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.🏢 Sole trader or company: owned by shareholders? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 2.Which of these is true of a company? (a) a separate legal body (b) one owner runs it (c) simplest to start (d) owner owes the debts
- 3.A small business selling handmade cards had a revenue of ₹2160 and a profit of ₹10. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 4.A small business sells 14 potted plants at ₹35 each. Its costs are ₹220. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 5.True or false: “one owner runs it” is true of a sole trader. (a) False (b) True
- 6.Which of these is true of a company? (a) one owner runs it (b) owner keeps all profit (c) owner owes the debts (d) owners’ risk is limited
- 7.📊 Revenue or profit: left after all costs? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 8.True or false: “owner owes the debts” is true of a company. (a) True (b) False
- 9.Which of these is true of a company? (a) simplest to start (b) owner keeps all profit (c) run by directors (d) owner owes the debts
- 10.👤 A sole trader is… (a) a big company (b) a school club (c) a one-owner business (d) a bank
- 11.A small business selling cupcakes had a revenue of ₹550 and a profit of ₹470. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 12.🎂 Can a 14-year-old run a business on their own? (a) only at night (b) never ever (c) only with adult help (d) yes, no one needed
- 13.True or false: “simplest to start” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 14.📜 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
- 15.🏢 A company is owned by… (a) its suppliers (b) the government always (c) its customers (d) its shareholders
- 16.A small business sells 11 fruit cups at ₹25 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 17.📊 Revenue or profit: all money from sales? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 18.True or false: “owner keeps all profit” is true of a sole trader. (a) False (b) True
- 19.A small business sells 30 friendship bands at ₹20 each. Its costs are ₹380. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 20.📊 Revenue minus costs equals… (a) price (b) profit (c) revenue (d) stock
- 21.Which of these is true of a company? (a) one owner runs it (b) owner keeps all profit (c) owned by shareholders (d) simplest to start
- 22.A small business selling cups of lemonade had a revenue of ₹310 and a profit of ₹100. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 23.📊 Revenue or profit: goes up if costs fall? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 24.🏢 Sole trader or company: simplest to start? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 25.📊 Revenue or profit: revenue minus costs? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 26.🏢 Sole trader or company: run by directors? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 27.🏢 Sole trader or company: owner keeps all profit? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 28.A small business selling glasses of chai had a revenue of ₹585 and a profit of ₹155. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 29.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) owners’ risk is limited (b) a separate legal body (c) one owner runs it (d) run by directors
- 30.🏢 Sole trader or company: owner owes the debts? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 31.🏢 Sole trader or company: owners’ risk is limited? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 32.A small business sells 18 paper bookmarks at ₹40 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 33.A small business selling jute bags had a revenue of ₹630 and a profit of ₹140. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 34.📊 Revenue or profit: money in before costs? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 35.True or false: “one owner runs it” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 36.A small business sells 42 bags of popcorn at ₹40 each. Its costs are ₹1320. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 37.True or false: “owned by shareholders” is true of a company. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) owners’ risk is limited (b) run by directors (c) a separate legal body (d) owner keeps all profit
- 39.A small business selling paper bookmarks had a revenue of ₹1400 and a profit of ₹1060. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 40.A small business sells 15 handmade cards at ₹50 each. Its costs are ₹420. What is its profit (in ₹)?
Answer key
- a company
- a separate legal body
- 2150
- 270
- True
- owners’ risk is limited
- profit
- False
- run by directors
- a one-owner business
- 80
- only with adult help
- False
- an adult or an expert
- its shareholders
- 275
- revenue
- True
- 220
- profit
- owned by shareholders
- 210
- profit
- a sole trader
- profit
- a company
- a sole trader
- 430
- one owner runs it
- a sole trader
- a company
- 720
- 490
- revenue
- False
- 360
- True
- owner keeps all profit
- 340
- 330
Free entrepreneurship lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/entrepreneurship-for-kids