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Profit and Loss
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1. If there is 10% profit , what would be the ratio of Gain/Loss percent
Cost price and Selling Price?
A. 1:11 b. 10:11 c. 9:11 d. 1:10 14. A book is sold at a profit of 15% . Had it sold for
Rs. 84 more , The profit would be 21%. The Cost
2. If there is a loss of 20% , what would be the price of the article would be ?
ratio of Cost price and Selling Price?
A. 5:9 b. 5:4 c. 4:5 d. 1:5 15. A shopkeeper sold an article at 3% . Had he
sold it for Rs. 750 more then he would have
3. A man buys an article for Rs. 27.50 and sells it
gained 3%. Find the Cost price of the article ?
for Rs. 28.60. Find his gain%?
4. If a book was purchased for Rs. 490 and sold 16. A toy was sold at a loss of 8% . Had it sold for
for Rs. 465.60. Find his loss%? Rs. 120 more , 7% would have been gained. Find
the C.P of the toy.
5. Find the Cost price of an article , If its S.P is 720
and Profit is 20%. 17. Harish sells a bike at a profit of 5% for Rs.
10,500. If he decreases the selling price to
6. After selling an article for Rs. 300, a person
Rs.9,000. How much percent will he gain or
suffered a loss of 25%, Find the C.P?
loss?
7. A Dealer gains 12.5% on Selling an article for a. Loss by 15% b. Loss by 10%
Rs. 630. Find the C.P of the article. c. Gain by 15% d. Gain by 10
8. A shopkeeper sells his goods at 8 ⅓ % profit on 18. A dishonest shopkeeper promises to sell his
S.P. Find his actual profit %. goods at its C.P but he uses 30% less weight.
Find the profit% ?
9. Ramesh purchased a watch and sold it at a
profit of 20 percent. If he wished to calculate 19. A cloth dealer professes to sell bedsheet at
his profit as a percentage on his selling price, cost price, but uses a metre having a length of
the same Would be__________? 80 cm only and charges for the metre. Find his
gain percent.
10. On selling 17 balls for Rs. 720, there is a loss
equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price
20. A shopkeeper professes to sell his goods at
of a ball is ?
10% profit but he uses 20% less weight. Find the
11. By selling 75 m clothes , a person gains equal profit% ?
to the selling price of 15 articles. Find his gain
%. 21. A shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at
44% loss but uses 30% less weight. Find the
12. By selling an 44 m clothes , a person gains actual loss % ?
equal to the cost price of 11m clothes .Find his
gain %. 22. A sells an article to B at a profit of 15% and B
sells it to C at a profit of 20%. If C pays Rs. 690
13. By selling an 45 oranges, a person gains equal for it , what was the cost price for A ?
to the selling price of 18 oranges.Find the
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