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What’s app:-, , SSC/RAILWAY/DEFENCE/ CT(Arts and Science) /B-ed(Arts &Science)Coaching Classes, contact:7606040639, Our Office:-Near Civil Court Dhenkanal, , Vist website:- https://anilmathclass.teachmint.in, What’s app link :- https://wa.me/message/MI3NFG2HDHBFP1, PROFIT & LOSS, Type 1 - Basics, 1. A man buys a cycle for ₹1400 and sells it at a loss, of 15%. What is the selling price of the motorcycle ?, ₹ 1190, 2. On selling an article for ₹651 there is a loss of, 7%. The Cost price of the article., ₹ 700, 3. A salesman expects a gain of 13% on his cost, price. If in a month his sale was ₹791000, what was, his profit?, ₹ 91000, 4. Milkman bought 70 litre of milk for ₹630 and, added 5 liter of water. If he sells it at ₹9 per litre,, his profit percentage is., 𝟏, 7 𝟐%, 5. A man bought old typewriter for ₹1200 and, spend ₹200 for repair. He sold it for ₹1680. His, profit percentage is?, 20%, 6. The cost price of the radio is ₹600. The 5% of the, cost price is chargedtowards transportation. After, , adding that, if the net profit to be made is 15%, then the selling price of the radio must be., ₹ 724.5, 7. A Merchant loses 10% by selling an article. If, the cost price article is ₹15, then the selling price, of the article is?, ₹ 13.5, Type 2 – C.P of x objects = S.P of y objects, Type A, 8. The Cost price of 4 objects is equal to the selling, price of 5 objects. Find profit or Loss percent?, 20% loss, 9. The Cost price of 12 objects is equal to the, selling price of 10 objects. Find is profit and loss, percent?, 20% profit, 10. If the Cost price is 95% of the selling price., What is the profit percent?, 4%, 4.75%, 5%, 5.26%, 11. If selling price of an article is 1 (1/3) of cost, price, Find his gain percent?
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𝟏, , 33 𝟑 %, Type B, 12. By selling 33m of cloth, a person gains cost price, of 11 m. Find his profit percent?, 𝟏, 33 𝟑 %, 12. By selling 33m of cloth, a person gains cost price, of 11 m. Find his profit percent?, 𝟏, 33 𝟑 %, 13. By selling 33m of cloth, a person gains selling, price of 11 m. Find his profit percent?, 50%, 14. By selling of 10 oranges, a person losses cost, price of 2 oranges. Find his loss percent?, 20%, 15. By selling of 15 books, a person losses selling, price of 3 books. Find his loss percent?, 𝟐, 16 𝟑 %, 16. 12 copies of a book were sold for ₹1800,, thereby gaining cost price of 3 copies.Find Cost, price of a book is., ₹ 120, 17. On selling 8 books for ₹1280, there is profit of, SP of 2 books. Find the CP of one book?, ₹ 120, 18. Mohan bought 25 books for Rs 2000 and sold, them at profit equal to the selling price of 5, books.The selling price of one book is., ₹ 100, Type 3 –Profit/Loss % calculated on S.P, 19. 20% profit on cost price. Find Profit on SP?, 𝟐, 16 𝟑 %, 20. 25% loss on selling price. Find Loss on CP?, 20%, 21. 10% loss on cost price.Find Loss on SP?, 𝟏, 11 %, 𝟗, 22. By selling an article, a man makes a profit of, 25% of its selling price. His profit percentage is., 𝟏, 33𝟑 %, 23. A man purchased a bed sheet for Rs 450 and, sold it at a gain of 10% calculated on the selling, price. The selling price of the bed sheet was?, ₹ 500, 24. On selling a pen, aman gain 15%.If he calculate, his profit on SP and his profit is Rs 18. Find CP of, pen?, ₹ 102, 25. On selling an article for ₹800, there is loss of, 20% on selling price. Find selling price to gain 25%., , ₹ 1200, 26. By selling an article for Rs 450, I lose 20%. For, what price should I sell it to gain 20%?, ₹ 675, 27. By selling a bag at ₹230, Profit of 15% is made., The selling price of the bag, when it is sold at 20%, profit would be., ₹ 240, 28. On Selling, an article for Rs 240, there is a, profit 20 %. Find profit or loss %, if it is sold for Rs, 230., 15% profit, 29. On selling an article for Rs 135, there is a loss, of 10%, if it is sold for Rs 150. Find profit or loss, %?, No profit, No loss, 30. On selling an article Rs 200 there is loss of 20, %, find profit or loss percent, if it is sold for₹230., 8% loss, 31. By Selling, a tape-recorder for ₹1040 a man, gain 4%. If he sells it for ₹950, His loss will be., 5%, TYPE-5, 32. If the profit on selling an article for ₹425 is the, same as the loss on selling it for Rs 355, then Cost, price of the article., ₹ 390, 33. The percent profit made when an article is, sold for ₹78 is twice as much as when it is sold for, Rs 69. The cost price of the article is?, ₹ 60, 34. Raman sells a machine for ₹39 lakh at a loss., Had he sold it for ₹49 lakh, his gain would have, been three time the loss, what is the cost price of, the machine?, ₹ 41, 50, 000, 35. A man sold an article at a gain of 5%. Had he, he sold it for rupees 240 more, he would have, gained 8%. The cost price of the article is?, ₹ 8000, 36. A table is sold at a profit of 13% . If It is sold, for ₹25 more, profit is 18%. Cost price of table is, ₹ 500, 37. A man sold his watch at a loss of 5%. Had he, sold it for Rs 56.25 more, he would have gained, 10%. The cost price of the watch, ₹375, 38. On selling an object at₹190 there is loss of 5%., If it is sold for ₹30 more profit is 10%. Find selling, price for 25% profit., ₹ 250
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39. Profit earned on selling an item for ₹2107 is, 20% more than the loss occured on selling it for, ₹1920. Find S.P when the item is sold at 20% profit., ₹ 2406, Type -6, 40. Ratio of C.P & S.P of an object is 20: 21. Find, profit %?, 5%, 41. Ratio of S.P & loss of an object is 5: 1. Find loss, %?, 𝟐, 16 %, 𝟑, 42. Ratio of S.P & profit of an object is 5: 1. Find, profit %?, 25%, Type -7, 43. A man gains 20% by selling an article for a, certain price. If he sells it at double the price, the, percentage of profit will be., 140%, 44. An object is sold at certain price. If it is sold at, 2/3 of that price loss is 10%. Find gain % on selling, the object at that price?, 35%, 45. What profit or loss % is made on selling an, article at a certain price, if on selling at 4/3 of that, price there would be gain of 60%., 20%, 46. What profit or loss % is made on selling an, article at a certain price, if on selling at 4/5 of that, price there would be loss of 12%., 10%, Type- 8, Type-A, 47. If I buy 11 objects for ₹10 and sells them at 10, objects for ₹11. Find profit %?, 21%, 48. A man buys pens at 5 pens for ₹1 and sells them, at 3 pens for ₹1. Find his profit %?, 𝟐, 66𝟑 %, 49. 100 oranges are bought for ₹350 & sold at ₹48, for a dozen. Find loss or profit %?, 𝟐, 14𝟕 % profit, 50. 100 oranges are bought for ₹350 & sold at ₹48, for a dozen. Find loss or profit %?, 50%, 51. Ten articles were bought for ₹8 and sold at 8 for, ₹ 10. The gain % is., 𝟏, 56𝟒 %, 52. A man purchased some eggs at 3 for ₹5 and sold, them at 5 for ₹12, thus he gained ₹ 143 in all. The, , number of eggs he bought is., 195 eggs, 53. A man bought oranges at the rate of 8 for ₹ 34, and sold them at the rate of 12 for ₹ 57. How, many oranges should be sold to earn a net profit, of ₹ 45?, 90 eggs, Type B, 54. A vendor buys a certain number of oranges at, 3 for ₹ 1 and same number at 2 for ₹1. He mixes, them and sells at the rate of 5 oranges for ₹ 2., Find loss or profit %?, 4% loss, 55. A man buys a certain number of oranges at 20, for ₹ 60 and equal number at 30 for ₹ 60. He, mixes them and sells them at the rate of 25 for ₹, 60. What is gain or loss %?, 4% loss, 56. A Person bought some articles at the rate of 5, per rupee and the same number at the rate of 4, per rupee. He mixed both the type and sold at the, rate 9 for 2 Rupee. In this business he suffered a, loss of ₹ 3, the total number of articles bought by, him was?, 1080 articles, 57. Saleem buys some apples at 12 for ₹1 and, same number at 8 for ₹1. He mixed them and sold, them at 20 for ₹ 2. If total loss is ₹ 10. Find how, many apples were purchased at the rate of 12, apples for ₹ 1., 1200 apples, 58. Nisha bought a number of oranges at 2 for a, rupee and an equal number at 3 for a rupee. To, make a profit of 20% she should sell a dozen for?, ₹ 6/dozen, 59. A man bought 4 dozen eggs at ₹24 per dozen, and 2 dozen eggs at ₹32 per dozen. To gain 20%, on the whole, he should sellone dozen eggs for?, ₹ 32/dozen, Type -9, 60. If bananas are bought at the rate 4 for a, rupee, How many must be sold for a rupee so as, to gain 33 (1/3) %?, 3 bananas, 61. A shopkeeper bought pens at the rate of 7 for, ₹ 10 or and sold them at a profit of 40%. How, many pens would a customer get for ₹ 10?, 5 pens, 62. A man sold 20 apples for ₹ 100 and gained, 20%. How many apples did he buy for ₹ 100?, 24 apples
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63. A vendor sells lemons at the rate of 5 for ₹14,, gaining thereby 40%. For how much did he buy a, dozen lemons?, ₹ 24, 64. Oranges are bought at rate of 7 for ₹3. At what, rate per hundred must they be sold to gain 33%?, ₹ 57, 65. By selling 12 oranges for ₹60 a man loses 25%., The number of oranges he has to sell for ₹ 100, so, as to gain 25% is?, 12 oranges, 66. On selling 4 oranges for a rupee, a man loses, 7%. Find his profit or loss percent on selling 3, oranges for ₹ 1?, 24% profit, 67. On selling 5 mangoes for ₹1, a man gains 12%., Find his profit or loss % on selling 4 mangoesfor ₹1?, 40% profit, 68. 80 pens are sold at ₹140 due to which a, shopkeeper loses 30%. How many pens should he, sell for ₹104 to gain 30%?, 32 pens, 69. 70 pens are sold at ₹100 due to which a, shopkeeper gains 30% on selling price. How many, pens should he sell for ₹120 to gain 20%?, 100 pens, Type 10 – Mixture & Alligation, Type A, 70. If sugar at ₹22/kg &₹28/kg are mixed in the, ratio 1:2. Find price of mixture obtained., ₹ 26/Kg, 71. If rice at ₹40/kg &₹64/kg are mixed in equal, ratio. Find the price of mixture obtained., ₹ 52/Kg, 72. Three types of sugar having price ₹20/kg,, ₹30/kg &₹12.5/kg respectively, are mixed such that, quantity of first sugar is half of second sugar and, four times the quantity of second sugar is same as, three times quantity of third sugar. Find at what, price mixture should be sold, so that profit is 20%., ₹ 24/Kg, Type B, 73. Sugar at ₹20/kg and ₹40/kg, are mixed in the, ratio 2:3. At what price the mixture should be sold, to gain 25%, ₹ 40/Kg, 74. Sugar rate 20 rupees per kg and 32 rupees per, kg are mixed in the ratio 1 : 2. On selling the, mixture shopkeeper loses 25%. Find at what, pricedid he sell the mixture., ₹ 21/Kg, , Type C, 75. In what ratio rice at ₹20/kg be mixed with rice, at ₹12/kg, so that when the mixture is sold at, ₹18/kg, profit is 20%., 3:5, 76. In what ratio sugar at ₹42/kg be mixed with, sugar at ₹24/kg, so that on selling the mixture at, ₹40/kg, the shopkeeper gains 25%, 4:5, 77. In what ratio rice at ₹110/kg is mixed with rice, and at ₹80/kg, so that on selling the mixture at, ₹63/kg, loss is 30%., 1:2, Type D, 78. In what ratio should milk and water be mixed, so that after selling the mixture at CP profit is, 20%?, 5:1, 79. In what ratio milk and water should be mixed, so that on selling the mixture at CP profit is 16, (2/3) %., 25:, 80. Water is added to alcohol so that after selling, the mixture at CP, profit is 25%. Find percentage, of water in the mixture., 20%, 81. A milkman adds water in milk such that, on, selling the mixture at 10% loss also, he gains 20%., Water is what percent of milk in the mixture., 𝟏, 33𝟑 %, Type E, 82. A shopkeeper has 50 kg rice, some part of rice, is sold at 8% profit and remaining part is sold at, 18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole, find, quantity of rice sold at 18% profit., 30 Kg, 83. A shopkeeper has 25 kg rice, some part of rice, is sold at 10% profit and remaining part is sold at, 5% loss. He gains 7% on the whole, find quantity, of rice sold at 10% profit., 20 Kg, 84. A shopkeeper has 100 kg rice, some part of, rice is sold at 14% profit and remaining part is sold, at 6% loss. He losses 4% on the whole, find, quantity of rice sold at 6% loss., 90 gm, 85. Out of 100 kg sugar, a shopkeeper sells 20 kg, is sold at 10% loss, some is sold at 20% profit and, remaining issold at 10% profit. On the whole, profit is 8%. Find quantity sold at 20% profit.
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20 Kg, Type F, 86. A man purchases 150 pens at ₹ 12 per pen, out, of which he sold 50 pens at 10% gain. Remaining, pens should be sold at what percent profit or loss,, so that he earns a total profit of 15%., 17.5%, 87. A man purchases 500 pens at 20 rupee per pen,, out of which he sold hundred pens at 15% profit., Remaining pens should be sold at what percent, profit, so that he earns a total profit of 20%., 21.25%, 88. A man purchases 200 pens at ₹15 per pen, out, of which he sold 75 pens at 5% loss. Remaining, pens should be sold at what percent profit so that, he gains 10% on the whole., 19%, 89. 150 pens are bought at ₹2 per pen, 20% pens, are sold at 5% profit, 1/4 of the remaining pens are, sold at 25% profit. Find at what profit percent,, remaining should be sold to gain 12% on the total., 10%, Type G, 90. A land costs ₹18000, two third of it is sold at 6%, profit and rest is sold at 3% loss. Find overall profit, or loss in rupees., ₹ 540 profit, 91. A man purchased 36 apples for 310 rupees. One, third apples are sold at 15% profit, one fourth, apples are sold at 20% profit and rest are sold at, 24% profit. Find total profit earned, ₹ 62, Type 11 – Some Break/Rotten, 92. A shopkeeper buys 144 items at 90 paise each., On the way 20 items are broken. He sells the, remainder at rupee ₹1.20 each. His gain % correct, to one place of decimal is?, 14.8%, 93. Ritu purchased 2 (1/2) dozen eggs at the rate of, ₹ 20 per dozen. She found that 6 eggs were rotten., She sold the remaining eggs at the rate of ₹ 22 per, dozen. Then the profit or loss % is?, 12% loss, 94. A man bought a certain quantity of rice at the, rate of ₹150 perquintal, 10% of the rice was, spoiled. At what price should he; sale the, remaining to gain 20% of of his outlay., ₹ 200/quintal, 95. A fruit-seller buys some oranges and by selling, 40% of them he realises the cost price of all the, oranges. As the oranges being to grow over-ripe, he, , reduces the price and sells 80% of the the, remaining oranges at half the previous rate of, profit. The rest of the oranges being rotten are, thrown away. The overall profit percent is?, 84%, Type 12 – Solve Equations, A. ax + by = c, bx + ay = d, 96. The total cost of 8 buckets and 5 mugs is ₹ 92, and the total cost of 5 buckets and 8 mugs is 77., Find the cost of 2 mugs and 3 buckets., A. 35, B.30 C., 70, D. 38, 97. The total cost of 2 pencil and 3 sharpeners is, ₹16 and the total cost of 3 pencil and 2, sharpeners is ₹19. Find the cost of 1 pencil and 3, sharpene₹, ₹ 11, 98. A horse and a cow were sold for Rs 540,, making a profit of 25% on the horse and 20% on, the cow. By selling for ₹538, the profit wouid be, 20% on the horse and 25% on the cow. Find the, cost of horse, ₹ 240, B. Random Equations, 99. The total cost of 3 pens and 2 sharpeners is, ₹20 and the total cost of 4 pens and 1 sharpener is, ₹22.5. Find the cost of 2 pens and 3 sharpene₹, ₹ 17.5, 100. The cost of 4 pens, 6 notebook and 9 files is, ₹305. Cost of 3 pens, 4 notebook and 2 files is, ₹145. What is the cost of 5 pens, 8 notebooks and, 16 files?, ₹ 465, Type 13 –A to B, B to C, 101. A sells an object to B at 10% profit, B sells it, to C at 7 (1/2) % profit & C sells it at 25% loss. If A, bought it for ₹3200, find money earned by C., ₹ 2838, 102. A sells an object to B at 20% profit, B sells it, to C at 10% profit & C sells it to D at 12 (1/2) %, profit. If D paid ₹29.70, find at what price did A, buy it?, ₹ 20, 103. A sold a horse to B for ₹4800 by losing 20%. B, sells it to C at a price which would have given ‘A’a, profit of 15%. B's gain is?, ₹ 2100, 104. A sold a table to B at 10% profit, B spends, ₹250 in cab for taking table home. If B sells it to C, for ₹2400, at 20% loss. Find cost price of A?, ₹ 2500
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Type 14 – CP & SP Increase, 105. An article is sold at profit of 20%. If both the, cost price and selling price are Rs 100 less, the, profit percenage would be 4% more. Find the cost, price., ₹ 600, 106. An article is sold at profit of 20%. If its cost, price and selling price are decreased by ₹10 &₹5, respectively, the profit percenage increases by 10%., Find the cost price, ₹ 80, 107. An article is sold at profit of 25%. If its cost, price and selling price are increased by ₹20 &₹4, respectively, the profit percenage decreases by, 15%. Find the cost price, ₹ 120, 108. An article is sold at 20% profit. If its cost price, is increased ₹50 and at the same time if its selling, price is also increase ₹30, the percentage of profit, decrease by 3 (1/3) %. Find the cost price., ₹ 850, 109. A fruit merchant makes a profit of 25% by, selling mangoes at a certain price. If he charges, Re.1 more on each mango, he would gain 50%. Find, the cost price per mango., ₹4, 110. A fruit merchant makes a profit of 20% by, selling a commodity at a certain price. If he charges, ₹3 more on each commodity, he would gain 50%., Find the cost price of that commodity., ₹ 10, Type 15 – Numerical value is same, 111. A watch is sold for ₹144. If numerical value of, profit percent and C.P is same, then find the C.P of, watch., A. 65, B. 60, C. 70, D. 80, 112. On selling an object for ₹21, a men's loss, percentage is equivalent to its C.P numerically. C.P, of the object is, A. 30, B. 50, C. 70, D. 30 or 70, 113. On selling an object for ₹24.75, a men's loss, percentage is equivalent to its C.P numerically. C.P, of the object is, A. 60 B. 45, C. 40, D. 3, 114. A watch is sold for ₹100. If numerical value of, profit percent and S.P is same, then find the C.P of, watch., ₹ 50, Type 16 – No Profit No Loss (NPNL), 115. A man buys two horses for ₹1350, he sells one, so as to loss 6% and the other so as to gain 7.5%., , On the whole he neither gains nor loses. Find the, C.P. of horse sold on loss, ₹ 750, 116. A man purchased two cows for ₹500. He sells, the first at 12% loss and the second at 8% gain. In, this bargain he neither gains nor loses. Find the, S.P of cow sold at profit, ₹ 324, 117. A dealer sells a table for ₹400, making a, profit of 25%. He sells another table at a loss of, 10%, and on the whole he makes neither profit, nor loss. What did the second table cost him?, ₹ 800, 118. A person sells his table at a profit of 12 (1/2), % and the chair at a loss of 8 (1/3) %, but on the, whole he gain ₹25. On the other hand, if he sells, the table at a loss of 8 (1/3) % and the chair at a, profit of 12 (1/2) % then he neither gains nor, loses. Find the cost price of the table., ₹ 360, Type 17 – S.P is same, Type A, 119. A person bought two watches for ₹480. He, sold one at a loss of 15% and the other at a gain of, 19% and he found that each watch was sold at the, same price, find the cost price of the watch sold, on profit., ₹ 200, 120. A man purchases a television and a washing, machine for ₹78750. The television was sold at a, profit of 37% and the washing machine at a loss of, 27%. If the selling price of both the items was, same, then the cost price of the cheaper item, was?, A.51375, B.29375, C.30750, D.27375, 121. Each of the two cars is sold at the same price., A profit of 10% is made on the first and a loss of, 7% is made on the second. What is the combined, loss or gain, 𝟏𝟔𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟑, , 122. A man sells two objects for ₹7840 each; he, sells the first object at 25% loss, if on the whole, he makes neither profit nor loss. Find percentage, profit on the second object., A. 25 % B. 33 (1/3) %, C. 50 %, D. 16 (2/3), %, 123. A man purchases two objects for ₹3700 each,, he sells the first object at 20% loss, if on the, whole he makes neither profit nor loss. Find, percentage profit on the second object.
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𝟏, , A. 25 %, B. 33𝟑 %, C. 50 %, D. 20 %, 124. A man sells two objects for ₹3700 each; he, sells the first object at 20% loss, if on the whole he, makes neither profit nor loss. Find percentage, profit on the second object., 𝟏, 𝟐, A. 25 %, B. 33 %, C. 50 %, D.16 %, 𝟑, , 𝟑, , Type B – Loss = (x2 /100) %, 125. Each of the two horses are sold for ₹720. The, first one is sold at 25% profit and the other one at, 25% loss. What is the % loss or gain in this deal?, 6.25% loss, 126. A shopkeeper buys two T.V sets for ₹4000, each. The first one is sold at 20% profit and the, other one at 20% loss. What is the % loss or gain in, this deal?, NPNL, 127. A shopkeeper sells two T.V sets for ₹4000, each. The first one is sold at 20% profit and the, other one at 20% loss. What is the % loss or gain in, this deal?, 4% loss, 128. A man sells two horses for ₹3910 each, gaining, 15% on one and losing 15% on the other. Find his, total gain or loss, ₹ 180 loss, 129. A man sells a land and a shop at ₹1 lakh each., If he loses 20% on the land and gains 20% on the, shop, find his total loss., A. NPNL, B. 1/24 lakh C. 1/6 lakh D. 1/12 lakh, Type 18 – Conditional Sentence, 130. A person sells an article at a profit of 10%. If, he had bought it at 10% less and sold it for ₹3, more, he would have gained 25% find the cost, price., ₹ 120, 131. A person bought an article and sold it at a loss, of 10%. If he had bought it for 20% less and sold it, for ₹55 more he would have had a profit of 40%., Find the cost price of the article., ₹ 250, 132. A man buy an article and sale it at a profit of, 20%, if he bought it at 20% less and sold it for ₹75, less, he would have gained 25%. What is the cost, price?, ₹375, 133. A dealer sold a radio at a loss of 2.5%, had he, sold it for ₹100 more, he would have gained 7.5%., For what value should hesell it, in order to gain, 12.5%?, ₹ 1125, , Type 19 – A to B , B back to A, 134. A horse worth ₹9000 is sold by A to B at 10%, loss. B sells the horse back to A at 10% gain. Find, profit or loss of A., ₹ 810 loss, 135. A horse worth ₹9000 is sold by A to B at 10%, gain. B sells the horse back to A at 10% loss. Find, profit or loss % of A., 11% profit, 136. A horse worth ₹4000 is sold by A to B at 10%, gain. B sells the horse back to A at 20% gain. Find, profit or loss % of A., 22% loss, Type 20, 137. A man purchases 5 horses and 10 cows for, ₹10000. He sells the horses at 15% profit and the, cows at 10% loss. Thus, he gets₹375 as profit. Find, the cost price of one horse., ₹1100, 138. A man buys 5 horses and 7 oxen for ₹5850,, he sells the horses at a profit of 10% and oxen at a, profit of 16% and his total gain is₹711. What price, does he pay for a horse?, ₹ 750, Type 21 – Dishonest Shopkeeper, 139. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods, at cost price, but he uses a weight of 960 gm for, the kg weight. Find his gain percent., 𝟏, 4𝟒 % profit, 140. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods, at a profit of 10%, but he uses a weight which is, 20% less. Find his gain percent., 37.5%, 141. A dishonest dealer sells goods at 6.25% loss, on cost price but uses 14gm instead of 16g. What, is his percentage profit or loss?, 𝟏, 7𝟕 %, 142. A dishonest dealer sells the goods at 6.25%, loss on cost price but uses 12.5% less weight., What is his percentage profit or loss percent?, 𝟏, 7𝟕 %, 143. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods, at a profit of 10%, but he uses a weight of 990 gm, for the kg weight. Find his gain percent., 𝟏, 11𝟗 % profit, 144. A shopkeeper cheats 20% in weight while, buying and 10% in weight while selling. Find his, profit or loss percent., 𝟏, 33𝟑 % profit
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145. A shopkeeper cheats 20% while buying and, 10% while selling. Find his profit or loss percent., 32% profit, 146. A cloth merchant uses 120 cm and 90 cm scale, respectively while purchasing and selling, instead, of 1 metre scale. If he sells the cloth at 20% profit,, find his net profit percent, 60% profit, 147. A person uses 20% longer scale while buying, cloth and 20% smaller scale while selling. If he sells, at 20% profit, find his profit percent., 80% profit, Type 22 – One calculates on CP &One calculates on, SP, 148. Rakesh calculates his protfit percentage on the, selling price, whereas Ramesh calculates his on the, cost price. They find that the difference of their, profits is ₹100. If the selling price of both of them, are the same and both of them get 25% profit, find, their selling price., ₹ 2000, 149. A calculates his protfit percentage on the, selling price, whereas B calculates his on the cost, price. They find that the difference of their profits, is ₹135. If the selling price of both of them is the, same and their profits are 30% & 25% respectively,, find their selling price., ₹ 1350, 150. Ashish loses 10% on selling an object and, mahesh gains 20% on selling another object. If, ashish calculates his loss on selling price and selling, price of both of them same. Then find the selling, price of Mahesh's object, if difference in cost price, of both the objects is ₹320., ₹ 1200, Type 23 – CP of One = SP of One, 151. A shopkeeper sells two objects for ₹14, 000., Cost price of first object is equal to selling price of, other object. First object is sold at 25% loss and, other at 25% profit; find his profit or loss in rupees., ₹ 400 loss, 152. A shopkeeper sells two objects for ₹1710. Cost, price of first object is equal to selling price of other, object. First object is sold at 10% loss and other at, 25% profit; find his profit or loss in rupees., ₹ 90 profit, Type 24 – Discount, Type A – Euivalent Discount, 153. Find equivalent discount of 10% & 20%, 28%, 154. Find equivalent discount of 10%, 20% & 30%, , 49.6%, Type B – Better Discount, i. Sum is Same, 155. Which discount is better in: 10% & 20% or, 14% & 16%?, (a) 10% & 20%, (b) 14% & 16%, 156. 10%, 20% & 30% or 15%, 20% & 25%, (a) 10%, 20% & 30%, (b) 15%, 20% & 25%, ii. Sum is NOT Same, 157. Which discount is better in: 20% & 40% or, 30% & 20%, (a) 20% & 40%, (b) 30% & 20%, 158. Which discount is better in: 30%, 30% or 50%, & 5%, (a) 30%, 30%, (b)50% & 5%, Type 25 – MP : CP, 159. A shopkeeper marks up the price of his, objects by 40% and gives 10% discount. Find his, profit percent., 26%, 160. A shopkeeper marks up the price of of his, objects by 50% and gives some discount; at the, end he gains 5%. Find discount percent., 30%, 161. At what percent above the cost price, a, shopkeeper should mark his objects so that he, gains 26% after giving a discount of 10%., 40%, 162. At what percent above the cost price, a, shopkeeper should mark his objects so that he, gains 36% after giving a discount of 15%., 60%, 163. A trader allows a discount of 5% for cash, payment, how much percent above the cost price, must he mark his goods to make a profit of 10%?, 𝟏𝟓, 15𝟏𝟗 %, 164. An article is marked for sale at Rs 275. The, shopkeeper allows a discount of 5% on the, marked price. His net profit is 4.5%, what did the, shopkeeper pay for the article., ₹ 250, 165. If a discount of 10% is given on the marked, price of an article, the shopkeeper gets aprofit of, 20%. Find his % profit if he offers a discount of, 20% on the same article., 𝟐, 6𝟑 %, 166. The Marked price of a radio is ₹480; the, shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% and gains, 8%. If no discount is allowed find his gain percent., 20%
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167. When a shopkeeper sells his object at ₹750,, after giving 20% discount, he gains 40%. Find his, profit percent if he does not give any discount., 75%, 168. A shopkeeper sells an object at ₹425, after, giving 15% discount. If he does not give any, discount, he gains 25%. Find cost price of the, object., ₹ 400, 169. A shopkeeper sells an object at ₹528, after, giving 12% discount. If he does not give any, discount, he gains 20%. Find cost price of the, object., ₹ 500, 170. A shopkeeper purchases an object at 20%, discount on its marked price and sells it at 30%, more than the marked price. Find his net profit, percent., 62.5%, Type 26 – All objects of same Price, 171. Cost price of 5 objects is same. First is sold at, 5% profit, second at 10% profit, third at 20% loss,, forth at 25% profit and fifth at 30% profit. Find his, net profit percent., 10%, 172. Cost price of 5 objects is same. First is sold at, 5% loss, second at 10% profit, third at 5% profit,, forth at 15% profit and fifth at x% profit. If his net, profit is 12%, find value of 'x'., 35%, Type 27 – Sales Tax, 173. An object is marked at ₹1500. A shopkeeper, gives a discount of X% on this and adds 20% sales, tax in bill. If customer pays ₹1260, find value of'x'., 30%, 174. An object is marked at ₹1200. A shopkeeper, gives a discount of x% on this and adds 25% sales, tax in bill. If customer pays ₹1200, find value of'x'., 20%, Type 28, 175. A shopkeeper gives 4% discount and one, article free for buying 15 articles. If he gains 35%,, find how much above the cost price an article is, marked?, 50%, 176. A shopkeeper gives a discount of 20% and still, makes a profit of 20%. He also gives 16 articles, instead of a dozen; find how much above the cost, price an article is marked?, 100%, Type 29 – Miscellaneous, , 177. Krishna bought a camera and paid 20% less, than its original price. He sold it at 40% profit on, the price he had paid. The percentage of profit, earned by Krishna on the original prices was, 𝟏, 133𝟑 %, 178. If books bought the price from ₹150 to ₹300, are sold at prices ranging from ₹250 to ₹350, what, is the greatest possible profit that might be made, in selling 15 books?, 179. By what fraction selling price (S.P) must be, multiplied to get the cost price (C.P), if the loss is, 20%?, 𝟓, 𝟒, , 𝟗, , 180. Mahesh purchased a radio at of its selling, 𝟏𝟎, price and sold it at 8% more than its original, selling price. His gain% is?, 20 %, 181. A shopkeeper buys two cameras at the same, price. He sells one camera at a profit of 18% and, the other at price 10% less than the selling price, of the first. His total Profit or loss % is., 12.1% profit, 182. The cost price of 2 dozen Bananas is ₹32., After selling 18 Bananas at the rate of ₹12 per, dozen, the shopkeeper reduced the rate to₹4 per, dozen. The percentage loss is?, 37.5%, 183. A dealer bought a horse at 20% discount on, its original price, he sold it at 40% increase on the, original price what percentage of profit did he, get?, 75%, 184. A milkman buys some milk If the sells it at ₹5, a litre he Ioses ₹200 but when he sells it at Rs 6 a, litre, he gains Rs 150. How much milk did he, purchase?, 350 litres, 185. 9 kg of rice cost as much as 4 kg of sugar, 14, kg of sugar cost as much as 1.5 kg of tea, 2 kg of, tea cost as much as 5 kg of coffee. Find the cost of, 11kg of coffee, If 2.5 kg of rice cost of ₹12.50, ₹ 462, 186. Satish marks his goods 25% above cost price, but allow 12.5% discount for cash payment, if he, sells the article for ₹875. Find his cost price., ₹ 800, 187. Radha marks her goods 25% above the cost, price. She sells 35% of goods at the the marked, price, 40% at 15% discount and the remaining at, 20% discount. What is her overall percentage
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gain?, 11.25%, 188. A shopkeeper sells a table and a chair for ₹6200, &₹2600 respectively, in this process his total profit is, 10%. If he sells the table for ₹6000 and the chair at, the cost price then his total profit is 12.5%. Find cost, price of the chair., ₹ 3000, 189. A shopkeeper purchase 15 objects and sells 2/3, part at 30% profit, 1/4 part at 16% profit and, remaining at 12% profit. If if his total gain is ₹75, find, cost price of of one object., ₹ 20, , 190. A shopkeeper buys 40 pens at marked price of, 36 pens. If he sells these pens giving a discount of, 1%, find his profit percent., 10%, 191. A whole-seller gives a discount of 20% on the, marked price to the the shopkeeper and the, shopkeeper sells it to the customer at 5% discount, on the the marked price. If the customer pays ₹171, for an article, find profit made by the shopkeeper, in rupees.