profit & loss test 1

By selling an article for Rs. 100, one gains Rs. 10. Then the gain percent is

A loss of 5% was suffered by selling a plot for Rs. 4,085. The cost price of the plot was:

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%?

On selling 33m. of cloth, a person gained an amount equivalent to the S.P. of 11m. of cloth. The profit in the deal is

There are two consecutive discounts of 35% and 10% on a saree. If a person paid Rs. 1170 for that, then what was the original price of the saree before the discounts?

A dishonest dealer claims to sell his goods at cost price, but he uses a weight of 960 gm for the kg weight. His gain percent is

By selling a vehicle for Rs. 36,300, a per- son gains 21% profit. What was his gain in Rupees?

Hameed bought a calculator for Rs. 520 and sold it with 15% profit on the price he bought. At what price did he sell the calcula- tor?

Ramesh purchased four old cycles at the rate of Rs. 625 for each. He spent Rs. 175 on each cycle for repairing and painting. At what price should he sell each cycle in order to make 35% profit on the money he spent?

Raghu bought 10kg. of sugar at the rate of Rs. 14 per kg and 15kg. of sugar at the rate of Rs. 16 per kg. He mixed the two vari- eties and sold the mixture at the rate of Rs. 18 per kg. What was his total gain by doing so?

Ravi buys a radio three-fourth of its value and sells it for 20% more than its value. What will be the profit percent?

A man buys pencils at 10 for Rs. 3 and sells at 8 for Rs. 3. His gain percent is

A fruit seller buys lemons at 2 for a ru- pee and sells them at 5 for three rupees. His gain percent is