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Level 4 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Cost and Pricing Calculations

AB404 · Quantitative Methods in a Business Context — Week 3 of 16

CourseAB404
Week3 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Cost and Pricing Calculations

  1. Cost-volume-profit analysis
  2. Contribution margin calculation
  3. Break-even point in units and revenue
  4. Margin of safety
  5. CVP made EASY | Breakeven & Margin of Safety | ACCA PM / F5 | Hare Events
  6. CIMA P1 Cost Volume Profit Analysis
  7. Intro to Cost Volume Profit Analysis

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Apply numerical techniques in a business context.
  • 1.2 Perform calculations to inform business decision making.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: apply numerical techniques in a business context.

Study materials

Videos

  • CVP made EASY | Breakeven & Margin of Safety | ACCA PM / F5 | Hare Events · YouTube · Steve Willis ACCA · 16 min · for registered students
  • CIMA P1 Cost Volume Profit Analysis · YouTube · OpenTuition · 30 min · for registered students
  • Intro to Cost Volume Profit Analysis · YouTube · Edspira · 13 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Accounting, Volume 2: Managerial Accounting, ch. 3: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 129–180 · for registered students
  • Managerial Accounting, ch. 6: How Is Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Used for Decision Making? · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 313–382 · for registered students
  • Principles of Marketing, ch. 12.3: Five steps for setting a pricing policy · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 411–418 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Fundamentals of Business Data
  • Week 2: Essential Numerical Techniques for Business
  • Week 3: Cost and Pricing Calculations
  • Week 4: Financial Mathematics for Decision Making
  • Week 5: Tabular Data and Chart Construction
  • Week 6: Principles of Graphical Construction
  • Week 7: Plotting and Interpreting Management Graphs
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Descriptive Statistics for Data Interpretation
  • Week 10: Time Series and Trend Interpretation
  • Week 11: Data Communication and Stakeholder Reporting
  • Week 12: Applying Quantitative Methods in a Business Context in prac…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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