ECZ 2026 · GCE Paper 1 — Social and Commercial Arithmetic

The market value of a share is K25.00. How many shares can be bought from K25 250.00?

  • A. 101
  • B. 1 010
  • C. 10 100
  • D. 1 100

Verified working — step 1

Each share costs its market value, K25.00, so the number of shares is the money available divided by the price of one share.

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