Find Profit & Cost 7





Q: A shopkeeper bought a school bag for ₹500 and sold it for ₹600. Find the profit and the profit percentage āĻāϜāύ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻŦ⧇āĻ— ₹500 āϟāĻ•āĻžāϤ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻŋ ₹600 āϟāĻ•āĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āφ⧰⧁ āϞāĻžāĻ­ā§° āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤

Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ


Cost Price (CP) / āĻ•ā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ (CP) = ₹500
Selling Price (SP) / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ (SP) = ₹600

1st: Find Profit / āϞāĻžāĻ­ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•


Profit = SP − CP (āϞāĻžāĻ­ = āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ − āĻ•ā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ)

= ₹600 − ₹500
= ₹100

2nd: Find Profit Percentage / āϞāĻžāĻ­ā§° āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•


Profit % = (Profit ÷ CP) × 100 [āϞāĻžāĻ­ % = (āϞāĻžāĻ­ ÷ āĻ•ā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ) × 100]

= (100 ÷ 500) × 100
= 20%

Ans/ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰

  • Profit / āϞāĻžāĻ­ = ₹100

  • Profit Percentage / āϞāĻžāĻ­ā§° āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ = 20%


Shortcut / āϚāĻŽā§ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ



  • Profit = SP − CP (āϞāĻžāĻ­ = āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ − āĻ•ā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ)

  • Profit % = (Profit ÷ CP) × 100 (āϞāĻžāĻ­ % = (āϞāĻžāĻ­ ÷ āĻ•ā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ) × 100)


Here, ₹100 is 1/5 of ₹500, so the profit percentage is 20%.
āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ ₹100, ₹500-ā§° 1/5 āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ­ā§° āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ = 20%āĨ¤






Q: A bicycle was bought for ₹4,000 and sold for ₹3,600. Find the loss and the loss percentage. āĻāĻ–āύ āϚāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ ₹4,000 āϟāĻ•āĻžāϤ āĻ•ā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āφ⧰⧁ ₹3,600 āϟāĻ•āĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϚāĻžāύ āφ⧰⧁ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϚāĻžāύ⧰ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ

Cost Price (CP) / āĻ•ā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ (CP) = ₹4,000


Selling Price (SP) / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ (SP) = ₹3,600


1st: Find Loss / āϞ⧋āĻ•āϚāĻžāύ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•


Loss = CP − SP (āϞ⧋āĻ•āϚāĻžāύ = āĻ•ā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ − āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ)


= ₹4,000 − ₹3,600


= ₹400


2nd: Find Loss Percentage / āϞ⧋āĻ•āϚāĻžāύ⧰ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•

Loss % = (Loss ÷ CP) × 100 [āϞ⧋āĻ•āϚāĻžāύ % = (āϞ⧋āĻ•āϚāĻžāύ ÷ āĻ•ā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ) × 100]


= 400 / 4000 × 100 = 10%


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ : Loss / āϞ⧋āĻ•āϚāĻžāύ = ₹400, Loss Percentage / āϞ⧋āĻ•āϚāĻžāύ⧰ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ = 10%

Shortcut / āϚāĻŽā§ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ

Method 1: Fraction Trick / āĻ­āĻ—ā§āύāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ


Loss = ₹400, CP = ₹4,000


₹400 is 1/10 of ₹4,000. (₹400 āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ₹4,000-ā§° 1/10 āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĨ¤)


1/10 = 10%


Ans = āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϚāĻžāύ⧰ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ = 10%āĨ¤


Method 2: Cancel Zeros / āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž

400 / 4000 × 100


Cancel two zeros: 4/40 × 100 = 1/10 × 100 = 10%


Tip / āϟāĻŋāĻĒāĻ› : Whenever the loss or profit is a simple fraction of the Cost Price, convert the fraction directly into a percentage. āϝ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ­ āĻŦāĻž āϞ⧋āĻ•āϚāĻžāύ āĻ•ā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧰ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ­āĻ—ā§āύāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āύāϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻ­āĻ—ā§āύāĻžāĻ‚āĻļāĻŸā§‹āĻ• āĻĒā§‹āύ⧇ āĻĒā§‹āύ⧇ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļāϞ⧈ ā§°ā§‚āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤




Q. A watch costs ₹800. It is sold at a 25% profit. Find the selling price. āĻāϟāĻž āϘāĻĄāĻŧ⧀⧰ āĻ•ā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ ₹800āĨ¤ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ• 25% āϞāĻžāĻ­āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ (SP) āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ

Cost Price (CP) / āĻ•ā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ (CP) = ₹800


Profit / āϞāĻžāĻ­ = 25%


1st: Find Profit / āϞāĻžāĻ­ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•


Profit = 25% of ₹800 (āϞāĻžāĻ­ = ₹800-ā§° 25%)


= 25/100 × 800 = ₹200


2nd: Find Selling Price / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•

Selling Price = Cost Price + Profit (āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ = āĻ•ā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ + āϞāĻžāĻ­)


= ₹800 + ₹200


= ₹1,000


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ : Selling Price (SP) / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ = ₹1,000

 


Method 1: Percentage Addition / āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ


If the profit is 25%, then the selling price is 125% of CP. (āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻ­ 25% āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ = āĻ•ā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧰ 125%āĨ¤)


SP = 125 / 100 × 800 = ₹1,000 


Method 2: Fraction Trick / āĻ­āĻ—ā§āύāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ

25% = 1/4


So, find 1/4 of ₹800 = ₹200.


Add it to the Cost Price: ₹800 + ₹200 = ₹1,000


Tip / āϟāĻŋāĻĒāĻ› :

Profit → Add to CP (āϞāĻžāĻ­ āĻš'āϞ⧇ → CP-āϤ āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤)


Loss → Subtract from CP (āϞ⧋āĻ•āϚāĻžāύ āĻš'āϞ⧇ → CP-ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤)


@@. Simple Interest (āϏ⧰āϞ āϏ⧁āϤ)


Q. Find the Simple Interest on ₹3,000 at 5% per annum for 2 years. (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: ₹3,000 āϟāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻŦāϛ⧰āĻŋ 5% āĻšāĻžā§°āϤ 2 āĻŦāϛ⧰⧰ āϏ⧰āϞ āϏ⧁āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤)


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ: (a) ₹250 (b) ₹300 (c) ₹350 (d) ₹400


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) ₹300


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ


ormula (āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°:): SI = P × R × T / 100


= 3000 × 5 × 2 / 100 = ₹300


Simple Interest (āϏ⧰āϞ āϏ⧁āϤ) = ₹300


Shortcut Trick / āϚāĻŽā§ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ


@@. GST (āϜāĻŋāĻāĻ›āϟāĻŋ)

Q. A school bag costs ₹1,500. GST is 18%. Find the GST amount and the final price. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāϟāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻŦ⧇āĻ—ā§° āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ ₹1,500āĨ¤ GST 18%āĨ¤ GST-ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āφ⧰⧁ āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤

Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ: (a) GST ₹250, Final Price ₹1750 (b) GST ₹270, Final Price ₹1770 (c) GST ₹300, Final Price ₹1800 (d) GST ₹180, Final Price ₹1680

Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) GST ₹270, Final Price ₹1770

Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ

GST = (18 × 1500) ÷ 100 = ₹270

Final Price (āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ) = 1500 + 270 = ₹1770