Chapter 10 – Revenue, costs and break-even analysis

Break-even graph

Instructions

The main aim of most businesses is to make a profit. To do this a business needs to take in more money (total revenue) than its costs to produce its goods and services (total cost). Complete the data in the tables to plot the fixed, variable and total cost lines and the total revenue line to work out the break-even point for an ice cream seller.

Chapter 10 PDF, pages 6-7

Fixed cost

A particular ice cream seller may have to pay £100 per day no matter how many ice creams are sold. Complete the table below to show the fixed cost.

Number of ice creams sold Fixed cost
0
0
50
0
100
0
150
0
200
0
250
0
300
0
350
0