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2. Understand how businesses make a profit.

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Give the formula for calculating revenue by choosing the correct words and inserting them in the right place:

Revenue = Number of sales x ............................

a)

Fixed costs

b)

Price per unit

c)

Start-up costs

d)

Variable costs

2.

In a month , a business making computer desks sells 300 desks. The price of each desk is £30. What is their total revenue per month?

a)

£90 per month

b)

£900 per month

c)

£9,000 per month

d)

£90,000 per month

3.

In a month , a business making computer desks sells 300 desks. The price of each desk is £30.

If they sell the same number every month, what is their total annual revenue?

a)

£108

b)

£9,000

c)

£18,000

d)

£108,000

4.

Kamila has a van and sells ice lollies and candy floss at fairgrounds. The ice lollies sell for £1.00 and sticks of candy floss for £1.50. Yesterday Max sold 200 ice lollies and 300 bags of candy floss. What is his total revenue?

a)

£650

b)

£6,500

c)

£1,500

d)

£1,200

5.

Which TWO of the following are sources of revenue for a charity shop?

a)

Advertising the shop

b)

Donations from the public

c)

Paying rent for the shop

d)

Selling clothes

e)

Collection items to sell

6.

Last week a charity shop held a book and DVD fair. It sold 1,200 books at 25p each and 500 DVDs at 20p each. Calculate the total revenue it earned.

a)

£40

b)

£400

c)

£425

d)

£450

7.

A small business sells personalised T-shirts. Each one retails for £15. The business sold 10,000 T-shirts last year. Calculate the revenue for the business.

a)

Revenue = 10,000 x £15 = £1,500

b)

Revenue = 10,000 x £15 = £15,000

c)

Revenue = 10,000 x £15 = £150,000

d)

Revenue = 10,000 x £15 = £1,500,000

8.

Jake is a greengrocer. Which TWO of these are items of expenditure for a greengrocer?

a)

Stock for the shop

b)

A bank loan for an extension

c)

Wages for an assistant

d)

Sales revenue

e)

Interest on savings account

9.

Lucy runs a nail bar. Which TWO figures show her expenditure items this month?

a)

Rent £1,000

b)

Product sales £200

c)

Income from manicures £2,600

d)

Wages £1,400

10.

Gary is a window cleaner. Last year his revenue was £40,000 and his expenditure was £10,000. Did he make a profit or loss?

a)

Profit

b)

Loss

11.

The formula used to calculate the revenue earned for each type of item sold by a business is:​

Revenue = number of sales x (a)  

12.

The term relates to all the money the business pays out.​

a)

Revenue

b)

Expenditure

13.

These costs have to be paid whether the business is 'busy' or 'quiet' .

a)

Variable costs

b)

Fixed costs

14.

Fixed costs are known as:

a)

Overheads

b)

Start up costs

c)

Direct expenses

15.

Over heads are the every-day ....................of a business

a)

start up costs

b)

running costs

16.

If revenue is greater than the cost of making or obtaining the items and running the business, then the owner makes a:

a)

Profit

b)

Loss

17.

If expenditure is greater than the revenue, then the owner makes a:

a)

Loss

b)

Profit

18.

if a business sells 1000 small boxes of chocolates at £4.00 each, the revenue will be:​

a)

£400

b)

£1000

c)

£4000

19.

Rent and business rates​

Staff wages​

Utility bills (gas, electric and power)​

Telecommunications links and website maintenance​

Advertising and printing costs

These costs are examples of:

a)

Variable costs

b)

Overheads

c)

Start-up costs

20.

Raw materials/components/packaging​

Stock items for resale 

Are examples of:

a)

Fixed costs

b)

Variable costs

c)

Direct costs

d)

Indirect costs