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ICSE Class 10 Frank Maths Shares and Dividends
Shares and Dividends

11. Anarkali invested $15%$, $25%$ and $35%$ of her savings in buying shares of ‘I’, ‘W’ and ‘R’ which declared dividends of $16%$, $18%$ and $20%$ respectively. If her total income from dividends is Rs $52,125$, find her savings and the amount invested in each company

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Solution:- Let us assume the total savings be y. From the question it is given that, Anarkali invested $15%$, $25%$ and $35%$ of her savings in buying shares of ‘I’, ‘W’ and ‘R’. Companies ‘I’, ‘W’...

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13. Pooja invested Rs $20,000$ and Rs $25,000$ in buying shares of ‘B T’ and ‘SI’ which later declared dividends of $10%$ and $12.5%$ respectively. After collecting the dividends Bhavana sells all her shares at a loss of $4%$ and $5%$ respectively on her investments. Find her total earnings.

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Solution:- From the question it is given that, Pooja invested ₹ $20,000$ and ₹$25,000$ in buying of ‘BT’ and ‘SI’. Then, ‘BT’ which declared dividend of $10%$ $=(10×20,000)/100=₹2,000$ ‘S I ‘ which...

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12. Tripathi invested Rs $24,000$ and Rs $30,000$ in buying Rs $100$ at par shares of ‘VO’ and ‘HH’ which later declared dividends of $12%$ and $15%$ respectively. After collecting the dividends Tripathi sold the shares as their prices had fallen by Rs $5$ and Rs $10$ respectively. Find Tripathi’s earnings from the above transactions.

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From the question it is given that, Tripathi invested ₹ $24,000$ and ₹ $30,000$ in buying ₹ $100$ at par shares of ‘Vam Organics’ and ‘Hero Honda’. Then, total investment $=₹24,000+₹30,000=₹54,000$...

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10. Vijay Kumar invested $10%$, $30%$ and $40%$ of his savings in buying shares of $3$ different companies A, B and C which declared dividends of $12%$, $15%$ and $16%$ respectively. If Vijay’s total income from dividends is Rs $3,025$, find his savings and the amount invested in each company.

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Solution:- Let us assume the total savings be y. From the question it is given that, Vijay kumar invested $10%$, $30%$ and $40%$ of his savings in buying shares of $3$ different companies A, B and...

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8. Divyam buys shares of company of ₹ $125$ each by investing ₹ $50,000$. He sold half of them when they were at a premium of $24%$ and the remaining half when they were at a discount of $20%$. Divyam sold shares at premium of ₹ $200$. Find her gain or loss in the transaction

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Solution: - According to question- Divyam invested amount of ₹ $50,000$ Each share has nominal value of $= ₹ 125$ Number of shares purchased by Divyam $= ₹50,000/₹125$ $= 400$ Divyam sold shares at...

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7. Mahesh bought $500$ shares of Rs $50$ each of ‘Excel Computers’. He sold one third of them when they were at a premium of Rs $20$ and the remaining when they were at a discount of Rs $5$. Find his gain or loss in the transaction.

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From the question it is given that, Number of shares $= 500$ Then, nominal value of each share $= ₹ 50$ So, investment by Mahesh = ₹ $(50 × 500)$ = ₹ $25,000$ Mahesh sold shares at premium $= (1/3)...

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For the following investments, calculate the percentage income.(a) Rs $7,225$ pays $12%$ when a Rs $100$ share is available at $15%$ discount.(b) For Rs $7,168$ man pays $15%$ when a Rs $80$ share is available at $40%$ premium

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Solution: - According to given question- Nominal value of each share = ₹ $100$ is available at $15%$ discount Therefore, Market value $= (₹ 100 – 15 % of ₹ 100)$ = ₹ $(100 –15)$ = ₹ $85$ Number of...

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