Business Basics for Teenagers Worksheet
Business tip (Revenue in, profit left): Sole trader: one owner, keeps all the profit, owes the debts, simplest to start. Company: a separate legal body, owned by shareholders, run by directors, owners’ risk limited. Revenue = price × number sold. Profit = revenue − costs, so costs = revenue − profit. Teens run a business with adult help; tax and legal questions go to an adult or an expert.
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- 1.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) a separate legal body (b) run by directors (c) owners’ risk is limited (d) owner owes the debts
- 2.📊 Revenue or profit: goes up if costs fall? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 3.👤 A sole trader is… (a) a school club (b) a bank (c) a big company (d) a one-owner business
- 4.Which of these is true of a company? (a) one owner runs it (b) simplest to start (c) owner keeps all profit (d) run by directors
- 5.A small business sells 11 potted plants at ₹50 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 6.📊 Revenue or profit: revenue minus costs? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 7.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) owners’ risk is limited (b) a separate legal body (c) run by directors (d) one owner runs it
- 8.🏢 Sole trader or company: a separate legal body? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 9.A small business sells 32 handmade cards at ₹35 each. Its costs are ₹560. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 10.Which of these is true of a company? (a) one owner runs it (b) owner owes the debts (c) owned by shareholders (d) simplest to start
- 11.A small business selling friendship bands had a revenue of ₹920 and a profit of ₹650. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 12.A small business sells 11 cupcakes at ₹35 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 13.📜 Who should explain tax or legal rules for a business? (a) a random video (b) a classmate (c) an adult or an expert (d) nobody
- 14.🏢 Sole trader or company: one owner runs it? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 15.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) simplest to start (b) a separate legal body (c) owned by shareholders (d) run by directors
- 16.A small business sells 12 friendship bands at ₹35 each. Its costs are ₹100. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 17.A small business selling friendship bands had a revenue of ₹1180 and a profit of ₹680. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 18.📊 Revenue or profit: left after all costs? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 19.🏢 Sole trader or company: owners’ risk is limited? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 20.📊 Revenue minus costs equals… (a) revenue (b) stock (c) profit (d) price
- 21.🏢 Sole trader or company: owner keeps all profit? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 22.A small business sells 52 paper bookmarks at ₹30 each. Its costs are ₹500. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 23.A small business sells 28 handmade cards at ₹50 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 24.True or false: “a separate legal body” is true of a sole trader. (a) False (b) True
- 25.📊 Revenue or profit: price × number sold? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 26.A small business sells 48 fruit cups at ₹20 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 27.Which of these is true of a company? (a) one owner runs it (b) a separate legal body (c) owner owes the debts (d) owner keeps all profit
- 28.A small business selling cups of lemonade had a revenue of ₹220 and a profit of ₹30. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 29.🏢 Sole trader or company: simplest to start? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 30.True or false: “simplest to start” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) owners’ risk is limited (b) owned by shareholders (c) owner keeps all profit (d) a separate legal body
- 32.📊 Revenue or profit: money in before costs? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 33.🏢 Sole trader or company: owned by shareholders? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 34.A small business sells 18 paper bookmarks at ₹15 each. Its costs are ₹30. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 35.A small business sells 23 painted pebbles at ₹30 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 36.🏢 A company is owned by… (a) its shareholders (b) its customers (c) its suppliers (d) the government always
- 37.True or false: “owned by shareholders” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🏢 Sole trader or company: run by directors? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 39.True or false: “one owner runs it” is true of a sole trader. (a) True (b) False
- 40.A small business sells 32 potted plants at ₹5 each. Its costs are ₹120. What is its profit (in ₹)?
Answer key
- owner owes the debts
- profit
- a one-owner business
- run by directors
- 550
- profit
- one owner runs it
- a company
- 560
- owned by shareholders
- 270
- 385
- an adult or an expert
- a sole trader
- simplest to start
- 320
- 500
- profit
- a company
- profit
- a sole trader
- 1060
- 1400
- False
- revenue
- 960
- a separate legal body
- 190
- a sole trader
- False
- owner keeps all profit
- revenue
- a company
- 240
- 690
- its shareholders
- True
- a company
- True
- 40
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