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What is Total Revenue?
Grade Level:
Class 12
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Definition
What is it?
Total Revenue is the complete amount of money a business earns from selling its goods or services over a specific period. It is calculated by multiplying the quantity of items sold by their selling price per item.
Simple Example
Quick Example
Imagine a small chai shop near your school. If the shop sells 100 cups of chai in a day, and each cup costs ₹10, then the total money earned from selling chai that day is ₹1000. This ₹1000 is the shop's Total Revenue.
Worked Example
Step-by-Step
Let's say a local bakery sells two types of items: Samosas and Jalebis.
Step 1: Calculate revenue from Samosas. The bakery sells 200 Samosas at ₹15 each.
Revenue from Samosas = Quantity of Samosas x Price per Samosa = 200 x ₹15 = ₹3000.
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Step 2: Calculate revenue from Jalebis. The bakery sells 150 plates of Jalebis at ₹40 per plate.
Revenue from Jalebis = Quantity of Jalebis x Price per Jalebi = 150 x ₹40 = ₹6000.
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Step 3: Add up the revenue from all items to find the Total Revenue.
Total Revenue = Revenue from Samosas + Revenue from Jalebis = ₹3000 + ₹6000 = ₹9000.
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Answer: The bakery's Total Revenue is ₹9000.
Why It Matters
Understanding Total Revenue is crucial for any business, from a small kirana store to big tech companies. It helps businesses in FinTech decide on investment strategies, engineers in EV companies price their vehicles, and even doctors manage clinic finances. It's a key indicator of a business's sales performance.
Common Mistakes
MISTAKE: Confusing Total Revenue with Profit. | CORRECTION: Total Revenue is just the money earned from sales. Profit is what's left AFTER subtracting all expenses (like cost of ingredients, rent, salaries) from Total Revenue.
MISTAKE: Forgetting to include all types of sales. | CORRECTION: Total Revenue must include earnings from ALL goods and services sold by the business, not just the most popular ones.
MISTAKE: Using the cost of making the product instead of the selling price. | CORRECTION: Always use the price at which the product is SOLD to the customer to calculate Total Revenue, not how much it cost the business to make it.
Practice Questions
Try It Yourself
QUESTION: A mobile phone store sells 50 smartphones at ₹15,000 each. What is its Total Revenue from smartphone sales? | ANSWER: ₹7,50,000
QUESTION: A local school canteen sells 300 samosas at ₹10 each and 200 packets of juice at ₹25 each in a day. Calculate the canteen's Total Revenue for that day. | ANSWER: ₹8,000
QUESTION: An online t-shirt seller sells 120 t-shirts at ₹350 each. Due to a festive offer, they also sold 80 t-shirts at a discounted price of ₹250 each. What is the total revenue earned from t-shirt sales? | ANSWER: ₹62,000
MCQ
Quick Quiz
Which of the following formulas correctly calculates Total Revenue?
Total Revenue = Price per unit + Quantity sold
Total Revenue = Price per unit x Quantity sold
Total Revenue = Quantity sold - Price per unit
Total Revenue = (Price per unit x Quantity sold) - Expenses
The Correct Answer Is:
B
Total Revenue is calculated by multiplying the selling price of each unit by the total number of units sold. Option D is incorrect as it describes profit, not total revenue.
Real World Connection
In the Real World
When you order food on apps like Swiggy or Zomato, the restaurant's Total Revenue comes from the total value of all the food orders they receive. Similarly, when you buy clothes from Myntra, the company's Total Revenue is the sum of money from all the clothes they sell to customers across India.
Key Vocabulary
Key Terms
REVENUE: The income a business generates from its sales | QUANTITY: The number of units of a product sold | SELLING PRICE: The price at which a product or service is sold to the customer | PROFIT: The money left after all expenses are subtracted from total revenue
What's Next
What to Learn Next
Now that you understand Total Revenue, your next step should be to learn about 'Total Cost'. Knowing both Total Revenue and Total Cost will help you understand how businesses calculate their 'Profit' – which is super important for any business to succeed!
