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Profit & Loss Shortcuts
Formulas of Profit and Loss1. Profit = Selling Price (S.P) - Cost Price (CP), when SP > CP
2. Loss = Cost Price (C.P) - Selling Price (S.P), when SP < CP
3. Profit % = (Profit / CP) x 100
4. Loss % = (Loss / CP) x 100
5. S.P = ((100 + Profit%)/100) x CP
6. S.P = ((100 - Loss%)/100) x CP
7. C.P = (100 / (100 + Profit%)) x SP
8. CP = (100 / (100 - Loss%)) x SP
9. If C.Ps of two articles are the same and after selling them profit % on one is same as the loss % on the other, then there will be no loss or no gain.
10. If SPs of two articles are the same and the profit % on one is same as the loss % on the other, then there will be a loss which is in % = (%x%) / 100
11. Two successive discounts of X% and Y% are equivalent to a single discount % of (X+Y) - ((XxY)/100)
12. Marked Price x Product of the balances of the discounts = Selling price to the seller or Cost price to the buyer.
13. Discount = Rebate = Concession = Reduction = Off [all are same]
14. Different names of marked price : Label price, Labelled price, Printed price, Tag price, Announced price, Written price, Market price, List price, Original price etc.
15. Profit % after giving X% discount on the price which is Y% above the C.P = - X
Gain % = (M/C) x 100,
Profit & Loss : Examples and Practice Problems
An article is bought for Rs. 600 and sold for Rs. 750. Find the gain % ? 20 25 27.5 30 None of these
An article is bought for Rs. 16000 and sold for Rs. 1760. Find the gain % 20 15 10 12 None of these An article is bought for Rs. 2600 and sold for Rs. 3120. Find the gain % 20 25 15 10 None of these An article is bought for Rs. 18,600 and sold for Rs. 18,972. Find the gain % 1 1.5 2 3 None of these
An article is bought for Rs. 450 and sold for Rs. 400. What is the loss % ? 11 1/9 10 9 1/11 8 None of these
An article is bought for Rs. 45000 and sold for Rs. 4250. What is the loss % ? 11 1/9 10 5 5/9 6 None of these An article is bought for Rs. 1760 and sold for Rs. 1650. What is the loss % ? 8 1/3 12 12 1/2 6 1/4 None of these
A man bought an article for Rs. 640 and sold at a profit of 15%. Find the selling price ? Rs. 673 Rs. 678 Rs. 736 Rs. 784 None of these
A man bought an article for Rs. 640 and sold at a loss of 15%. Find the selling price ? Rs. 454 Rs. 545 Rs. 554 Rs. 544 None of these A man bought an article for Rs. 24680 and sold at a loss of 22.5%. Find the selling price ? Rs. 5553 Rs. 16780 Rs. 19127 Rs. 18227 None of these
A plot is bought for Rs. 28,00,000 and sold at a profit of 14 2/7%. Find the selling price in lakhs of Rs. 30 31.5 32.25 36 None of these
A plot is bought for Rs. 28,00,000 and sold at a profit of 10%. Find the selling price in lakhs of Rs. 29 30.4 31.2 30.8 None of these A plot is bought for Rs. 28,60,000 and sold at a profit of 19%. Find the selling price in lakhs of Rs. Rs. 5,43,400 Rs. 34,03,400 Rs. 32,25,560 Rs. 36,20,800 None of these A plot is bought for Rs. 28,80,000 and sold at a loss of 8 1/3 %. Find the selling price. Rs. 26,24,000 Rs. 27,20,000 Rs. 26,40,000 Rs. 24,60,000 None of these
A man sold a box for Rs. 450 at a gain of 25%. Find the cost price ? Rs. 400 Rs. 425 Rs. 350 Rs. 360 None of these
A man sold a box for Rs. 585 at a loss of 2.5%. Find the cost price. Rs. 596 Rs. 600 Rs. 605 Rs. 620 None of these A man sold a box for Rs. 960 at a gain of 20%. Find the cost price Rs. 880 Rs. 840 Rs. 780 Rs. 800 None of these A man sold a box for Rs. 1221 at gain of 11%. Find the cost price ? Rs. 1000 Rs. 1010 Rs. 1100 Rs. 1110 None of these
An article is sold for Rs. 375 at a loss of 6 1/4 %. Find the cost price ? Rs. 400 Rs. 380 Rs. 381.25 Rs. 360 None of these
An article is sold for Rs. 5250 at a loss of 9 1/11 %. Find the cost price ? Rs. 5500 Rs. 5575 Rs. 5650 Rs. 5785 None of these An article is sold for Rs. 1012 at a loss of 4 1/6%. Find the cost price. R.s 1056 Rs. 1064 Rs. 1100 Rs. 1122 None of these An article is sold for Rs. 3225 at a gain of 7 1/2%. Find the cost price ? Rs. 2800 Rs. 2960 Rs. 3000 Rs. 3050 None of these
A bought a ring and sold it to B at 10% profit and B sold it to C at a loss of 20%. If C paid Rs. 22,000, for how many Rs. did A buy it ? Rs. 20,000 Rs. 22,500 Rs. 25,000 Rs. 27,750 None of these
A bought a ring and sold it to B at 10% loss and B sold it to C at a loss of 10%. If C paid Rs. 29,160, for how many Rs. didi A buy it ? Rs. 30,000 Rs. 32,500 Rs. 35,000 Rs. 37,750 None of these A bought a ring and sold it to B at 12% profit and B sold it to C at a loss of 2%. If C paid Rs. 21,952 for how many Rs. did A buy it ? Rs. 20,000 Rs. 20,500 Rs. 21,000 Rs. 19,600 None of these A bought a ring and sold it to B at 10% profit and B sold it to C at a profit of 7%. If C paid Rs. 1,31,824, for how many Rs. did A buy it ? Rs. 1,00,000 Rs. 1,12,000 Rs. 1,20,000 Rs. 1,16,000 None of these
The cost price of an object is numerically equal to its profit % and its selling price is Rs. 56. What is its cost price ? Rs. 20 Rs. 36 Rs. 40 Rs. 50 None of these
The cost price of an object is numerically equal to its profit % and its selling price is Rs. 75. What is it's cost price ? Rs. 20 RS. 36 Rs. 40 Rs. 50 None of these The cost price of an object is numerically equal to its profit % and its selling price is Rs. 31.25. What is its cost price ? Rs. 15 Rs. 25 Rs.28 Rs. 30 None of these T he cost price of an object is numerically equal to its profit % and its selling price is Rs. 77.36. What is cost price ? Rs. 56 Rs. 54 Rs. 66 Rs. 64 None of these
The profit obtained by selling an article for Rs. 56 is same as the loss obtained by selling it for Rs. 42. What is its CP ? Rs. 49 Rs. 50 Rs. 48 RS. 46 None of these
- The profit obtained by selling an article for Rs. 38 is same as the loss obtained by selling it for Rs. 22. What is its CP ?
- Rs. 30
- Rs. 32
- RS. 25
- Rs. 28
- None of these
- The profit obtained by selling an article for Rs. 256 is same as the loss obtained by selling it for Rs. 142. What is CP ?
- Rs. 149
- Rs. 199
- Rs. 201
- Rs. 211
- None of these
- The profit obtained by selling an article for Rs. 54 is same as the loss obtained by selling it for Rs. 40. What is the CP ?
- Rs. 49
- Rs. 50
- Rs. 48
- Rs. 46
- None of these
- The profit obtained by selling an article for Rs. 48 is twice the loss obtained by selling it for Rs. 30. What is its CP ?
- Rs. 42
- Rs. 40
- Rs. 38
- Rs. 36
- None of these
CP = 30+Loss = 48-Profit
=> Loss + Profit = 48-30 = 18
=> L + 2L = 18 => L = 6
CP = 30+6 = 36
CP = 30+6 = 36
Practice Problems on Model 10 :
- The profit obtained by selling an article for Rs. 46 is thrice the loss obtained by selling it for Rs. 30. What is its CP ?
- Rs. 42
- Rs. 40
- Rs. 38
- Rs. 36
- None of these
- The profit obtained by selling an article for Rs. 48 is half of the loss obtained by selling it for Rs. 30. What is its CP ?
- Rs. 42
- Rs. 40
- Rs. 38
- Rs. 36
- None of these
- The profit obtained by selling an article for Rs. 48 is 1/5th of the loss obtained by selling it for Rs. 30. What is it's CP ?
- Rs. 42
- Rs. 40
- Rs. 38
- Rs. 36
- None of these
- A man sold 2 articles for Rs. 495 each. On one he gains 10% and on the other he losses 10%. Find the total loss ?
- Rs. 4.95
- Rs. 5
- Rs. 9.90
- Rs. 10
- None of these
2 articles selling prices same, then Loss % = (% x %) / 100
=> (10 x 10) / 100 = 1% loss
Cost Price - Loss = Selling Price
That means, if he buys the items for Rs. 100
Then, the Selling Price will be 100 - 1 = 99
But here the selling price = 2 * 495 = 990
So the total loss will be Rs. 10
Practice Problems on Model 11 :
- A man sold 2 articles for Rs. 240 each. On one he gains 20% and on the other he losses 20%. Find the total loss ?
- Rs. 9.60
- Rs. 20
- Rs. 19.20
- Rs. 10
- None of these
- A man sold 2 articles for Rs. 495 each. On one he gains 10% and on the other he losses 10%. Find the sum of their cost prices ?
- Rs. 500
- Rs. 990
- Rs. 1000
- Rs. 960
- None of these
- A man sold 2 articles for Rs. 1920 each. On one he gains 20% and on the other he losses 20%. Find the sum of their cost prices ?
- Rs. 4000
- Rs. 2000
- Rs. 3600
- Rs. 1800
- None of these
Model 12 :
- The cost price of 3 articles is same as the selling price of 2 articles. What is the loss or gain % ?
- 50% loss
- 50% gain
- 25% loss
- 25% gain
- None of these
Solution :
Let the Cost Price per article be Rs. x
and Selling Price per article b Rs. y
CP of 3 articles = SP of 2 articles
=> 3x = 2y
=> x : y = 2 : 3
=> x = 2K & y = 3 K [where K is some constant number]
Profit = SP - CP
= 3K - 2K = K
Profit % = (Profit / CP) x 100 = (K/2K) x 100 = 50%
Practice Problems on Model 12 :
- The cost price of 2 articles is same as the selling price of 3 articles. What is the loss or gain % ?
- 50% loss
- 33 1/3% gain'
- 25% loss
- 33 1/3% loss
- None of these
- The cost price of 13 articles is same as the selling price of 12 articles. What is the loss or gain % ?
- 8 1/3 % gain
- 12 2/3 % gain
- 8 1/3% loss
- 12 2/3 % loss
- None of these
- The cost price of a dozen articles is same as the selling price of a score articles. What is the loss or gain % ?
- 50% loss
- 50% gain
- 40% loss
- 40% gain
- None of these
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