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AP Business with Personal Finance Balance Sheet and Net Worth Drill 20

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About This Drill

AP Business with Personal Finance Balance Sheet and Net Worth Drill 20 is a practice drill. It contains 5 original questions created by Brian Stewart, a Barron's test prep author with over 20 years of tutoring experience.

A business-finance drill on reading a balance sheet and computing owner's equity, with interest rates shown inline on each debt; uses an invented business and original figures.

Passage

Riverbend Ceramics is a one-person pottery studio. The owner prepares a balance sheet to check the studio's financial position. Each debt lists its annual interest rate in parentheses. The figures are hypothetical.

Balance Sheet for Riverbend Ceramics (as of December 31)

ItemAmount
Assets
Cash and checking$6,200
Inventory (finished pottery)$4,800
Equipment (kiln, wheels)$14,000
Studio van$9,000
Total assets$34,000
Liabilities
Equipment loan (7%)$8,000
Auto loan (6%)$5,000
Credit card balance (19%)$1,200
Total liabilities$14,200
Net worth (owner's equity)$19,800

Questions in This Drill

  1. Q1: According to the balance sheet, what are Riverbend Ceramics' total assets?
  2. Q2: On a balance sheet, net worth (owner's equity) is defined as which of the following?
  3. Q3: Confirm the net worth figure: using the totals shown, what is total assets minus total liabilities?
  4. Q4: Which debt carries the highest annual interest rate, making it the most expensive to carry per dollar owed?
  5. Q5: The owner wants to report the studio's financial position to a lender. Based on the balance sheet, which statement best communicates that position?