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Chapter 13: Profit – Loss
PRACTICE SET 31 [PAGE 67]
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.1 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4500 5000
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 4500; Selling price = Rs 5000
Here selling price is more than cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 5000 - 4500
= Rs 500
Hence, there is a profit of Rs 500.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4500 5000 Profit Rs. 500
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.2 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4100 4090
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 4100; Selling price = Rs 4090
Here selling price is less than cost price, so there is a loss.
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Chapter 13: Profit – Loss
PRACTICE SET 31 [PAGE 67]
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.1 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4500 5000
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 4500; Selling price = Rs 5000
Here selling price is more than cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 5000 - 4500
= Rs 500
Hence, there is a profit of Rs 500.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4500 5000 Profit Rs. 500
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.2 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4100 4090
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 4100; Selling price = Rs 4090
Here selling price is less than cost price, so there is a loss.
Loss = Cost price - Selling price
= 4100 - 4090
= Rs 10
Hence, there is a loss of Rs 10.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4100 4090 Loss Rs. 10
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.3 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
700 799
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 700; Selling price = Rs 799
Here selling price is more than cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 799 - 700
= Rs 99
Hence, there is a profit of Rs 99.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
700 799 Profit Rs. 99
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.4 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
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Chapter 13: Profit – Loss
PRACTICE SET 31 [PAGE 67]
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.1 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4500 5000
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 4500; Selling price = Rs 5000
Here selling price is more than cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 5000 - 4500
= Rs 500
Hence, there is a profit of Rs 500.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4500 5000 Profit Rs. 500
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.2 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4100 4090
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 4100; Selling price = Rs 4090
Here selling price is less than cost price, so there is a loss.
Loss = Cost price - Selling price
= 4100 - 4090
= Rs 10
Hence, there is a loss of Rs 10.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4100 4090 Loss Rs. 10
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.3 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
700 799
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 700; Selling price = Rs 799
Here selling price is more than cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 799 - 700
= Rs 99
Hence, there is a profit of Rs 99.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
700 799 Profit Rs. 99
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.4 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
1000 920
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 1000; Selling price = Rs 920
Here selling price is less than cost price, so there is a loss.
Loss = Cost price - Selling price
= 1000 - 920
= Rs 80
Hence, there is a loss of Rs 80.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
1000 920 Loss Rs. 80
Practice Set 31 | Q 2 | Page 67
A shopkeeper bought a bicycle for Rs 3000 and sold the same for Rs 3400. How much
was his profit?
SOLUTION
Cost price of bicycle = Rs 3000
Selling price of bicycle = Rs 3400
Since selling price > cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 3400 - 3000
= Rs 400
? The shopkeeper made a profit of Rs 400 in this transaction.
Practice Set 31 | Q 3 | Page 67
Sunandabai bought milk for Rs 475. She converted it into yoghurt and sold it for Rs 700.
How much profit did she make?
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 475; Selling price = Rs 700
Since selling price is more than cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 700 - 475
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Chapter 13: Profit – Loss
PRACTICE SET 31 [PAGE 67]
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.1 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4500 5000
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 4500; Selling price = Rs 5000
Here selling price is more than cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 5000 - 4500
= Rs 500
Hence, there is a profit of Rs 500.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4500 5000 Profit Rs. 500
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.2 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4100 4090
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 4100; Selling price = Rs 4090
Here selling price is less than cost price, so there is a loss.
Loss = Cost price - Selling price
= 4100 - 4090
= Rs 10
Hence, there is a loss of Rs 10.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4100 4090 Loss Rs. 10
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.3 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
700 799
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 700; Selling price = Rs 799
Here selling price is more than cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 799 - 700
= Rs 99
Hence, there is a profit of Rs 99.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
700 799 Profit Rs. 99
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.4 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
1000 920
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 1000; Selling price = Rs 920
Here selling price is less than cost price, so there is a loss.
Loss = Cost price - Selling price
= 1000 - 920
= Rs 80
Hence, there is a loss of Rs 80.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
1000 920 Loss Rs. 80
Practice Set 31 | Q 2 | Page 67
A shopkeeper bought a bicycle for Rs 3000 and sold the same for Rs 3400. How much
was his profit?
SOLUTION
Cost price of bicycle = Rs 3000
Selling price of bicycle = Rs 3400
Since selling price > cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 3400 - 3000
= Rs 400
? The shopkeeper made a profit of Rs 400 in this transaction.
Practice Set 31 | Q 3 | Page 67
Sunandabai bought milk for Rs 475. She converted it into yoghurt and sold it for Rs 700.
How much profit did she make?
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 475; Selling price = Rs 700
Since selling price is more than cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 700 - 475
= Rs 225
? Sunandabai made a profit of Rs 225 in this transaction.
Practice Set 31 | Q 4 | Page 67
The Jijamata Women’s Saving Group bought raw materials worth Rs 15000 for making
chakalis. They sold the chakalis for 22050 rupees. How much profit did the WSG make?
SOLUTION
Cost price of raw material for making chakalis = Rs 15000
Selling price of chakalis = Rs 22050
Since selling price is more than cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 22050 - 15000
= Rs 7050
? WSG made a profit of Rs 7050 in this transaction.
Practice Set 31 | Q 5 | Page 67
Pramod bought 100 bunches of methi greens for Rs 400. In a sudden downpour, 30 of
the bunches on his handcart got spoilt. He sold the rest at the rate of Rs 5 each. Did he
make a profit or a loss? How much?
SOLUTION
Cost price of 100 bunches of methi greens = Rs 400
Number of bunches of methi greens spoilt = 30
? Number of bunches left = 100 - 30 = 70
Selling price of 1 bunch of methi greens = Rs 5
So, selling price of 70 bunches of methi greens = 5 × 70 = Rs 350
Since selling price is less than cost price, so there is a loss.
Loss = Cost price - Selling price
= 400 - 350
= Rs 50
Hence, Pramod suffered a loss of Rs 50 in this transaction.
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Chapter 13: Profit – Loss
PRACTICE SET 31 [PAGE 67]
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.1 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4500 5000
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 4500; Selling price = Rs 5000
Here selling price is more than cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 5000 - 4500
= Rs 500
Hence, there is a profit of Rs 500.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4500 5000 Profit Rs. 500
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.2 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4100 4090
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 4100; Selling price = Rs 4090
Here selling price is less than cost price, so there is a loss.
Loss = Cost price - Selling price
= 4100 - 4090
= Rs 10
Hence, there is a loss of Rs 10.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
4100 4090 Loss Rs. 10
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.3 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
700 799
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 700; Selling price = Rs 799
Here selling price is more than cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 799 - 700
= Rs 99
Hence, there is a profit of Rs 99.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
700 799 Profit Rs. 99
Practice Set 31 | Q 1.4 | Page 67
The cost price and selling price are given in the following table. Find out whether there
was a profit or a loss and how much it was.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
1000 920
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 1000; Selling price = Rs 920
Here selling price is less than cost price, so there is a loss.
Loss = Cost price - Selling price
= 1000 - 920
= Rs 80
Hence, there is a loss of Rs 80.
Cost Price
(in Rs.)
Selling Price
(in Rs)
Profit or Loss How much?
1000 920 Loss Rs. 80
Practice Set 31 | Q 2 | Page 67
A shopkeeper bought a bicycle for Rs 3000 and sold the same for Rs 3400. How much
was his profit?
SOLUTION
Cost price of bicycle = Rs 3000
Selling price of bicycle = Rs 3400
Since selling price > cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 3400 - 3000
= Rs 400
? The shopkeeper made a profit of Rs 400 in this transaction.
Practice Set 31 | Q 3 | Page 67
Sunandabai bought milk for Rs 475. She converted it into yoghurt and sold it for Rs 700.
How much profit did she make?
SOLUTION
Cost price = Rs 475; Selling price = Rs 700
Since selling price is more than cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 700 - 475
= Rs 225
? Sunandabai made a profit of Rs 225 in this transaction.
Practice Set 31 | Q 4 | Page 67
The Jijamata Women’s Saving Group bought raw materials worth Rs 15000 for making
chakalis. They sold the chakalis for 22050 rupees. How much profit did the WSG make?
SOLUTION
Cost price of raw material for making chakalis = Rs 15000
Selling price of chakalis = Rs 22050
Since selling price is more than cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 22050 - 15000
= Rs 7050
? WSG made a profit of Rs 7050 in this transaction.
Practice Set 31 | Q 5 | Page 67
Pramod bought 100 bunches of methi greens for Rs 400. In a sudden downpour, 30 of
the bunches on his handcart got spoilt. He sold the rest at the rate of Rs 5 each. Did he
make a profit or a loss? How much?
SOLUTION
Cost price of 100 bunches of methi greens = Rs 400
Number of bunches of methi greens spoilt = 30
? Number of bunches left = 100 - 30 = 70
Selling price of 1 bunch of methi greens = Rs 5
So, selling price of 70 bunches of methi greens = 5 × 70 = Rs 350
Since selling price is less than cost price, so there is a loss.
Loss = Cost price - Selling price
= 400 - 350
= Rs 50
Hence, Pramod suffered a loss of Rs 50 in this transaction.
Practice Set 31 | Q 6 | Page 67
Sharad bought one quintal of onions for Rs 2000. Later he sold them all at the rate of
Rs 18 per kg. Did he make a profit or incurs a loss? How much was it?
SOLUTION
Cost price of 1 quintal of onions = Rs 2000
We know that, 1 quintal = 100 kg.
Selling price of 1 kg of onions = Rs 18
? Selling price of 100 kg (or 1 quintal) of onions = 18 × 100 = Rs 1800
Since selling price is less than cost price, so there is a loss.
Loss = Cost price - Selling price
= 2000 - 1800
= Rs 200
Hence, Sharad incurred a loss of Rs 200 in this transaction.
Practice Set 31 | Q 7 | Page 67
Kantabai bought 25 saris from a wholesale merchant for Rs 10000 and sold them all at
Rs 460 each. How much profit did Kantabai get in this transaction?
SOLUTION
Cost price of 25 saris = Rs 10000
Selling price of 1 sari = Rs 460
? Selling price of 25 saris = 25 × 460 = Rs 11500
Since selling price is more than cost price, so there is a profit.
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 11500 - 10000
= Rs 1500
Hence, Kantabai made a profit of Rs 1500 in this transaction.
PRACTICE SET 32 [PAGE 69]
Practice Set 32 | Q 1 | Page 69
From a wholesaler, Santosh bought 400 eggs for Rs 1500 and spent Rs 300 on
transport. 50 eggs fell down and broke. He sold the rest at Rs 5 each. Did he make a
profit or a loss? How much?
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