List of top Quantitative Aptitude Questions on Profit & Loss

A man marks his goods at a price that would give him 20% profit. He sells 35 \frac{3}{5} of the goods at the marked price and sells the remaining at 20% discount. The gain percent in the whole transaction is:
‘A’ sold a table to ‘B’ at a profit of 15%, later on ‘B’ sold it back to ‘A’ at a profit of 20% there by gaining Rs. 69. How much did ‘A’ pay for the table originally?
A table was sold at a gain of 10%. Had it been sold for Rs. 30 more, the gain would have been 15%. The cost price of the table is:
A man buys an article for Rs. 27.50 and sells it for Rs. 28.60. Find his gain percentage.
Mahendra bought 20 dining tables for Rs. 12,000 and sold them at a profit equal to the selling price of 4 dining tables. The selling price of 1 table is:
If the cost price of 15 tables is equal to the selling price of 20 tables, then the loss percentage is:
To gain 25% after allowing a discount of 10%, the shopkeeper must mark the price of the article which costs him ₹360 as:
A shopkeeper sells two tables, each procured at cost price p, to Amal and Asim at a profit of 20% and at a loss of 20%, respectively. Amal sells his table to Bimal at a profit of 30%, while Asim sells his table to Barun at a loss of 30%. If the amounts paid by Bimal and Barun are x and y, respectively, then (x−y)p\frac{(x −y) }{ p} equals
Mukesh purchased 10 bicycles in 2017, all at the same price. He sold six of these at a profit of 25% and the remaining four at a loss of 25%. If he made a total profit of Rs. 2000, then his purchase price of a bicycle, in Rupees, was
Two types of tea, A and B, are mixed and then sold at Rs. 40 per kg. The profit is 10% if A and B are mixed in the ratio 3 : 2, and 5% if this ratio is 2 : 3. The cost prices, per kg, of A and B are in the ratio
A wholesaler bought walnuts and peanuts, the price of walnut per kg being thrice that of peanut per kg. He then sold 8 kg of peanuts at a profit of 10% and 16 kg of walnuts at a profit of 20% to a shopkeeper. However, the shopkeeper lost 5 kg of walnuts and 3 kg of peanuts in transit. He then mixed the remaining nuts and sold the mixture at Rs. 166 per kg, thus making an overall profit of 25%. At what price, in Rs. per kg, did the wholesaler buy the walnuts?
If a seller gives a discount of 15% on retail price, she still makes a profit of 2%. Which of the following ensures that she makes a profit of 20%?
Suppose,C1,C2,C3,C4, and C5 are five companies.The profits made by C1,C2, and C3 are in the ratio 9:10:8 while the profits made by C2,C4, and C5 are in the ratio 18:19:20.If C5 has made a profit of Rs19 crore more than C1,then the total profit (in Rs) made by all five companies is
In a market, the price of medium quality mangoes is half that of good mangoes. A shopkeeper buys 80 kg good mangoes and 40 kg medium quality mangoes from the market and then sells all these at a common price which is 10% less than the price at which he bought the good ones. His overall profit is
If Fatima sells 60 identical toys at a 40% discount on the printed price, then she makes 20% profit. Ten of these toys are destroyed in fire. While selling the rest, how much discount should be given on the printed price so that she can make the same amount of profit?
The manufacturer of a table sells it to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 10%. The wholesale dealer sells the table to a retailer at a profit of 30%. Finally, the retailer sells it to a customer at a profit of 50%. If the customer pays Rs 4290 for the table, then its manufacturing cost (in Rs) is
Mayank buys some candies for Rs 15 a dozen and an equal number of different candies for Rs 12 a dozen. He sells all for Rs 16.50 a dozen and makes a profit of Rs 150. How many dozens of candies did he buy altogether?
Sumant started a business investing Rs 48,000. After 6 months Maurya joined him with a capital of Rs 56,000. At the end of the year the total profit was Rs 24,529. What is the difference between the share of profits of Sumant and Maurya?