Recent puzzles under tag profit loss

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Selling a product for 1000 Rs is getting as much profit as if it is a loss on selling it for Rs 700...

posted Sep 16 by Navneet Gupta

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A shopkeeper sells his goods at cost price but uses a weight of 940gm for of kilogram weight. What is profit percentage?

posted Sep 10 by anonymous

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What is the difference between the quantities of sugar sold at 4% profit and that sold at 3% loss?

posted Aug 21 by Karan Joglekar

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A man makes a 10% discount from the marked price of 770 of a toy and still makes a 10% gain. What is cost price of toy?

posted Aug 8 by anonymous

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A vendor bought 450 toffees for 3150 rupees. How many toffees in 2821 rupees must he sell to gain 30%?

posted Aug 3 by Samardeep Acharya

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1080 bananas are bought for Rs 2520 and sold at the rate of Rs 35 per dozen. What is the percentage of loss or profit?

posted Jul 10 by Prithvi

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A vendor bought 110 toffees for 330 rupees. How many toffees in 330 rupees must he sell to gain 25%?

posted Jun 28 by Nimish

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Ahaan bought a mobile with 25% discount on the labeled price. He sold the..........At what price did he buy the mobile?

posted Jun 11 by Varun Kumar

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How many kg of salt at 25 paise per kg must be mixed with 50 kg of salt costing 42 paise per kg so that...

posted May 12 by anonymous

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GST on bread increases its cost by 18%, to keep their budget in control a family reduces its bread consumption by 15%...

posted May 4 by anonymous

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A shopkeeper sells his goods at cost price but uses weight of 850 gm for a kilogram weight. What is profit percentage?

posted Mar 30 by anonymous

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Eena, Meena and Deeka start a spa with their investment ratio of 11:7:21. Eena withdraws her investment after 7 month...

posted Feb 23 by anonymous

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A vendor bought 3880 toffees for 1552 rupees. How many toffees in 1552 rupees must he sell to gain 25%?

posted Feb 9 by anonymous

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A and B started a business with Rs 60000 and Rs 40000 respectively. After 4 months B withdrew 30% of his investment...

posted Feb 2 by Stanvenguru

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In a shop, the profit is 100% of the cost. If the cost increases by 75% but the selling price remains constant...

posted Jan 25 by anonymous

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A trader has 27 watches at the start and after selling some he reduces price by $5. He sells them all for $475?

posted Jan 22 by anonymous

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A merchant has 310 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 2% loss and the rest at 8% profit. He gains 5% on the whole...

posted Nov 3, 2017 by anonymous

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A merchant has 999 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 12% loss and rest at 15% profit. He gains 7% on the whole...

posted Aug 1, 2017 by anonymous

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When an item is sold for Rs.17,600, owner loses 12.0%. At what price should that plot be sold to get a gain of 12.50%?

posted Jul 24, 2017 by anonymous

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When an item is sold for Rs. 29,050, the owner loses 17%. At what price should that item be sold to get a gain of 27%?

posted Jul 10, 2017 by anonymous

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Which student made a better choice and how much was the profit?

posted Jul 9, 2017 by Ram Jana

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How much money did Shopkeeper (C) loose in the end?

posted Jun 29, 2017 by Santosh Nandi

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If 96 mangoes are bought for Rs. 1440 and sold at Rs. 72 per half dozen. What is the percentage of profit or loss?

posted May 31, 2017 by anonymous

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When an item is sold for Rs. 26,100, the owner loses 13%. At what price should that plot be sold to get a gain of 13.5%?

posted May 22, 2017 by anonymous

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A merchant has 144 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 3% loss and the rest at 9% profit. He gains 5% on the whole...

posted May 16, 2017 by anonymous

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If 96 oranges are bought for Rs. 300 and sold Rs. 24 per half dozen. What is the percentage of profit or loss?

posted May 2, 2017 by anonymous

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A vendor bought 90 chocolates for 180 rupees. How many chocolates in 180 rupees must he sell to gain 25%?

posted Feb 17, 2017 by anonymous

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Pradeep sells mangoes at Rs 23 a piece and makes 15% profit and sells guavas at Rs 10 a piece and makes 25% profit...

posted Jan 6, 2017 by anonymous

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Raju and Sohan invest in a business in ratio 3:2. If 5% of total profit goes to charity and Raju's share is Rs.1710...

posted Sep 16, 2016 by anonymous

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If commission of 10% is given on list price, the gain is 20%. Find the gain percent, if commission is increased to 20%?

posted Aug 10, 2016 by anonymous

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Which is the better offer and how much he can save?

posted May 27, 2016 by anonymous

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If buying price of 8 notebook is equal to the selling price of 10 notebooks; then...

posted May 16, 2016 by anonymous

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A man bought a cycle for Rs. 250. For how much should he sell it so as to gain 12%?

posted May 5, 2016 by anonymous

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An Australian farmer dies and leaves his sheep to his three sons. Alfred is to get 20% more than John, and...

posted Apr 6, 2016 by Jay Yadav

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Two unemployed young men decided to start a business together. They pooled in their savings,which....

posted Apr 2, 2016 by John Smith

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A borrowed Rs.720 from B at 8% simple interest for 3 years and lent same to C at 21/2 % simple interest for 2 years...

posted Apr 1, 2016 by anonymous

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Can you calculate if this entire deal was profitable or a loss for Johanna?

posted Mar 22, 2016 by Samardeep Acharya

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If profit is distributed between them yearly, then what is ratio of profit of Dilip and profit of Ahaan in the business?

posted Mar 16, 2016 by Rahul Vaidya

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What will the total profit earned by them together?

posted Mar 1, 2016 by anonymous

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If after eight months, there was a gain of Rs. 4005, then what will be the share of Kamal?

posted Feb 18, 2016 by Vishal

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What is Brijesh's contribution in the capital?

posted Feb 15, 2016 by Ritika

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Three partners shared the profit in a business in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. They had partnered for 14 months.................

posted Feb 11, 2016 by Nikhil Pandey

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Out of a total profit of Rs. 35,000, how much money A receives?

posted Feb 9, 2016 by Chahat Sharma

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Sachin bought a Washing Machine with 20% discount on the labelled price. Had he bought it with 25% discount...

posted Feb 5, 2016 by anonymous

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A shopkeeper buys two kinds of tea, the price of the first kind being twice that of the second...

posted Jan 29, 2016 by anonymous

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A, B and C jointly thought of engaging themselves in a business venture. It was agreed that A would invest Rs. 6500...

posted Jan 14, 2016 by Rahul Chandel

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By selling a casserole for Rs.960, a man incurs a loss of 4%. At what price should he sell the casserole to gain 16%?

posted Jan 11, 2016 by anonymous

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A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22.5% on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of Rs. 392, what was his profit?

posted Jan 11, 2016 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?

posted Jan 10, 2016 by Swati Arora

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If B's share of profit is Rs.36000, then what would be the total profit?

posted Dec 30, 2015 by anonymous