Work out profit, loss and profit/loss percentage instantly.
Enter the cost price (CP) and selling price (SP) of an item to instantly find out whether it was sold at a profit or a loss, and by exactly what percentage — a core SSC Quantitative Aptitude topic made quick and error-free.
Enter the Cost Price (₹) — what the item was bought for — and the Selling Price (₹) — what it was sold for. The calculator instantly shows whether it is a profit or a loss, along with the exact amount and percentage.
If Selling Price > Cost Price: Profit = SP − CP, and Profit % = (Profit ÷ CP) × 100.
If Cost Price > Selling Price: Loss = CP − SP, and Loss % = (Loss ÷ CP) × 100. Profit and loss percentage is always calculated on the Cost Price.
Profit and Loss is a high-frequency chapter in the SSC CGL, CHSL and MTS Quant sections, often combined with percentage and discount questions. Using this calculator to check your manual answers helps you spot mistakes and build calculation speed for exam day.
When an item is sold at a loss of a% and would have sold at a profit of b% for a higher price, or when successive discounts are applied, converting percentages to fractions and using the formula Successive % change = a + b + (ab/100) (with a loss value taken as negative) saves significant calculation time over solving step by step.
Always on the Cost Price — this is a common mistake to avoid in SSC exams.
There is no profit and no loss — the transaction is at a break-even point.
For two successive percentage changes a% and b%, the net effect is a + b + (ab/100), using negative values for a loss or discount — this avoids calculating each step separately.
Profit and loss is a regular Quantitative Aptitude topic in SSC CGL, SSC CHSL and SSC MTS, often combined with percentage and ratio questions.