Profit and Loss

1. The compound interest (in taka) on Tk.200 at 10% in 3 years is approximetely:

• ক. 60
• খ. 62
• গ. 64
• ঘ. 66

2. At a selling price of Tk.273 a book yields 30% profit. What selling price (in taka) will yield the profit of 10%?

• ক. 210
• খ. 231
• গ. 221
• ঘ. 235

3. Hasan sold an artical for 56 taka which cost him x taka. If he had gained x% on his outlay, what was his cost?

• ক. 40 taka
• খ. 45 taka
• গ. 36 taka
• ঘ. 28 taka

4. 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?

• ক. Tk.300
• খ. Tk.281.75
• গ. Tk.325
• ঘ. Tk.312.50

5. 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?

• ক. 6
• খ. 8
• গ. 10
• ঘ. 12

6. 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--

• ক. Tk.250
• খ. Tk.375
• গ. Tk.280
• ঘ. None of these

7. A pencil cost 5 paisa. These are sold at 20% profit. Find out the selling price of one dozen pencils.

• ক. 72 paisa
• খ. 60 paisa
• গ. 50 paisa
• ঘ. None of these

8. The purchasing price of 15 apples and selling price of 12 apples are the same then how much is the gain in percentage form?

• ক. 33.33%
• খ. 15%
• গ. 20%
• ঘ. 25%

9. 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?

• ক. 10% loss
• খ. 20% gain
• গ. 10% gain
• ঘ. 20% loss

10. 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?

• ক. Tk.4
• খ. Tk.6
• গ. Tk.12
• ঘ. Tk.3

11. 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?

• ক. Tk.52.00
• খ. Tk.71.50
• গ. Tk.58.50
• ঘ. Tk.55.00

12. A shirt marked Tk.12.50 is sold at Tk.10.00. The rate of discount on the marked price is--

• ক. 2%
• খ. 2.5%
• গ. 20%
• ঘ. 25%

13. 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?

• ক. 25
• খ. 34
• গ. 40
• ঘ. 80

14. A book is originally price at BDT 900, but marked down by 30%. Again when the actual sales occurs a discount of 10% is offered on the marked price, what is the final sales price in BDT?

• ক. 360
• খ. 540
• গ. 500
• ঘ. 486

15. 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?

• ক. 30%
• খ. 40%
• গ. 50%
• ঘ. 60%

16. 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?

• ক. 3x/200
• খ. 3x/2
• গ. 150x
• ঘ. x/100 + 5

17. 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?

• ক. 100
• খ. 125
• গ. 150
• ঘ. 160

18. 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?

• ক. 45
• খ. 32
• গ. 36
• ঘ. 30

19. When an object is sold for Tk.250, the seller makes 25% profit. What waas the cost price of the object?

• ক. 125
• খ. 150
• গ. 200
• ঘ. 300

20. 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?

• ক. Tk.6.5
• খ. Tk.13
• গ. Tk.7
• ঘ. Tk.5

21. 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?

• ক. 250
• খ. 335
• গ. 300
• ঘ. 320

22. 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?

• ক. Tk.150
• খ. Tk.45
• গ. Tk.50
• ঘ. Tk.60

23. 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?

• ক. $280.90
• খ. $287
• গ. $292.50
• ঘ. $306

24. 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:

• ক. 310
• খ. 325
• গ. 318
• ঘ. 314

25. The selling price of 8 apples is equal to the purchase price of 10 apples? What is the profit margin?

• ক. 20%
• খ. 15%
• গ. 10%
• ঘ. 12%