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: simplest to start? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 2.A small business sells 27 fruit cups at ₹40 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 3.True or false: “owner owes the debts” is true of a sole trader. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: “a separate legal body” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 5.📊 Revenue or profit: price × number sold? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 6.🏢 Sole trader or company: a separate legal body? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 7.🎂 Can a 14-year-old run a business on their own? (a) only at night (b) yes, no one needed (c) only with adult help (d) never ever
- 8.True or false: “one owner runs it” is true of a sole trader. (a) True (b) False
- 9.📊 Revenue or profit: revenue minus costs? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 10.Which of these is true of a company? (a) owner owes the debts (b) simplest to start (c) one owner runs it (d) owners’ risk is limited
- 11.🏢 Sole trader or company: run by directors? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 12.A small business sells 13 glasses of chai at ₹10 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 13.🏢 Sole trader or company: owners’ risk is limited? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 14.🏢 Sole trader or company: owner keeps all profit? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 15.A small business selling fruit cups had a revenue of ₹450 and a profit of ₹200. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 16.🏢 A company is owned by… (a) its suppliers (b) its customers (c) the government always (d) its shareholders
- 17.📊 Revenue or profit: money in before costs? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 18.📊 Revenue minus costs equals… (a) revenue (b) price (c) stock (d) profit
- 19.👤 A sole trader is… (a) a bank (b) a one-owner business (c) a school club (d) a big company
- 20.A small business sells 42 cupcakes at ₹50 each. Its costs are ₹350. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 21.A small business selling bags of popcorn had a revenue of ₹190 and a profit of ₹180. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 22.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) owner owes the debts (b) a separate legal body (c) owners’ risk is limited (d) run by directors
- 23.True or false: “owned by shareholders” is true of a sole trader. (a) True (b) False
- 24.A small business sells 52 friendship bands at ₹25 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 25.A small business sells 15 painted pebbles at ₹5 each. Its costs are ₹60. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 26.A small business sells 49 fruit cups at ₹45 each. Its costs are ₹1340. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 27.A small business sells 32 jute bags at ₹15 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 28.Which of these is true of a company? (a) one owner runs it (b) simplest to start (c) a separate legal body (d) owner owes the debts
- 29.A small business selling cups of lemonade had a revenue of ₹540 and a profit of ₹20. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 30.True or false: “run by directors” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🏢 Sole trader or company: owner owes the debts? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 32.True or false: “owned by shareholders” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 33.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) owned by shareholders (b) owners’ risk is limited (c) run by directors (d) one owner runs it
- 34.A small business sells 10 potted plants at ₹30 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 35.True or false: “owner keeps all profit” is true of a sole trader. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: “simplest to start” is true of a sole trader. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🏢 Sole trader or company: one owner runs it? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 38.True or false: “simplest to start” is true of a company. (a) True (b) False
- 39.📊 Revenue or profit: all money from sales? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 40.Which of these is true of a company? (a) owner keeps all profit (b) owner owes the debts (c) run by directors (d) one owner runs it
Answer key
- a sole trader
- 1080
- True
- True
- revenue
- a company
- only with adult help
- True
- profit
- owners’ risk is limited
- a company
- 130
- a company
- a sole trader
- 250
- its shareholders
- revenue
- profit
- a one-owner business
- 1750
- 10
- owner owes the debts
- False
- 1300
- 15
- 865
- 480
- a separate legal body
- 520
- True
- a sole trader
- True
- one owner runs it
- 300
- True
- True
- a sole trader
- False
- revenue
- run by directors
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