Most viewed puzzles under tag profit loss

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A woman bought a used car for $600 and sold it a friend for $800........... Did she make any profit and if so, how much?

posted Apr 30, 2015 by Udita

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

posted Jun 29, 2017 by Santosh Nandi

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A man purchased a cow for Rs. 3000 and sold it the same day for Rs. 3600, allowing the buyer a credit of 2 years...

posted Dec 17, 2015 by Aarati Mahajan

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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

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A wholesaler allows a discount of 25% on the list price to the................what profit is made by the retailer on it?

posted Jul 29, 2019 by Varun Kumar

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A and B invest in a business in the ratio 3 : 2. If 5% of the total profit goes to charity and A's share is Rs. 855...

posted Dec 10, 2015 by Vikram Luthra

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What would be the gain of men who sold the cow?

posted Sep 24, 2014 by anonymous

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How Much Did You Lose in Total?

posted Dec 25, 2015 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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A stockist wants to make some profit by selling rice. Which of the following would maximize his profit?

posted Sep 9, 2020 by Amarvansh

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If Ramesh overall profit is 3626 rupee then what would be printed price of the T-shirt?

posted Oct 8, 2014 by Prithvi

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Merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and rest at 18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole...

posted Dec 24, 2015 by Riteshwar

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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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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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How much merchant has sold at 17% profit?

posted Aug 29, 2014 by Pardeep Kohli

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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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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, 2018 by Stanvenguru

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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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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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If we know the profit on the Saree was INR 600 then what was the price of the Saree?

posted Jun 27, 2014 by anonymous

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A , B , C starts a business with capitals in the ratio 1/3 : 1/4 : 1/5...What is the share of A ?

posted Aug 20, 2014 by Anil Chaurasiya

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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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How much profit in a actual cost did he decide to get in the earlier structure of watch?

posted Aug 27, 2014 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, 2018 by anonymous

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P and q enter into joint venture and purchase an old house for $250,000. Each one of them contributing $125,000...

posted Jan 26, 2019 by Pruthvi Vekaria

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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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A man walked to a store with a fake 1000 note. He changed the note to two...................How much did the store lose?

posted Dec 7, 2015 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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What would be the loss or profit which B has to bear in the new mode of payment?

posted Sep 18, 2014 by Aman

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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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What is the C.P & S.P. of each of horse and carriage

posted Sep 18, 2014 by Aman

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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, 2018 by anonymous

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A man walked to a store with a fake N1000 note..... How much did the store lose?

posted Dec 6, 2015 by Timilehin Oki

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What was Joya's percentage of profit or loss per pen?

posted Aug 6, 2015 by Aman

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Find at what % above cost price is the marked price ?

posted Apr 18, 2015 by Upma

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How much did she gain or lose in the entire transaction?

posted Jul 7, 2014 by Salil Agrawal

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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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If a shopkeeper sells some items at 5% discount... What is the list price of the item?

posted Aug 13, 2014 by anonymous

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A shopkeeper marks up his goods by 35% and gives a discount of 20%. Apart from........What is his net profit percentage?

posted Oct 30, 2018 by Ujjwal Mehra

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

posted Sep 10, 2018 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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What is the overall profit or loss in percentage he receive ?

posted Apr 23, 2015 by Karan Joglekar

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Amar, Akbar and Anthony jointly thought of engaging themselves in a business............Calculate the share of everyone.

posted Feb 26, 2020 by Aastha Joshi

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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, 2018 by anonymous

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A shopkeeper sells his goods at cost price but uses a weight of 890 gm instead of.........What is his profit percentage?

posted Oct 1, 2018 by Aastha Joshi

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

posted May 27, 2016 by anonymous