CAIE IGCSE Business Studies 5.3.2 Statement of Profit or Loss Questions
Practise profit-or-loss questions by identifying revenue, cost of sales, expenses and profit, then calculating missing values.
- Syllabus
- 2027–2029
- Course
- Business 0264
Practise profit-or-loss questions by identifying revenue, cost of sales, expenses and profit, then calculating missing values.
KPX manufactures computers. The business imports 60% of its raw materials. The Operations Director is considering ways to use lean production methods in KPX's factory. The Finance Director is reviewing KPX's financial data to calculate the value of its expenses. An extract is shown in Table 1.1.
Table 1.1
Calculate KPX's expenses in 2024. Show your working.
Working:
Final answer:
Award 2 marks for a correct answer. Award 1 mark for correct method but incorrect answer.
Correct answer [2] i.e. $300 million
Correct method but incorrect answer e.g.
- Gross profit - profit [1]
- $390 m−$90 m [1]
If correct answer given with no working shown, award 2 marks.
Award only 1 mark if $ 300 million is written as part of the answer but is not given as the final answer.
For 2 marks answer must be in millions.
$ sign not required.
Max 1 for 300 on own.
Outline two ways KPX's Finance Director could use the financial data in Table 1.1.
Way 1:
Way 2:
Outline two ways KPX's Finance Director could use the financial data in Table 1.1.
Award 1 mark for each relevant way (max 2).
Award 1 mark for each relevant reference to this business (max 2).
Points might include:
- Show whether made a profit [k] which is $90 m [app]
- Calculate profit margin [k] for the factory [app]
- Calculate gross profit margin [k] when importing raw materials [app]
- Help make decisions about whether to continue/stop production [k] of computers [app]
- To track performance against objectives/time [k]
- To compare performance against other businesses [k]
- Support a loan application [k]
Other appropriate responses should be credited.
To use words from the stem as application, the reference must be appropriate (i.e. make sense) in relation to the point being made.
The following words are likely to be appropriate for this question:
- Computers
- Factory
- Imports raw materials / 60\% of raw materials
- Lean production
- $750 m (revenue)
- $360 m (cost of sales)
- $390 m (gross profit)
- $90 m (profit)
- 52% (gross profit margin)
- 12% (profit margin)
- $300 m (expenses) OFR applies
Other appropriate examples can be credited.
Award 'Use ratio analysis' where no specific examples given.