Profit and Loss

1.A trader buys two articles at the same price. He sold one article at 20% profit and sold the other at 10% loss . Find his overall profit/loss percentage
10% loss 10% profit 5% loss 5% Profit

2.If a book is sold at 20% more than its usual price, an extra profit of Rs.120 would be made on it. find its usual selling price.
Rs.500 Rs.600 Rs.750 Rs.800

3.The loss made by selling 20 m of a cloth equals the cost price of 5 m of that cloth. Find the loss percentage
33 1/3% 25% 20% 40%

4.The profit made by selling 30 m of a cloth equals the cost price of 6 m of that cloth. find the profit percentage
25% 20% 16 2/3% 30%

5.The profit made by selling 25 m of a cloth equals the selling price of 5 m of that cloth. find the profit percentage?
25% 20% 16 2/3% 30%


6.The loss made by selling 16 m of a cloth equals the selling price of 4 m of that cloth. Find the loss percentage
15% 20% 33 1/3% 25%

7.A shirt was sold at a profit of Rs.50. If a trouser was sold at half the profit percentage and the cost price of the trouser is thrice that of shirt, find the profit made on the trouser (in.Rs.)
25 50 75 100

8.A trader wants to sell a watch at 25% profit. If its cost price was Rs.x more, an extra profit of Rs.50 would be made on it. find x(in Rs.)
100 125 150 200

9.Amar sold a camera at 20% profit to Bhavan. Bhavan sold it to Chetan at 30% loss. Chetan bought the camera for Rs.840. find the cost price of Chetan, had Amar sold the camera to Bhavan at 30% loss and Bhavan sold it to Chetan at 20% profit (in Rs.)
1160 1080 840 720

10.A shopkeeper sold a toothpaste at a profit of 12.5%. His cost price was Rs.5 less than his selling price. find his cost price (in Rs.)
30 36 40 50