Dividends on Preferred and Common Stock
Boise Bike Corp. manufactures mountain bikes and distributes them through retail outlets in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Boise Bike Corp. has declared the following annual dividends over a six-year period ending December 31 of each year: 2007, $8,000; 2008, $24,000; 2009, $60,000; 2010, $75,000; 2011, $80,000; and 2012, $98,000. During the entire period, the outstanding stock of the company was composed of 20,000 shares of 2% cumulative preferred stock, $75 par, and 50,000 shares of common stock, $5 par.
1. Determine the total dividends and the per-share dividends declared on each class of stock for each of the six years. There were no dividends in arrears on January 1, 2007. Summarize the data in tabular form. If required, round your answers to two decimal places. If the amount is zero, please enter "0".

For preferred dividends simply take the par value of the preferred stock times the percentage rate times the number of shares issued and outstanding.

Then just subtract the preferred dividends from the total amount of dividends paid to get your dividends available to common stockholders.

For the common dividends per share simply take the amount of dividends available to common stockholders divided by the total number of common shares issued and outstanding.