Examples based on Shares and Dividends

Mr. Gupta has a choice to invest in ten-rupee shares of two firm at Rs. 13 or at Rs. 16. If the first firm pays 5% dividend and the second firm pays 6% dividend per annum, find:

1. which firm is paying better.
2. if Mr. Gupta invests equally in both the firms and the difference between the returns from them is Rs. 30, find how much, in all, does he invest?

A man invests Rs. 22,500 in Rs. 50 shares available at 10% discount. If the dividend paid by the company is 12%, calculate:

1. The number of shares purchased.
2. The annual dividend received.
3. The rate of return he gets on his investment. Give your answer correct to the nearest whole number.

Vikram bought 200 shares of Rs 25 each of 'Calcutta Jute Co.' paying 8% of dividend. Vikram bought them at such a price that he gets 10% of his money. At what price did he buy the share?

Ajay owns 560 shares of a company. The face value of each share is Rs. 25. The company declares a dividend of 9%. Calculate:
(i) The dividend that Ajay will get.
(ii) The rate of interest on his investment, if Ajay had paid Rs. 30 for each share.

Payal had Rs 125 shares of 'Asian Chemicals' paying 12% dividend. She sold them at Rs 150 and invested the proceeds in Rs 50 shares of 'Saras Chemicals' at Rs 40 and paying 10% dividend. She thus increased her income by Rs 825. Find the number of shares of 'Asian chemicals' that Payal sold.

Akanksha invested 15%, 25% and 35% of her savings in buying shares of 'Infosys', 'Wipro' and 'Reliance' 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.

Which in better investment: 7% Rs. 100 shares at Rs.120 or 8% Rs. 10 shares at Rs. 13.50.

Which among these is a better investment:

12.5% at 125 or 7.5% at 80