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Profit and Loss Math Problems

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Profit and Loss Math Problems

The document contains multiple word problems related to profit and loss calculations. It includes questions about the profit or loss percentage based on buying and selling goods at different prices, as well as calculating cost price given other details about profits or losses.
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Meena bought two fans for Rs. 1200 each.

She sold
one at a loss of 5% and the other at a profit of 10%.
What will be the total profit percent or loss
percent?
(a) 1.2% loss
(b) 1.2% profit
(c) 2.5% profit
(d) 2.5% loss
There is a profit of 20% on the cost price of an article.
Find the profit percent when calculated on selling
price?
The selling price of 12 articles is equal to the cost price
of 15 articles. Find the gain percent?
a) 35
b) 25
c) 15
d) 20
A book vendor sold a book at a loss of 10%. Had he
sold it for Rs. 108 more, he would have earned a
profit of 10%. Find the cost of the book ?
a) 640
b) 540
c) 740
d) 840
Mr. Bagdi purchased an Air Conditioner for Rs. 12,000
and sold it for Rs. 15,000. What was the profit
percentage?
(a) 25%
(b) 35%
(c) 20%
(d) 15%
Rani bought a piece of cloth for Rs. 950 and spent
Rs.300 on designing it. At what price should she sell
it to make 30% profit?
Rs. 1,650
(b) Rs. 1,550
(c) Rs. 1,525
(d) Rs. 1,625
The labelled price of a product is Rs. 750. If it is sold at
a 20% discount and the dealer earns a 25% profit,
what is the cost price?
(a) Rs. 550
(b) Rs. 450
(c) Rs. 435
(d) Rs. 480
On selling 36m of patua(Jute) ,a shopkeeeper makes a
profit of an amount equal to the selling price of
12m of patua .Find the percentage of his Profit.
a) 45
b) 40
c) 50
d) 55
Profit earned by selling an article of Rs. 1,450 is same
as the loss incurred by selling the article for Rs.
1,280.What is the cost price of the article?
(a) Rs. 1,385
(b) Rs. 1,405
(c) Rs. 1,355
(d) Rs. 1,365
Seema sold a mobile phone for Rs. 1,950 at a loss of
25%. At what cost will she have to sell it to get a
profit of 30%?
(a) Rs. 3,300
(b) Rs. 2,600
(c) Rs. 2,535
(d) Rs. 3,380
The profit earned after selling a T-shirt for Rs. 575 is
the same as loss incurred after selling the same T-
shirt for Rs. 295. What is the cost price of the T-
shirt?
(a) Rs. 425
(b) Rs. 445
(c) Rs. 430
(d) Rs. 435
Raghuvir bought 10 calculators and 16 watches for Rs.
56000 and sold them at an overall profit of 20%. At
what price should he sell 15 calculators and 24
watches so that he receives the same percentage of
profit?
(a) Rs. 100980
(b) Rs. 116176
(c) Rs. 121176
(d) Rs. 100800
A person sells half of his goods at 20% profit and
remaining half at 30% profit. What is his overall gain
per cent in the whole transaction?
(a) 30%
(b) 25%
(c) 50%
(d) 35%
A shopkeeper sold 8 chairs at a profit of 20% and 6
chairs at a profit of 10%. Had he sold all the 14 chairs
at a profit of 12%, his profit would have been
reduced by Rs. 442. What is the cost price of each
chair? (cost of each chair is same)
(a) Rs. 750
(b) Rs. 775
(c) Rs. 825
(d) Rs. 850
A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost
price but uses a weight of 960 gms instead of a Kg
weight. Find his gain%?
A man sold two cows at rs. 1995 each. On one he lost
10% and on the other he gained 10%. What his gain or
Loss percent?
(a) 4%
(b) 2%
(c) 0.5%
(d) 1%
Two discounts of 40% and 20% equal to a single
discount of?
(a) 48%
(b) 53%
(c) 52%
(d) 60%
If the CP of 50 items is equal SP of 40 items then what
is the profit or loss%?
(a) 20%
(b) 15%
(c) 25%
(d) 35%
The difference between a profit of 23% and a loss of
9% on an article is Rs. 928. What is the cost Price of
the article ?
a) 2640Rs
b) 2880Rs
c) 2900Rs
d) 3220Rs
Question For You My Dear All
The price of 12 chair and 8 table is Rs. 676. What is
the price of 21 chair and 14 table?
(a) Rs. 1183
(b) Rs. 4732
(c) Rs. 1180
(d) Cannot be determine

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