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.🎂 Can a 14-year-old run a business on their own? (a) only at night (b) never ever (c) yes, no one needed (d) only with adult help
- 2.Which of these is true of a company? (a) one owner runs it (b) simplest to start (c) owners’ risk is limited (d) owner keeps all profit
- 3.A small business selling cupcakes had a revenue of ₹600 and a profit of ₹520. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 4.A small business sells 60 potted plants at ₹45 each. Its costs are ₹2300. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 5.A small business selling handmade cards had a revenue of ₹700 and a profit of ₹270. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 6.A small business sells 35 jute bags at ₹35 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 7.🏢 Sole trader or company: a separate legal body? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 8.A small business sells 32 friendship bands at ₹45 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 9.🏢 Sole trader or company: owners’ risk is limited? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 10.👤 A sole trader is… (a) a bank (b) a big company (c) a school club (d) a one-owner business
- 11.📊 Revenue or profit: price × number sold? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 12.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) a separate legal body (b) run by directors (c) owned by shareholders (d) owner owes the debts
- 13.True or false: “owner keeps all profit” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 14.📊 Revenue or profit: revenue minus costs? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 15.🏢 Sole trader or company: owner owes the debts? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 16.A small business sells 54 painted pebbles at ₹15 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 17.A small business selling friendship bands had a revenue of ₹130 and a profit of ₹90. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 18.True or false: “owned by shareholders” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🏢 Sole trader or company: owned by shareholders? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 20.A small business sells 21 glasses of chai at ₹35 each. Its costs are ₹10. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 21.🏢 Sole trader or company: simplest to start? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 22.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) a separate legal body (b) owner keeps all profit (c) run by directors (d) owned by shareholders
- 23.Which of these is true of a company? (a) owner keeps all profit (b) owned by shareholders (c) one owner runs it (d) simplest to start
- 24.A small business selling handmade cards had a revenue of ₹220 and a profit of ₹200. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 25.📊 Revenue or profit: all money from sales? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 26.🏢 Sole trader or company: owner keeps all profit? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 27.A small business sells 25 handmade cards at ₹15 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 28.A small business sells 27 potted plants at ₹25 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 29.🏢 Sole trader or company: one owner runs it? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 30.📊 Revenue minus costs equals… (a) price (b) revenue (c) stock (d) profit
- 31.True or false: “owner owes the debts” is true of a company. (a) True (b) False
- 32.A small business sells 42 cupcakes at ₹20 each. Its costs are ₹100. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 33.A small business sells 52 friendship bands at ₹10 each. Its costs are ₹350. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 34.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) owned by shareholders (b) one owner runs it (c) owners’ risk is limited (d) run by directors
- 35.A small business sells 45 paper bookmarks at ₹10 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 36.📊 Revenue or profit: left after all costs? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 37.True or false: “owners’ risk is limited” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 38.A small business sells 59 clay diyas at ₹25 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 39.Which of these is true of a company? (a) one owner runs it (b) run by directors (c) owner owes the debts (d) owner keeps all profit
- 40.📊 Revenue or profit: money in before costs? (a) profit (b) revenue
Answer key
- only with adult help
- owners’ risk is limited
- 80
- 400
- 430
- 1225
- a company
- 1440
- a company
- a one-owner business
- revenue
- owner owes the debts
- False
- profit
- a sole trader
- 810
- 40
- True
- a company
- 725
- a sole trader
- owner keeps all profit
- owned by shareholders
- 20
- revenue
- a sole trader
- 375
- 675
- a sole trader
- profit
- False
- 740
- 170
- one owner runs it
- 450
- profit
- True
- 1475
- run by directors
- revenue
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