Profit and Loss

The difference between the cost price and sale price of an article is Tk. 240. If the profit is 20%, the selling price is:

• ক. Tk. 1240
• খ. Tk. 1400
• গ. Tk. 1600
• ঘ. None of these

If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent.

• ক. 66
• খ. 100
• গ. 105
• ঘ. 120

A toy was bought for Tk. 75 and sold at a gain of 8%. What was its selling price in Tk.?

• ক. 78
• খ. 81
• গ. 80
• ঘ. 84

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?

• ক. 15
• খ. 17
• গ. 21
• ঘ. 19

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--

• ক. 91/6%
• খ. 14%
• গ. 50/3%
• ঘ. 40/3%

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--

• ক. 18.5%
• খ. 20.5%
• গ. 18%
• ঘ. 20%

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?

• ক. 10
• খ. 7
• গ. 6
• ঘ. 5

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--

• ক. 60%
• খ. 4%
• গ. 12%
• ঘ. 10%

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?

• ক. 12000
• খ. 16000
• গ. 5000
• ঘ. 10000

While selling 2 watch a shopkeeper gives a discount of 5%. If he gives a discount of 7% her earns Tk.15 less as profid. The marked price of the watch is--

• ক. 787.50
• খ. 805.00
• গ. 697.50
• ঘ. 712.50

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--

• ক. 16.64%
• খ. 18.65%
• গ. 15.48%
• ঘ. 16%

Amin purchased aTape-recorder at 9/10 of its selling price and sold it 8% more than its SP. His gain is--

• ক. 18%
• খ. 20%
• গ. 8%
• ঘ. 10%

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---

• ক. 1080
• খ. 1125
• গ. 1050
• ঘ. 925

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--

• ক. 250
• খ. 275
• গ. 300
• ঘ. 200

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--

• ক. 1320
• খ. 1400
• গ. 1188
• ঘ. 1200

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--

• ক. 100
• খ. 106
• গ. 50
• ঘ. 94

If two mixers and one TV cost Tk.7000, while two TVs and one mixer cost Tk.9800, the value of one TV is--

• ক. 4200
• খ. 8400
• গ. 2800
• ঘ. 2100

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--

• ক. 72
• খ. 80
• গ. 60
• ঘ. 64

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--

• ক. 1% gain
• খ. 1% loss
• গ. 0%
• ঘ. 0.1% loss

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---

• ক. 35%
• খ. 40%
• গ. 20%
• ঘ. 100/3%

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?

• ক. 90% decrease
• খ. 70% decrease
• গ. 90% increase
• ঘ. 80% decrease

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?

• ক. 16.80
• খ. 15.50
• গ. 16.00
• ঘ. 14.40

A dealer professing to sell at cost price uses a 900 gms weight for kilogram. His gain percent is--

• ক. 11%
• খ. 100/9%
• গ. 9%
• ঘ. 10%

A man sold 20 articles for Tk.60 and gained 20%. How many articles did he buy for Tk.60?

• ক. 26
• খ. 25
• গ. 22
• ঘ. 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---

• ক. 4% gain
• খ. 4% loss
• গ. 20/3% gain
• ঘ. 20/3% loss

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--

• ক. 25/6% gain
• খ. 0% gain
• গ. 20% loss
• ঘ. 20% gain

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--

• ক. 3250
• খ. 3500
• গ. 3000
• ঘ. 3375

By selling 100 bananas a fruit seller gains the selling price of 20 bananas. His gain percent is--

• ক. 20%
• খ. 25%
• গ. 10%
• ঘ. 15%

If a books bought at prices ranging from Tk.200 to Tk.350 are sold at prices ranging from Tk.300 to Tk.425. What is the greatest possible profit that might be made in selling books?

• ক. 600
• খ. 400
• গ. 450
• ঘ. 500

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%?

• ক. 14.40
• খ. 16.50
• গ. 12
• ঘ. 12.96

A man buys 10 articales for Tk.8 and sells them at the rate of Tk.1.25 per articale. His gain is--

• ক. 39/2%
• খ. 225/4%
• গ. 20%
• ঘ. 50%

5% of which number is 25?

• ক. 5
• খ. 250
• গ. 500
• ঘ. None of these

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?

• ক. $55
• খ. $50
• গ. $400
• ঘ. $140

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?

• ক. 800
• খ. 125
• গ. 400
• ঘ. 100

A shopkeeper sells 5 mangoes at a price he bought 4 mangoes. What is the percentage (%) of loss or gain?

• ক. 10
• খ. 15
• গ. 20
• ঘ. 25

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.

• ক. Tk.15.00
• খ. Tk.12.50
• গ. Tk.12.75
• ঘ. Tk.15.50

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?

• ক. Tk.575
• খ. Tk.425
• গ. Tk.450
• ঘ. Tk.625

Ali buys 1440 dozen pens @ Taka 2.50 a dozen and sells them @ Taka 0.24 a piece. Find his total profit?

• ক. Tk.60.00
• খ. Tk.72.00
• গ. Tk.720.00
• ঘ. Tk.874.00

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?

• ক. Tk.5.60
• খ. Tk.7.20
• গ. Tk.8.80
• ঘ. Tk.9.60

A seller made 10% profit after selling a product at 20% commision on list price. What is the list price of that product?

• ক. 137.5 Tk
• খ. 237.5 Tk
• গ. 347.5 Tk
• ঘ. 97 Tk

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?

• ক. 10250
• খ. 10350
• গ. 10500
• ঘ. 10750

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?

• ক. 2500
• খ. 3000
• গ. 3100
• ঘ. 3200

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?

• ক. 120
• খ. 180
• গ. 200
• ঘ. 300

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?

• ক. Tk.300
• খ. Tk.400
• গ. Tk.420
• ঘ. Tk.440

If 3 apples cost 19 cents, how many apples can be purchase for $1.52?

• ক. 15
• খ. 19
• গ. 22
• ঘ. 24

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%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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%

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

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

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%

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

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

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

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%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• ক. 60
• খ. 62
• গ. 64
• ঘ. 66