List of top Arithmetic and Mental Ability Questions on Profit and Loss

A trader marks an article 40% above cost price and gives two successive discounts of 10% and 5%. If the selling price is Rs.3591, the cost price of the article is

If an item is sold for Rs.540 at a loss of 10%, then the cost price of the item is

A person bought an item for Rs. 1350 and spent Rs. 150 towards transportation of the item. Then he sold it for Rs. 1800. The profit percentage is:

A man buys an item for Rs. 1200 and sells it at a gain of 15%. The selling price of the item is:

An item costs Rs. 250. If the item is sold for Rs.280, then the profit percentage is

A shop owner bought an item for Rs.24550. He sold the item for 20% loss. The selling price was

The average mark in the chemistry practical exam of a class of 40 students is 100. But one student's mark was entered wrongly as 50 instead of 100. What would be the correct average?

A furniture was sold for 1,10,000 with a profit of 10%. If it were sold for 80,000 rupees, then what would have been the percentage of profit/loss?

A dishonest shop owner advertises to sell his goods at Cost Price. But he uses a weight of 900 gms for a kg of weight. What is his gain %?