True or false: overhead expenses
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Overhead expenses are added to the cost price.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Cost price equals buying price plus overhead expenses.
- Statement is true
- No
- Statement
- Overhead expenses are added to the selling price.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Repairs and transport after buying count as overheads.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Ignoring overheads overstates the profit.
Explanation
Extra costs after buying are part of the cost price, which is why they eat into profit. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 7 Comparing Quantities.