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.📊 Revenue or profit: price × number sold? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 2.Which of these is true of a company? (a) owner keeps all profit (b) a separate legal body (c) simplest to start (d) one owner runs it
- 3.🎂 Can a 14-year-old run a business on their own? (a) never ever (b) only with adult help (c) yes, no one needed (d) only at night
- 4.📜 Who should explain tax or legal rules for a business? (a) nobody (b) a classmate (c) an adult or an expert (d) a random video
- 5.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) run by directors (b) owners’ risk is limited (c) a separate legal body (d) owner owes the debts
- 6.True or false: “simplest to start” is true of a sole trader. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: “owner keeps all profit” is true of a sole trader. (a) True (b) False
- 8.A small business sells 22 glasses of chai at ₹40 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 9.🏢 Sole trader or company: owner keeps all profit? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 10.A small business sells 20 bags of popcorn at ₹20 each. Its costs are ₹40. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 11.A small business sells 19 painted pebbles at ₹45 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 12.A small business sells 27 jute bags at ₹40 each. Its costs are ₹1010. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 13.A small business selling potted plants had a revenue of ₹2200 and a profit of ₹1240. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 14.🏢 Sole trader or company: one owner runs it? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 15.🏢 Sole trader or company: a separate legal body? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 16.A small business selling potted plants had a revenue of ₹600 and a profit of ₹140. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 17.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) owned by shareholders (b) a separate legal body (c) owners’ risk is limited (d) owner keeps all profit
- 18.True or false: “one owner runs it” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 19.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) owned by shareholders (b) owners’ risk is limited (c) simplest to start (d) a separate legal body
- 20.📊 Revenue minus costs equals… (a) revenue (b) profit (c) price (d) stock
- 21.A small business selling glasses of chai had a revenue of ₹765 and a profit of ₹95. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 22.👤 A sole trader is… (a) a bank (b) a big company (c) a school club (d) a one-owner business
- 23.Which of these is true of a company? (a) owner owes the debts (b) one owner runs it (c) owner keeps all profit (d) owned by shareholders
- 24.True or false: “owner owes the debts” is true of a sole trader. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🏢 Sole trader or company: owners’ risk is limited? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 26.A small business selling fruit cups had a revenue of ₹1620 and a profit of ₹1270. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 27.A small business selling potted plants had a revenue of ₹205 and a profit of ₹55. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 28.A small business selling bags of popcorn had a revenue of ₹140 and a profit of ₹130. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 29.📊 Revenue or profit: revenue minus costs? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 30.🏢 A company is owned by… (a) the government always (b) its suppliers (c) its shareholders (d) its customers
- 31.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) owners’ risk is limited (b) one owner runs it (c) run by directors (d) owned by shareholders
- 32.🏢 Sole trader or company: simplest to start? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 33.Which of these is true of a company? (a) one owner runs it (b) run by directors (c) simplest to start (d) owner owes the debts
- 34.A small business selling bags of popcorn had a revenue of ₹105 and a profit of ₹85. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 35.True or false: “run by directors” is true of a sole trader. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🏢 Sole trader or company: owned by shareholders? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 37.A small business sells 14 jute bags at ₹35 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 38.📊 Revenue or profit: all money from sales? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 39.True or false: “a separate legal body” is true of a sole trader. (a) False (b) True
- 40.A small business sells 35 paper bookmarks at ₹5 each. Its costs are ₹160. What is its profit (in ₹)?
Answer key
- revenue
- a separate legal body
- only with adult help
- an adult or an expert
- owner owes the debts
- True
- True
- 880
- a sole trader
- 360
- 855
- 70
- 960
- a sole trader
- a company
- 460
- owner keeps all profit
- False
- simplest to start
- profit
- 670
- a one-owner business
- owned by shareholders
- True
- a company
- 350
- 150
- 10
- profit
- its shareholders
- one owner runs it
- a sole trader
- run by directors
- 20
- False
- a company
- 490
- revenue
- False
- 15
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