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.👤 A sole trader is… (a) a school club (b) a bank (c) a big company (d) a one-owner business
- 2.Which of these is true of a company? (a) owner keeps all profit (b) one owner runs it (c) run by directors (d) owner owes the debts
- 3.Which of these is true of a company? (a) owner keeps all profit (b) simplest to start (c) owner owes the debts (d) a separate legal body
- 4.📊 Revenue or profit: money in before costs? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 5.A small business sells 39 clay diyas at ₹40 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 6.🏢 Sole trader or company: one owner runs it? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 7.🏢 Sole trader or company: simplest to start? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 8.True or false: “one owner runs it” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🏢 A company is owned by… (a) its suppliers (b) its customers (c) its shareholders (d) the government always
- 10.True or false: “run by directors” is true of a sole trader. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) run by directors (b) owned by shareholders (c) owners’ risk is limited (d) one owner runs it
- 12.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) simplest to start (b) run by directors (c) owned by shareholders (d) a separate legal body
- 13.📊 Revenue or profit: revenue minus costs? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 14.A small business sells 51 handmade cards at ₹20 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 15.A small business sells 20 paper bookmarks at ₹35 each. Its costs are ₹420. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 16.🏢 Sole trader or company: owners’ risk is limited? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 17.True or false: “owner owes the debts” is true of a sole trader. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which of these is true of a company? (a) owner owes the debts (b) simplest to start (c) owned by shareholders (d) one owner runs it
- 19.A small business selling paper bookmarks had a revenue of ₹850 and a profit of ₹670. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 20.A small business sells 23 handmade cards at ₹15 each. Its costs are ₹260. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 21.A small business sells 37 cupcakes at ₹45 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 22.True or false: “simplest to start” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 23.📜 Who should explain tax or legal rules for a business? (a) nobody (b) a random video (c) an adult or an expert (d) a classmate
- 24.A small business sells 36 bags of popcorn at ₹50 each. Its costs are ₹1390. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 25.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
- 26.True or false: “one owner runs it” is true of a sole trader. (a) True (b) False
- 27.A small business sells 17 glasses of chai at ₹40 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 28.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) owners’ risk is limited (b) a separate legal body (c) owned by shareholders (d) owner keeps all profit
- 29.🏢 Sole trader or company: owned by shareholders? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 30.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) a separate legal body (b) owned by shareholders (c) run by directors (d) owner owes the debts
- 31.True or false: “owner keeps all profit” is true of a company. (a) True (b) False
- 32.A small business selling friendship bands had a revenue of ₹1225 and a profit of ₹515. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 33.🎂 Can a 14-year-old run a business on their own? (a) only with adult help (b) yes, no one needed (c) never ever (d) only at night
- 34.A small business sells 47 bags of popcorn at ₹45 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 35.📊 Revenue or profit: price × number sold? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 36.📊 Revenue or profit: goes up if costs fall? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 37.A small business selling paper bookmarks had a revenue of ₹85 and a profit of ₹25. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 38.📊 Revenue or profit: left after all costs? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 39.🏢 Sole trader or company: owner keeps all profit? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 40.A small business selling clay diyas had a revenue of ₹1350 and a profit of ₹490. What were its costs (in ₹)?
Answer key
- a one-owner business
- run by directors
- a separate legal body
- revenue
- 1560
- a sole trader
- a sole trader
- False
- its shareholders
- False
- one owner runs it
- simplest to start
- profit
- 1020
- 280
- a company
- True
- owned by shareholders
- 180
- 85
- 1665
- False
- an adult or an expert
- 410
- owners’ risk is limited
- True
- 680
- owner keeps all profit
- a company
- owner owes the debts
- False
- 710
- only with adult help
- 2115
- revenue
- profit
- 60
- profit
- a sole trader
- 860
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