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WorksheetsChoices and Opportunity Cost
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is opportunity cost?
the choice you make
what you give up when you make a choice
What does value mean?
the cost of giving something up
the importance given to a choice made
What is scarcity?
not having enough resources
having too many resources
Thomas goes the store to buy a Snickers bar. When he gets to the store they have 2 for 1 sale on Twix bars, so he buys the Twix. What is Thomas's opportunity cost?
the Twix bars
the Snickers bar
Lainie goes the ice cream shop. She has two favorite flavors, chocolate and strawberry. When she gets to the shop, her mother says she can only have one scoop. Lainie picks strawberry. What is Lainie's opportunity cost?
strawberry ice cream
chocolate ice cream
Mrs. Smith goes to Dillard’s to buy a pair of shoes. At the store she sees two that she likes- a red pair and a blue pair. Since red is her favorite color, she buys the red pair of shoes. What pair of shoes does Mrs. Smith value more?
the red pair
the blue pair
Dante goes to Game Stop to buy the Minecraft game for his Xbox. When he gets to the store he notices that the new NBA 2K game has come out, he decides to still buy the Minecraft game. What game does Dante value more?
NBA 2K
Minecraft
If you have two choices - either a box of Rice Krispies or Froot Loops - and you choose Froot Loops, what is your opportunity cost?
Rice Krispies
Froot Loops
The Tibbetts family had the choice to either put a swimming pool in their back yard or go to the beach. They chose to buy a swimming pool. What was their opportunity cost?
the beach vacation
the swimming pool
Emma had the choice of pizza or a hamburger for lunch. She chose to eat pizza. What did she value more?
a hamburger
pizza
