General Maths Week 3 Quiz Shares

A single unit of ownership in a company is called a

• dividend

• liability

• share

• loan

A dividend is

• a share in a company.

• a way for a company to share profits with shareholders.

• a way to own part of a company

• is paid every year by companies to shareholders.

Shares can usually be bought or sold (traded) at any time.

• True

• False

The ASX is

• the Australian sharemarket.

• the Australian Tax Office.

• an Australian rock band from the 1990s.

• the Australian Stock Exchange.

I bought 1000 Qantas Airways shares for a total price of $5600. What is the Qantas shareprice?

The shareprice for Rio Tinto is $38.90 and the dividend yield is 9.46%. What is the expected dividend per share?

Answer explanation

Dividend = Yield x Share Price

The ASX is located in

• Brisbane

• Canberra

• Sydney

• Melbourne

The P/E ratio is the price to what ratio?

The Commonwealth Bank has a share price of $103.10. It's current P/E ratio is 20.81. What are the earnings per share (to nearest cent)?

• $4.95

• $2145.51

• 21 cents

• It depends on the dividend.

If the CBA share price is $103.10 and the earnings per share is $4.95, what percentage of annual earnings was returned to shareholders?

• 4.8%

• It depends on the yield.

• It depends on the dividend.

• 82.83%