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.🏢 Sole trader or company: owner keeps all profit? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 2.📊 Revenue or profit: left after all costs? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 3.True or false: “simplest to start” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 4.A small business sells 58 paper bookmarks at ₹5 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 5.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) owners’ risk is limited (b) simplest to start (c) a separate legal body (d) owned by shareholders
- 6.🏢 Sole trader or company: owners’ risk is limited? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 7.🏢 Sole trader or company: run by directors? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 8.📊 Revenue minus costs equals… (a) revenue (b) stock (c) price (d) profit
- 9.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) a separate legal body (b) run by directors (c) owners’ risk is limited (d) one owner runs it
- 10.🏢 Sole trader or company: simplest to start? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 11.📊 Revenue or profit: money in before costs? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 12.A small business selling potted plants had a revenue of ₹585 and a profit of ₹155. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 13.A small business selling glasses of chai had a revenue of ₹520 and a profit of ₹310. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 14.True or false: “owner keeps all profit” is true of a company. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which of these is true of a company? (a) owner keeps all profit (b) one owner runs it (c) run by directors (d) simplest to start
- 16.🏢 Sole trader or company: owned by shareholders? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 17.🏢 Sole trader or company: one owner runs it? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 18.🎂 Can a 14-year-old run a business on their own? (a) yes, no one needed (b) only with adult help (c) only at night (d) never ever
- 19.A small business sells 48 friendship bands at ₹45 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 20.👤 A sole trader is… (a) a bank (b) a big company (c) a school club (d) a one-owner business
- 21.A small business sells 22 fruit cups at ₹30 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 22.Which of these is true of a company? (a) owner keeps all profit (b) one owner runs it (c) a separate legal body (d) simplest to start
- 23.A small business sells 12 potted plants at ₹5 each. Its costs are ₹10. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 24.A small business sells 25 friendship bands at ₹30 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 25.True or false: “owner owes the debts” is true of a sole trader. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: “owned by shareholders” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🏢 A company is owned by… (a) its suppliers (b) the government always (c) its shareholders (d) its customers
- 28.True or false: “owned by shareholders” is true of a sole trader. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these is true of a company? (a) owner keeps all profit (b) one owner runs it (c) owners’ risk is limited (d) owner owes the debts
- 30.True or false: “one owner runs it” is true of a sole trader. (a) True (b) False
- 31.A small business sells 57 cups of lemonade at ₹40 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 32.True or false: “run by directors” is true of a sole trader. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “run by directors” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 34.📊 Revenue or profit: price × number sold? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 35.Which of these is true of a company? (a) owner keeps all profit (b) owner owes the debts (c) one owner runs it (d) owned by shareholders
- 36.A small business sells 11 glasses of chai at ₹50 each. Its costs are ₹100. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 37.A small business sells 26 cups of lemonade at ₹25 each. Its costs are ₹620. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 38.A small business sells 21 fruit cups at ₹30 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 39.📊 Revenue or profit: revenue minus costs? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 40.A small business sells 51 handmade cards at ₹40 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
Answer key
- a sole trader
- profit
- False
- 290
- simplest to start
- a company
- a company
- profit
- one owner runs it
- a sole trader
- revenue
- 430
- 210
- False
- run by directors
- a company
- a sole trader
- only with adult help
- 2160
- a one-owner business
- 660
- a separate legal body
- 50
- 750
- True
- True
- its shareholders
- False
- owners’ risk is limited
- True
- 2280
- False
- True
- revenue
- owned by shareholders
- 450
- 30
- 630
- profit
- 2040
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