Shares and Dividends
ICSE · Class 10 · Mathematics
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Shares and dividends deal with how money is invested in a company and how profit is shared. Capital is the total amount of money invested in a company. That capital is divided into small parts called shares. A person who buys one or more shares is a shareholder. The original price of a share is its
Key Concepts
Capital is the total amount
Capital is the total amount of money invested in a company. It is the base amount from which shares are issued.
A share is a small part
A share is a small part into which the capital of a company is divided.
A shareholder is a person who
A shareholder is a person who buys one or more shares. A shareholder holds a share certificate showing the number of shares owned.
The nominal value
The nominal value, also called face value or printed value, is the original price of a share.
The market value is the price
The market value is the price of a share at any time. It changes from time to time.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the meaning of capital, share, shareholder, nominal value, market value, dividend, and rate of dividend.
- Classify shares as premium, par, or discount shares.
- Calculate money invested from number of shares and market value.
- Find the number of shares bought from a given investment.
- Compute annual dividend from rate, number of shares, and nominal value.
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