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.Which of these is true of a company? (a) a separate legal body (b) simplest to start (c) owner owes the debts (d) one owner runs it
- 2.🏢 Sole trader or company: owner keeps all profit? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 3.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) one owner runs it (b) owners’ risk is limited (c) a separate legal body (d) run by directors
- 4.👤 A sole trader is… (a) a big company (b) a one-owner business (c) a school club (d) a bank
- 5.📊 Revenue or profit: revenue minus costs? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 6.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) owned by shareholders (b) simplest to start (c) owners’ risk is limited (d) a separate legal body
- 7.Which of these is true of a company? (a) one owner runs it (b) run by directors (c) owner owes the debts (d) simplest to start
- 8.📊 Revenue or profit: price × number sold? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 9.📊 Revenue minus costs equals… (a) price (b) revenue (c) stock (d) profit
- 10.True or false: “run by directors” is true of a company. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🏢 Sole trader or company: owner owes the debts? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 12.True or false: “run by directors” is true of a sole trader. (a) True (b) False
- 13.A small business sells 53 fruit cups at ₹30 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 14.📊 Revenue or profit: goes up if costs fall? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 15.Which of these is true of a company? (a) one owner runs it (b) owner owes the debts (c) simplest to start (d) owners’ risk is limited
- 16.A small business sells 50 bags of popcorn at ₹20 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 17.📊 Revenue or profit: all money from sales? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 18.True or false: “owners’ risk is limited” is true of a company. (a) True (b) False
- 19.A small business sells 14 potted plants at ₹25 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 20.A small business sells 16 painted pebbles at ₹50 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 21.📜 Who should explain tax or legal rules for a business? (a) a random video (b) an adult or an expert (c) nobody (d) a classmate
- 22.Which of these is true of a sole trader? (a) owners’ risk is limited (b) a separate legal body (c) run by directors (d) owner owes the debts
- 23.📊 Revenue or profit: money in before costs? (a) revenue (b) profit
- 24.A small business sells 31 fruit cups at ₹40 each. Its costs are ₹930. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 25.A small business sells 35 potted plants at ₹5 each. Its costs are ₹90. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 26.A small business sells 22 potted plants at ₹10 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 27.🎂 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
- 28.A small business sells 19 potted plants at ₹5 each. Its costs are ₹50. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 29.🏢 Sole trader or company: run by directors? (a) a sole trader (b) a company
- 30.A small business sells 60 painted pebbles at ₹30 each. What is its revenue (in ₹)?
- 31.A small business sells 35 bags of popcorn at ₹35 each. Its costs are ₹210. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 32.🏢 A company is owned by… (a) its suppliers (b) its customers (c) its shareholders (d) the government always
- 33.🏢 Sole trader or company: one owner runs it? (a) a company (b) a sole trader
- 34.A small business sells 38 potted plants at ₹25 each. Its costs are ₹830. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 35.📊 Revenue or profit: left after all costs? (a) profit (b) revenue
- 36.A small business selling potted plants had a revenue of ₹1080 and a profit of ₹620. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 37.A small business sells 27 potted plants at ₹10 each. Its costs are ₹10. What is its profit (in ₹)?
- 38.Which of these is true of a company? (a) one owner runs it (b) owned by shareholders (c) owner keeps all profit (d) owner owes the debts
- 39.A small business selling handmade cards had a revenue of ₹260 and a profit of ₹240. What were its costs (in ₹)?
- 40.A small business selling potted plants had a revenue of ₹855 and a profit of ₹615. What were its costs (in ₹)?
Answer key
- a separate legal body
- a sole trader
- one owner runs it
- a one-owner business
- profit
- simplest to start
- run by directors
- revenue
- profit
- True
- a sole trader
- False
- 1590
- profit
- owners’ risk is limited
- 1000
- revenue
- True
- 350
- 800
- an adult or an expert
- owner owes the debts
- revenue
- 310
- 85
- 220
- only with adult help
- 45
- a company
- 1800
- 1015
- its shareholders
- a sole trader
- 120
- profit
- 460
- 260
- owned by shareholders
- 20
- 240
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