must be sold at

ABC26GN2678 · By selling 12 toffees for a rupee, a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee should he sell to get a gain of 20%?

ABC26GN2679 · By selling 45 lemons for ₹ 40, a man loses 20%. How many should he sell for ₹ 24 to gain 20% in the transaction?

ABC26GN2680 · By selling 90 ball pens for ₹ 160, a person loses 20%. How many ball pens should be sold for ₹ 96 so as to have a profit of 20%? · 2005

ABC26GN2684 · Assuming full occupancy in all the classes, for a journey between P and D, the profit margin (as a percentage of running costs) of the…

ABC26GN2687 · Nikita bought 30 kg of wheat at the rate of ₹ 9.50 per kg and 40 kg of wheat at the rate of ₹ 8.50 per kg and mixed them. She sold the… · 2005

ABC26GN2688 · Manish purchased 25 kg of rice @ ` 32 per kg and 15 kg of rice @ ` 36 per kg. He mixed the two varieties of rice and sold it @ ` 40.20 per… · 2009

ABC26GN2689 · One variety of sugar is sold for ` 3.20 per kg at a loss of 20% and another variety is sold for ` 6 per kg at a gain of 20%. If equal… · 2005

ABC26GN2690 · Arun purchased 30 kg of wheat at the rate of ₹ 11.50 per kg and 20 kg of wheat at the rate of ₹ 14.25 per kg. He mixed the two and sold the… · 2011

ABC26GN2691 · 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… · 2006

ABC26GN2692 · A person blends two varieties of tea-one costing ₹ 160 per kg and the other costing ₹ 200 per kg in the ratio 5 : 4. He sells the blended… · 2007

ABC26GN2693 · A trader mixes three varieties of groundnuts costing ₹ 50, ₹ 20 and ₹ 30 per kg in the ratio 2 : 4 : 3 in terms of weight, and sells the…

ABC26GN2694 · A shopkeeper bought 30 kg of wheat at the rate of ₹ 45 per kg. He sold forty percent of the total quantity at the rate of ₹ 50 per kg… · 2010

ABC26GN2695 · A dealer buys dry fruit at the rate of ` 100, ` 80 and ` 60 per kg. He bought them in the ratio 12 : 15 : 20 by weight. He in total gets… · 2007

ABC26GN2696 · A dairyman pays ₹ 6.40 per litre of milk. He adds water and sells the mixture at ₹ 8 per litre, thereby making 37.5% profit. The proportion…

ABC26GN2697 · Five litres of water is added to a certain quantity of pure milk costing ₹ 3 per litre. If by selling the mixture at the same price as… · 2006

ABC26GN2698 · By mixing two brands of tea and selling the mixture at the rate of ₹ 177 per kg, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 18%. If to every 2 kg of…

ABC26GN2700 · A milkman cheats his customer in two ways. He mixes 10% water in pure milk and increases the price of milk by 10%. He purchases 20 kg pure… · 2007

ABC26GN2701 · A dishonest dealer uses a scale of 90 cm instead of a metre scale and claims to sell at cost price. His profit is

ABC26GN2702 · A dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but he uses a false weight of 950 grams for a kilogram. The gain percent of the dealer is · 2008

ABC26GN2703 · A fruit seller professes to sell his fruits at cost price, but still gains 25% on his outlay. What weight does he substitute for a kilogram? · 2009

ABC26GN2704 · A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price. But he uses a false weight and thus gains 6 18/47%. For a kg, he uses a…

ABC26GN2706 · Left pan of a faulty balance weighs 100 grams more than its right pan. A shopkeeper keeps the weight measure in the left pan while buying… · 2007

ABC26GN2707 · A grocer sells rice at a profit of 10% and uses weights which are 20% less than the market weight. The total gain earned by him will be

ABC26GN2708 · A dishonest dealer sells the goods at 20% loss on cost price but uses 15% less weight. What is his percentage profit or loss?

ABC26GN2709 · A merchant professes to lose 4% on a certain tea but he uses a weight equal to 840g instead of 1 kg. Find his real loss or gain percent.

ABC26GN2710 · A shopkeeper advertises for selling cloth at 4% loss. However, by using a false metre scale he actually gains 20%. What is the actual… · 2006

ABC26GN2711 · Instead of a metre scale, a cloth merchant uses a 120 cm scale while buying but uses an 80 cm scale while selling the same cloth. If he…

ABC26GN2712 · A trader professes to sell his goods at a nominal gain percentage but actually earns 37 1/2% profit by using false weight. If for a kg he…

ABC26GN2713 · A dry fruit merchant professes to sell 2 kg almond packs at a loss of 20%. However, he uses two false weights each of which is marked 1 kg…

ABC26GN2715 · A fair price shopkeeper takes 10% profit on his goods. He lost 20% goods during theft. His loss percent is

ABC26GN2716 · Prateek sold a music system to Kartik at 20% gain and Kartik sold it to Swastik at 40% gain. If Swastik paid ₹ 10500 for the music system… · 2009

ABC26GN2717 · A manufacturer sells an article to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 20% and the wholesale dealer sells it to a retail merchant at a loss… · 2006

ABC26GN2718 · A bought a radio set and spent ₹ 110 on its repairs. He then sold it to B at 20% profit, B sold it to C at a loss of 10% and C sold it for…

ABC26GN2719 · A car worth ₹ 1,50,000 was sold by X to Y at 5% profit. Y sold the car back to X at 2% loss. In the entire transaction · 2007

ABC26GN2720 · A manufacturer sold a machine to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 10%. The wholesale dealer sold it to a retailer at a profit of 20%… · 2010

ABC26GN2721 · Goods pass successively through the hands of three traders and each of them sells his goods at a profit of 25% of his cost price. If the… · 2005

ABC26GN2722 · An article passing through two hands is sold at a profit of 38% at the original cost price. If the first dealer makes a profit of 20%, then… · 2006

ABC26GN2723 · A merchant buys an article for ₹ 27 and sells it at a profit of 10 percent of the selling price. The selling price of the article is · 2005

ABC26GN2724 · By selling an article, a man makes a profit of 25% of its selling price. His profit percent is · 2010

ABC26GN2725 · If there is a profit of 20% on the cost price of an article, the percentage of profit calculated on its selling price will be · 2010

ABC26GN2726 · Vineet calculates his profit percentage on the selling price whereas Roshan calculates his profit on the cost price. They find that the… · 2005

ABC26GN2727 · A clock was sold for ₹ 144. If the percentage of profit was numerically equal to the cost price, the cost of the clock was · 2009

ABC26GN2728 · By selling an article at 2/3 of the marked price, there is a loss of 10%. The profit percent, when the article is sold at the marked price… · 2006

ABC26GN2729 · Raghavan purchase a scooter at 13/15 of its selling price and sold it at 12% more than its selling price. His gain is · 2005

ABC26GN2730 · A man buys an article for 10% less than its value and sells it for 10% more than its value. His gain or loss percent is

ABC26GN2732 · If 5% more is gained by selling an article for ₹ 350 than by selling it for ₹ 340, the cost of the article is

ABC26GN2733 · If a man reduces the selling price of a fan from ₹ 400 to ₹ 380, his loss increases by 2%. The cost price of the fan is

ABC26GN2734 · An increase of ₹ 3 in the selling price of an article turns a loss of 7 1/2% into a gain of 7 1/2%. The cost price (in ₹) of the article is · 2007

ABC26GN2735 · A shopkeeper sells an article at 12 1/2% loss. If he sells it for ₹ 92.50 more then he gains 6%. What is the cost price of the article? · 2008