2004 - WAEC Accounting Past Questions and Answers - page 5

A business operates on a mark-up of 25%. If cost of goods sold is N800,000. What is the profit?

Rent prepaid as at 1st January, 2002 was N15,000. How much was paid for rent in 2007?

Which of the following is not correct?

\(\begin{array}{c|c} Assets & Liabilities & Capital\ N & N & N \ \hline \text{A. 95,550} 11,500 & 82,000 \ \text{B. 82,000} & 28,000 & 54,000\ \text{C. 78,500} & 12,500 & 66,000\ \text{D. 65,400} & 11,200 & 54,200\end{array}\)

Use the following information to answer the given question,
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N\ \hline \text{Purchase price of equipment} & 60,000\ \text{Freight and installation cost} & 10,000 \ \text{Annual maintenance cost} & 1,000\ \text{Estimated useful life - 5 years} & \ \text{Estimated scrap value} & 2000 \end{array}\)
What is the total acquisition cost of the equipment?

Use the following information to answer the given question,
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N\ \hline \text{Purchase price of equipment} & 60,000\ \text{Freight and installation cost} & 10,000 \ \text{Annual maintenance cost} & 1,000\ \text{Estimated useful life - 5 years} & \ \text{Estimated scrap value} & 2000 \end{array}\)
What is the annual depreciation charge of straight line method is used?

Use the following information to answer the given question,
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N\ \hline \text{Purchase price of equipment} & 60,000\ \text{Freight and installation cost} & 10,000 \ \text{Annual maintenance cost} & 1,000\ \text{Estimated useful life - 5 years} & \ \text{Estimated scrap value} & 2000 \end{array}\)
Using reducing balance method at the rate of 20%. What is the depreciation charge for the second year?

Use the following information to answer the given question,
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N\ \hline \text{Purchase price of equipment} & 60,000\ \text{Freight and installation cost} & 10,000 \ \text{Annual maintenance cost} & 1,000\ \text{Estimated useful life - 5 years} & \ \text{Estimated scrap value} & 2000 \end{array}\)
What is the annual depreciation charge of straight line method is used?

A statement that measures the performance of a business over a period of time is the

Use the following information to answer the given question,
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N\ \hline \text{Purchase price of equipment} & 60,000\ \text{Freight and installation cost} & 10,000 \ \text{Annual maintenance cost} & 1,000\ \text{Estimated useful life - 5 years} & \ \text{Estimated scrap value} & 2000 \end{array}\)
What is the annual depreciation charge of straight line method is used?

Capital at start was N280,000, while at the end of the year was N485,000 and drawings during he year was N15,000. What is profit for the year?