Profit, Loss and Discount Questions
Practise questions that combine marked price, selling price, discounts, and profit or loss. Understand how successive calculations affect the final price and learn reliable methods for solving retail-based arithmetic problems.
7 questions
- A trader buys 200 mixed stationery boxes at a rate of ₹120 each. He spends ₹1,800 on transportation and packaging. He sells 100 boxes at ₹150 each and the remaining…
- An item is marked at 20% more than its cost price by the retailer. He then offers a 10% discount. Determine the shopkeeper's percentage of profit.
- The difference between the selling price and the cost price of an article is ₹500. If the profit percentage is 25%, what is the selling price of the article?
- In a sale, a shopkeeper offers a 15% discount on clothes if you buy more than two items. Priya buys four shirts for ₹2040. If the shopkeeper still makes a…
- A bicycle is sold for ₹1800 at a loss of 10%. At what price should it be sold to gain 15%?
- A fan's cost price is unknown. A retailer marks it up so that its marked price is ₹5,000. They offer a 20% discount on this marked price. Even after the…
- A vendor buys apples at 10 for ₹120 and sells them at 8 for ₹100. What is his profit or loss percentage?