PROFIT & LOSS FORMULAS – BASIC

PROFIT & LOSS FORMULAS – BASIC TO ADVANCED*

1. Cost Price (CP)

2. Selling Price (SP)

3. Profit or Gain :

➤ SP > CP

➤ Formula: Profit = SP − CP

4. Loss:

➤ CP > SP

➤ Formula: Loss = CP − SP

5. Profit % :

➤ (Profit / CP) × 100

➤ Example: CP = ₹100, Profit = ₹20

➤ Profit% = (20/100)×100 = 20%

6. Loss % :

➤ (Loss / CP) × 100

➤ Example: CP = ₹200, Loss = ₹40

➤ Loss% = (40/200)×100 = 20%

7. Selling Price (SP):

➤ SP = CP × (100 + Profit%)/100

➤ SP = CP × (100 − Loss%)/100

8. Cost Price (CP):

➤ CP = SP × (100 / (100 + Profit%))

➤ CP = SP × (100 / (100 − Loss%))

9. Marked Price (MP):

➤ MP = SP × 100 / (100 − Discount%)

10. Discount %

➤ Discount = MP − SP

➤ Discount% = (Discount / MP) × 100

EXAMPLES

Example 1:*

CP = ₹100, SP = ₹120

Profit = 120 − 100 = ₹20

Profit% = (20 / 100) × 100 = 20%

Example 2:

CP = ₹500, SP = ₹450

Loss = 500 − 450 = ₹50

Loss% = (50 / 500) × 100 = 10%

Example 3:

CP = ₹200, Profit% = 25%

SP = 200 × (100 + 25)/100 = ₹250

Example 4:

SP = ₹180, Loss% = 10%

CP = 180 × 100 / (100 − 10) = ₹200

Example 5:

Marked Price = ₹1000, Discount = 20%

SP = 1000 × (100 − 20)/100 = ₹800

Discount = ₹2009