Profit and Loss Exercise

By selling an article for Rs 96, double profit is obtained than the profit that would have been obtained by selling it for Rs 84. What is the cost price of the article?

The owner of an electronics shop charges his customer 22% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs 10,980 for a DVD player, then what was the cost price of the DVD player?

The owner of a stationery shop charges his customers 28% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs 4544 for school books, then what was the cost price of the school books?

A shopkeeper purchases 10 kg of rice at Rs 600 and sells at a loss as much the selling price of 2 kg of rice. Find the sale rate of rice/ kg.

The owner of a toy shop charges his customers 33% more than the cost price. If the customer paid `4,921 for a toy, then what was the cost price of the toy?

Mohan purchased an article and sold it for Rs 2817.50 and earned 15 percent profit on the cost price. What was the cost price of the article?

The profit earned after selling an article for Rs 1,754 is the same as loss incurred after selling the article for Rs 1,492. What is the cost price of the article?

Prathik sold a music system to Karthik at 20% gain and Karthik sold it to Swasthik at 40% gain. If Swasthik paid `10,500 for the music system, what amount did Prathik pay for the same?

If the manufacturer gains 10%, the wholesale dealer 15% and the retailer 25%, then find the cost of production of a table, the retail price of which is Rs 1265?

A sells a tube to B at a profit of 20% and B sells it to C at profit of 25 %. If C pays Rs 225 for it, what did A pay for it?

A sells an article which costs him Rs 400 to B at a profit of 20%. B then sells it to C, making a profit of 10% on the price he paid to A. How much does C pay to B?

The difference between the selling price of a clock at a profit of 8% and 10% is Rs 6. Find the cost price of the clock.

The price of 2 sarees and 4 shirts is Rs 16000. With the same money one can buy 1 saree and 6 shirts. If one wants to buy 12 shirts, how much shall one have to pay?

A milk man makes a profit of 20% on the sale of milk. If he were to add 10% water to the milk, by what %would his profit increase?

A man sold two steel chairs for Rs 500 each. On one he gains 20% and on other, he loses 12%. How much does he gain or lose in the whole transaction?

A firm of ready-made garments makes both men’s and women’s shirts. Its average profit is 6% of the sales. Its profit in men’s shirts average 8% of the sales and women’s shirts comprise 60% of the output. The average profit per sale rupee in women shirts is

A dealer sold a mixer for Rs 420 at a loss of 12.5%. At what price should he have sold it to gain 12.5%.

A cycle agent buys 30 bicycles, of which 8 are first grade and the rest are second grade for Rs 3150. Find at what price he must sell the first grade bicycles so that if he sells the second grade bicycles at third quarter of the price, he may make a profit of 40% on both the type of transactions?

John sold a fan at a loss of 7%. If he had sold it for Rs 48 more, he would have gained 5%. Find the cost price of the fan.

A man bought a horse and a carriage for Rs 3000. He sold the horse at a gain of 20% and the carriage at a loss 10%, thereby gaining 2% on the whole. Find the cost of the horse.

Two electronic musical instruments were purchased for Rs 8000. The first was sold at a profit of 40% and the second at loss of 40%. If the sale price was the same in both the cases, what was the cost price of two electronic musical instruments?