Percentage and Profit & Loss

An article when sold at a gain of 5% yields Tk. 15 more than when sold at a loss of 5%. lts cost price would be:

A year ago the price of a toothbrush and the price of a comb were both Tk. 50. The price of the toothbrush was increased by 20% while the price of the com was decreased by 10%. What is the difference in Taka between the current price of the toothbrush and the comb?

A fruit seller buys lemons at a rate of 2 lemons for a Taka and sells them at a rate of 5 lemons for 3 Taka. What is her profit margin (based on cost price)?

In a class 75% passed in English, 60% passed in Mathematics & 25% failed in both subjects. What is the percentage who passed in both subjects?

A man's salary was reduced by 50%, again the reduce salary was increased by 50%. Find the loss of in terms of percentage.

An article when sold at a gain of 5% yields Tk. 15 more than when sold at a loss of 5%. Its cost price would be

Fedora Technologies acquired 60 hard-drives and tried selling them at BDT 2400 apiece at 20 percent markup on cost price. After 3 months, 6 remained unsold and were returned to manufacturer at 50 percent refund of cost. Find out Fedora's approximate profit margin as a percentage of initial acquisition cost of the 60 hard-drives.

The marked price of an article is Tk. 500. It is sold on two successive discounts of 20% and 10%. The selling price of that article is -

After receiving a 25% discount, Sue paid $180 for a lawnmower. What is the original price of the lawnmower before the discount?

A person make a profit of 10% on 25% of the quantity and a loss of 20% on the rest of the quantity. What is the gain or loss in percentage on the whole?

A machine is sold at a profit of 10%. Had it been sold for Tk. 40 less, there would have been a loss of 10%. What was the cost price?

The cost price of an article is Tk 7840. What should be the selling price of the article so that there is a profit of 7%?

If the salary of an employee is reduced by 10 percent for his late attendance and then increased by 10 percent can a pardon, how much does he lose?

By selling a book for Tk. 675, a seller loses 2/9 of his outlay, by selling it for Tk. 810, his gain or loss percentage is -

A started a business with tk 21000 and is joined afterwards by B with tk 36000. After how many months did B join if the profits at the end of the year are divided equally?

In recent survey of the students of a public university, it is found that 65% students are good in Mathematics and 45% students are good in Statistics. How many students are good in both Mathematics and Statistics of the public university?

An employer pays 3 workers X, Y and Z a total of Tk. 36600 a week. X is paid 125% of the amount Y is paid and 80% of the amount Z is paid. How much does X make a week?

The total income of Habib in 2017, 2018 and 2019 was Tk 36,400. His income increased by 20% each year. What was his income in 2019?

30% of 50 is what fraction of 75% of 80?

(33 - 56 ) : Read the following questions carefully and choose the right answer.
33. In an office, 44% of the workers prefer coffee and 72% prefer tea. If each of them prefers coffee or tea and 40 like both, the total number of workers in the office is