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6. Finance
6.3 Financial terms and calculations
Interpreting break-even charts:
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Match the financial concept with its definition on a break-even chart:
Total Revenue ↔️ Income from sales
Break-even point ↔️ Total revenue = total costs
Profit ↔️ Total revenue > total costs
Loss ↔️ Total revenue < total costs
What is the definition of the break-even point?
Total revenue equals total costs
Match the financial concept with its definition:
Break-even point ↔️ Total revenue = total costs
Profit ↔️ Total revenue > total costs
Loss ↔️ Total revenue < total costs
What are fixed costs in a break-even chart?
Costs that do not change
What does the total revenue line represent on a break-even chart?
Income from sales
What is the characteristic of fixed costs on a break-even chart?
They do not change
How does total revenue change as output increases on a break-even chart?
Increases linearly
The break-even point is the level of output where total revenue equals total
costs
Arrange the following financial concepts in order from lowest to highest level of output or sales:
1️⃣ Loss
2️⃣ Break-even point
3️⃣ Profit
Variable costs are costs that increase as output
increases
The break-even point occurs where total revenue equals total
costs
Variable costs change as the level of
output
changes.
A business makes a profit when total revenue exceeds
total costs
.
True
What type of line represents fixed costs on a break-even chart?
Horizontal line
Fixed costs do not change with the level of
output
.
True
The break-even point is where total revenue equals total
costs
Fixed costs on a break-even chart are represented by a horizontal
line
The total revenue line on a break-even chart increases in a linear
fashion
The total revenue line on a break-even chart represents the income generated from
sales
The break-even point is the level of output where total revenue equals total costs.
True
Steps to identify the break-even point on a break-even chart:
1️⃣ Find where the total revenue line and total cost line intersect
2️⃣ Note the output level at this point on the X-axis
3️⃣ The output level is the break-even level of output or sales
The loss region on a break-even chart indicates that total costs exceed
total revenue
.
True
At the break-even point, total revenue equals total costs, resulting in neither profit nor
loss
.
True
Total revenue on a break-even chart represents the income generated from
sales
What does the fixed costs line look like on a break-even chart?
Horizontal line
What does the break-even point represent in terms of total revenue and total costs?
Total revenue equals total costs
What is the significance of the intersection of the total revenue and total costs lines on a break-even chart?
Break-even point
The margin of safety indicates how much sales can decrease before a business starts making
losses
.
True
Match the concept with its definition:
Break-even point ↔️ Total revenue = total costs
Profit ↔️ Total revenue > total costs
Loss ↔️ Total revenue < total costs
The break-even point is the level of output where total revenue equals
total costs
.
True
A business makes a profit when total revenue is greater than total costs.
True
Total costs are the sum of fixed costs and
variable costs
.
True
A loss occurs when total revenue is less than
total costs
.
True
Total costs on a break-even chart are calculated by adding fixed costs and variable costs.
True
Below the break-even point, total revenue is less than total
costs
, resulting in a loss.
The fixed cost line on a break-even chart remains constant regardless of the level of
output
.
Match the cost line with its definition:
Fixed Costs ↔️ Costs that do not change with output
Total Costs ↔️ Sum of fixed and variable costs
Order the financial concepts based on the relationship between total revenue and total costs:
1️⃣ Break-even point (total revenue = total costs)
2️⃣ Profit (total revenue > total costs)
3️⃣ Loss (total revenue < total costs)
Match the cost type with an example:
Fixed Costs ↔️ Rent
Variable Costs ↔️ Raw materials
Match the financial concept with its definition:
Total Revenue ↔️ Income generated from sales
Break-even point ↔️ Total revenue equals total costs
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