Profit and Loss

Amin purchased aTape-recorder at 9/10 of its selling price and sold it 8% more than its SP. His gain is---20%
Hasan sold an artical for 56 taka which cost him x taka. If he had gained x% on his outlay, what was his cost?-40 taka
Ali bought a TV with 20% discount on the labeled price. Had he bought it with 25% discount, he would have saved Tk.500. At what price did he buy the TV?-10000
If 3 apples cost 19 cents, how many apples can be purchase for $1.52?-24
The compound interest (in taka) on Tk.200 at 10% in 3 years is approximetely:-66
Rajib received 15% discount to purchase his book. The total discount he received was Tk.75. What was the cost of books net of discount?-Tk.425
If two mixers and one TV cost Tk.7000, while two TVs and one mixer cost Tk.9800, the value of one TV is---4200
By selling an item, the producer, the wholesaler and the retailer all make profits at 20%. If the itewm sells for Tk.21.60 by the retailer, find the production cost of the item.-Tk.15.00
The marked price of a radio is Tk.480. The shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% and gains 8%. If no discount is allowed he gain percent would be---20%
A man sold 20 articles for Tk.60 and gained 20%. How many articles did he buy for Tk.60?-24
A shopkeeper mixes two varieties of tea. One costing Tk.35 per kg and another at Tk.45 per kg in the ratio 3 : 2. If he sells the mixed variety at 41.60 per kg, his gain or loss percent is----20/3% gain
A shopkeeper sells 5 mangoes at a price he bought 4 mangoes. What is the percentage (%) of loss or gain?-20
When an object is sold for Tk.250, the seller makes 25% profit. What waas the cost price of the object?-200
The difference between the cost price and sale price of an article is Tk. 240. If the profit is 20%, the selling price is:-Tk. 1240
By selling 100 bananas a fruit seller gains the selling price of 20 bananas. His gain percent is---25%
A dealer professing to sell at cost price uses a 900 gms weight for kilogram. His gain percent is---100/9%
A dealer sold two TV sets for Tk.3700 each. On one he gained 10% 10% and on the other he lost 10%. The dealer's loss or gain percent is---1% loss
A man buys 10 articales for Tk.8 and sells them at the rate of Tk.1.25 per articale. His gain is---225/4%
A company makes a profit of 6% on its first Tk.10000 of sales each day and 5% on all sales in excess of Tk.10000 for that day. How much profit will the company make in a day when sales are Tk.60000?-3100
5% of which number is 25?-500
If an article is sold at a gain of 6% insted of at a loss of 6% then the seller gets Tk.6 more. The CP of the article is---50
A dealer sells a Radio at a gain of 10%. If he had bought it at 10% less and sold it for Tk.132 less. He would have still gained 10%. The CP of the Radio is---1200
By selling an article for Tk.144, a man gained such that the percentage gain equals the cost price. The CP of the article is---80
A seller made 10% profit after selling a product at 20% commision on list price. What is the list price of that product?-137.5 Tk
There would be 10% loss if a toy is sold at Tk.10.80 per price. At what price should it be sold to earn a profit of 20%?-14.40
Basar bought equal numbers of 50-paisa and 75-paisa stamps. If the total costs of the stamps was Tk.50.00, what was the total number of stamps bought?-80
An item is sold for $65.00, giving the retailer a profit of 30% of the cost. What will be the new retail price if the retailer cuts his profit to 10% of costs?-$55
A tradesman by means of a false balance defrauds to the extent of 8% in buying goods and also defrauds to 8% is selling. His gain percent is---16.64%
A manufacturer of TV wants to make a profit of Tk.300000 on sales of 200 TV sets. It costs Tk.10000 each to make the first 100 TV sets and Tk.7500 each to make TV sets after the first 100 sets. What should be the selling price of each TV sets in Taka?-10250
A wholesaler bought 1200 pens/radios for Tk.18 each. He sold 60% of the pens for Tk.30 each and remaining for Tk.15 each. What was his average profit per pen/radio?-Tk.6
At a selling price of Tk.273 a book yields 30% profit. What selling price (in taka) will yield the profit of 10%?-231
Arif incurred a loss of 25% by selling a used mobile phone set at taka 1500. How much could he gain/loss by selling that at 2200 taka?-10% gain
By selling an article for Tk.144, a man loses 1/7 of his outlay. By selling it for Tk.168, his gain or loss percent is---0% gain
Employees of a discount appliance store receive an additional 20% off of the lowest price on an item. If an employee purchases a dishwasher during a 15% off sale, how much will he pay if the dishwasher originally cost $450?-$306
A toy store regularly sells all stock at a disscount of 20 percent to 40 percent. If an additional 25 percent were deducted from the discount price during a special sale, what eould be the lowest possible price of a toy costing Tk.16 before any discount?-Tk.7.20
Last year I bought 1000 shares of Sunshine Enterprises at Taka 17.25 per share. Today the stock is quoted at Taka 17375. How much profit shall I make by selling all the shares today?-125
A cloth merchant has announced 25% rebate in price. If one needs to have a rebate of Tk.40 then how many shirts each costing Tk.32, he should purchage?-5
The purchasing price of 15 apples and selling price of 12 apples are the same then how much is the gain in percentage form?-25%
A man buys eggs at the rate of Tk.7.2 per dazon eggs and sells them at Tk.70 per 100 eggs. If his profit is Tk.30, how many eggs did he buy?-300
The cost in Taka of manufacturing x microwaves is 6000 + 300x Taka. The amount received when selling these x microwaves is 700x Taka. What is the least number of microwaves that must be manufactured and sold so that the net profit is Taka. 2400?-21
A coat was sold for Tk.75. The coat was sold for 150% of the cost of the coat. How much did the coat cost?-Tk.50
A wholesaler bought 2100 books for Tk.20 each. The wholesaler sold 50 percent of the books for Tk.35 each and the rest for Tk.18 each. What was the wholesaler's average profit per book?-Tk.6.5
Rahim bought 4 dozen apples at Tk.12 per dozen and 2 dozen apples at Tk.16 per dozen. He sold all of them to earn 20%. At what price per dozen did he sell the apples?-16.00
A pen was sold at 15% loss. If the selling price was Tk.8 more, then the seller could have made a profit of 10%. What was the purchase price of pen?-32
If the sales tax on an appliance priced at Tk.300 is between 5% and 8%, then the cost (price plus sales tax) of the appliance can be:-318
A trader bought 100 identical pens at a total cost of Tk.x. Iff he sold each pen at 50% above the original cost per pen, then in terms of x, what was the selling price of each pen?-3x/200
Ali buys 1440 dozen pens @ Taka 2.50 a dozen and sells them @ Taka 0.24 a piece. Find his total profit?-Tk.720.00
A person bought an article and sold it at a loss of 10%. If he had bought it for 20% less and sold it for Tk.55 more he would have had a profit of 40%. The CP of the article is---250
By selling an article, Shila earned a profit equal to 1/4 th of the price she bought it for. If she sold it at Tk.375, what was the cost price?-Tk.300
A man buys pen at the rate of Tk.420 per 100 pieces and sells them at Tk.60 per dozen. If the profit is Tk.100, how many pens did he buy?-125
When the price of a toy was increased by 30% the number of toys sold fell by 30%. What is the effect on the sale of the shop?-90% decrease
If a commission of 10% is given on the marked price of a book, the publisher gains 20%. If the commission is increased to 15% the gain is---40/3%
If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent.-100
The cost of 2 TV sets and a radio is Tk.7000, While 2 radios and one TV set togather cost Tk.4250. The cost of TV set is---3250
X purchased some pens for Tk.120. If the price per price of pen was Tk.3 less, he would have received 2 more pens. How many pence did he purchase?-8
A pencil cost 5 paisa. These are sold at 20% profit. Find out the selling price of one dozen pencils.-72 paisa
Noman sells pens for Tk.65.00 each. This price gives him a profit of 30 percent on the costs. What will be the new retail price of each pen if he cuts his profit to 10 percent of costs?-Tk.55.00
A radio dealer sold a radio at a loss of 2.5%. Had he sold it for Tk.100 more, he would have gained 15/2%. In order to gain 25/2%, he would sell it for----1125
A man sold his watch at a loss of 5%. Had he sold it for Tk.56.25 more he would have gained of 10%. The cost price of the watch is---Tk.375
An article is sold at a certain price. By selling it at 2/3 of thet price, one loses 10%. The gain percent at original price is----35%
A dealer markes his goods 20% above cost price. He then allows some discount on it and makes a profit of 8%. The rate of discount is---10%
A company makes a profit of 7% selling goods which cost Tk.2000; it also makes a profit of 6% selling a machine that cost the company Tk.5000. How much total profit did the company make on both transactions?-Tk.440
A company makes a profit of 6% on its first Tk.1000 of sales each day and Tk.55 per thousand on all sales in excess of Tk.1000 for that day. How much profit will the company make in a day when sales are Tk.6000?-335
A toy was bought for Tk. 75 and sold at a gain of 8%. What was its selling price in Tk.?-81
A wholesaler sells goods to a retailer at profit of 20%. The retailer sells to the customer, who pays 80% more than the cost of the wholeseler. What is the retailer's profit?-50%
A shirt marked Tk.12.50 is sold at Tk.10.00. The rate of discount on the marked price is---20%