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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.A small business sells 42 potted plants at ₹10 each. Its costs are ₹240. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 2.Which of these is true of a company? (a) owner owes the debts (b) owner keeps all profit (c) one owner runs it (d) a separate legal body
- 3.👤 A sole trader is… (a) a big company (b) a bank (c) a one-owner business (d) a school club
- 4.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) owned by shareholders (b) owner keeps all profit (c) owners’ risk is limited (d) a separate legal body
- 5.🏢 Sole trader or company: run by directors? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 6.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) owners’ risk is limited (b) owned by shareholders (c) one owner runs it (d) a separate legal body
- 7.True or false: “one owner runs it” is true of a sole trader. (a) False (b) True
- 8.True or false: “owner owes the debts” is true of a company. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🏢 Sole trader or company: a separate legal body? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 10.🏢 Sole trader or company: one owner runs it? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 11.A small business sells 49 clay diyas at ₹10 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 12.A small business sells 24 glasses of chai at ₹35 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 13.📊 Revenue or profit: price × number sold? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 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 sole trader? (a) run by directors (b) owner owes the debts (c) owned by shareholders (d) owners’ risk is limited
- 16.A small business sells 28 glasses of chai at ₹30 each. Its costs are ₹120. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 17.True or false: “owned by shareholders” is true of a sole trader. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which of these is true of a company? (a) run by directors (b) simplest to start (c) owner owes the debts (d) owner keeps all profit
- 19.🏢 Sole trader or company: owners’ risk is limited? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 20.🏢 Sole trader or company: owner keeps all profit? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 21.📊 Revenue or profit: revenue minus costs? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 22.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) run by directors (b) a separate legal body (c) owners’ risk is limited (d) simplest to start
- 23.A small business sells 48 painted pebbles at ₹5 each. Its costs are ₹100. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 24.A small business sells 49 paper bookmarks at ₹15 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 25.A small business selling glasses of chai had a revenue of ₹215 and a profit of ₹65. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 26.True or false: “a separate legal body” is true of a sole trader. (a) False (b) True
- 27.A small business selling cups of lemonade had a revenue of ₹940 and a profit of ₹750. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 28.🏢 A company is owned by… (a) its suppliers (b) its customers (c) its shareholders (d) the government always
- 29.📊 Revenue or profit: left after all costs? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 30.🎂 Can a 14-year-old run a business on their own? (a) yes, no one needed (b) only at night (c) never ever (d) only with adult help
- 31.A small business sells 59 jute bags at ₹30 each. Its costs are ₹910. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 32.🏢 Sole trader or company: owner owes the debts? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 33.True or false: “a separate legal body” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 34.A small business sells 35 potted plants at ₹10 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 35.A small business sells 59 friendship bands at ₹50 each. Its costs are ₹50. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 36.A small business sells 42 jute bags at ₹50 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 37.🏢 Sole trader or company: owned by shareholders? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 38.A small business selling jute bags had a revenue of ₹600 and a profit of ₹580. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 39.📊 Revenue or profit: money in before costs? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 40.Which of these is true of a company? (a) owner owes the debts (b) owned by shareholders (c) one owner runs it (d) simplest to start
Answer key
- 180
- a separate legal body
- a one-owner business
- owner keeps all profit
- a company
- one owner runs it
- True
- False
- a company
- a sole trader
- 490
- 840
- revenue
- False
- owner owes the debts
- 720
- False
- run by directors
- a company
- a sole trader
- profit
- simplest to start
- 140
- 735
- 150
- False
- 190
- its shareholders
- profit
- only with adult help
- 860
- a sole trader
- True
- 350
- 2900
- 2100
- a company
- 20
- revenue
- owned by shareholders
Free entrepreneurship lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/entrepreneurship-for-kids