# Economic Management Sciences Grade 7 June 2021 QP

> Grade 7 Economic Management Sciences question paper from the June Exam 2021, 9 pages. Read online or get the free PDF download, memo linked when available.

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- Subject: Economic Management Sciences
- Grade: Grade 7
- Document type: Question paper
- Year: 2021
- Exam period: June Exam
- Curriculum: CAPS
- Pages: 9

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BEDFORDVIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL

                     JUNE EXAMINATION -         2017

                   ECONOMIC MANAGMENT SCIENCES

GRADE: 7                                    DURATION: 90 minutes

EDUACTOR: MRS T. NAIDOO                     MODERATOR: MRS P. NAIDOO

TOTAL MARK:   75                            DATE: 9 June 2017

NAME OF PUPIL
___________________________________GRADE 7____

Instructions:
  1. Please ensure that you write your name on the
     Answer sheet.
  2. Write neatly and legibly.
  3. Answer all questions.
  4. Work carefully and watch your time usage. ALL THE BEST!

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   1          2          3              4        5         6       7

TEACHER COMMENT:

PARENT SIGNATURE:

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Section A: Short questions
Question 1

Complete the following statements by supplying the correct missing word in each
of the statements:

word bank

   1.1. If people planned their expenditure more carefully by drawing up a

       _______________________________, they might find that they could afford
       to save more.

   1.2. _____________________________________ are documents sent by the
        bank monthly to show the record that the bank has of the money that they
        have received and paid out of the account.

   1.3. A business makes a ______________________________ when the income
        is more than the expenses.

   1.4. Informal businesses do not pay _____________________________, which
        means that the government does not get any money from them.

   1.5. The costs to run a business are known as ___________________________
        costs.

   1.6. If a country has produced more goods and services than it did in the previous

       year we call this ___________________________________________.

   1.7. _____________________________________ is the process of taking raw
        materials and transforming them into useful goods and services.

   1.8. A ________________________________ buys and uses goods and
        services.

   1.9. The problem of unlimited wants and limited resources is called the

       _____________________________________________ .

   1.10.     The total value of all the goods and services that the country produces
              over a specific period is called the

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_______________________________________________.                        (10)

Question 2:

State if the following statements are true or false:

   2.1 A promissory note is a piece of paper on which one person writes a promise
      to pay the other person a certain sum of money at some time in the future.

   2.2 When people barter, they exchange goods for money

   2.3 Public goods are the things that the government provides which everyone in
      the community uses, for example a park or a library

   2.4 A business that buys goods in large quantities from manufacturers and then
       sells the goods to other shops or customers in smaller quantities is known as
       a retailer.

   2.5 The net worth of a business is the amount of money that the owner invests in
       the business at the start-up.

   2.6 Net worth of a person = assets – liabilities

   2.7 Ill health and people staying away from work decreases productivity

   2.8 A deficit is when your cash receipts are greater than your payments

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2.9         The people you plan to sell your product or service to is known as your
                  target market.

      2.10        The four factors of production are land, labour, capital and

                   entrepreneurship.

                                                                                     (10)

Question 3: Choose the most correct answer for each of the questions below:
Highlight / Circle the correct answer.

3.1         Rent paid by a business is classified as:

            A     an asset account

            B     a balance sheet account

            C     an expense account

            D     an income account

3.2         Bank balances, investments, trading stock and policies are examples of

            A     Fixed / non- current assets

            B     long-term liabilities

            C     current liabilities

            D     current assets

3.3         Is not an example of a financial record:

            A     payslip

            B     ATM slip

            C     change

            D     credit note
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3.4      A portion of your monthly earnings are invested and when you retire, the fund
         pays you a monthly income.

         A        shares

         B        pension

         C        rental

         D        savings

3.5      The minimum income needed to meet a person’s basic needs is

         A        the poverty cycle

         B        the bread price line

         C        the poverty line

         D        the social acceptance scale                                         (5)

Section B: The economy
Question 4 :

      4.1 Complete the following table, by deciding if these items possess the four
      characteristics of money. Indicate yes or no or yes, but difficult

                           Is the item   Is the item    Is the item      Can the item
                           relatively    durable?       portable?        be divided into
                           scarce?                                       smaller units?
      Gold

      Coins and
      notes

                                                                                       (4)

  4.2 Banks serve as vital institutions in our day to day lives. List any SIX services
      offered by banks.                                                             (6)

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

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___________________________________________________________________

Section C: Financial literacy
Question 5: Choose the most suitable match. Write down only the letter next to the
corresponding number.

   1.    Assets                              A   When money is put aside for the
                                                 future

   2.    Capital                             B   The total debts that the business
                                                 has to pay back

   3.    Fixed deposit                       C   Planning how much money you
                                                 will have in the future

   4.    Bank                                D   The money or assets invested in
                                                 the business by the owner

   5.    Budgets                             E   Money that is earned by the
                                                 business for providing a service

   6.    Savings                             F   A savings account where you can
                                                 withdraw money whenever you
                                                 need to

   7.    Liability                           G   The possessions that are valuable
                                                 to the business

   8.    Call account                        H   Money earned and paid to the
                                                 employees of the business

   9.    Loan: FNB bank                      I   The cost of borrowing money

   10.   Current income                      J   An investment made in order to
                                                 earn a fixed interest rate

   11.   Salaries and wages                  K   An account opened by the
                                                 business to deposit and withdraw
                                                 money

   12.   Interest on loan                    L   Money that the business has
                                                 borrowed from a financial
                                                 institution

   1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. _______ 6. _______

   7. _______ 8. _______ 9. _______ 10. _______ 11. _______ 12. _______
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Question 6:

Home Fixers has the following information in their financial records. Use the
information to answer the questions that follow:

Advertising costs                   2 000
Bank                               17 000
Start- up Capital                  56 000
Current income                     50 000
Water and electricity               2 000
Equipment                          40 000
Loan                              130 000
Material costs                     20 500
Rent income                         3 500
Telephone                           1 500
Vehicles                          155 000
Wages                                  00

   6.1 Name the three assets that home Fixers have.                               (3)

   6.2 Calculate the total value of these assets                                  (2)

   6.3 Does this business have any liabilities? If so, how much does the business
       owe?                                                                     (2)

   6.4 Name two income accounts                                                   (2)

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6.5 Calculate the total income that the business has earned                (2)

   6.6 Make a list of expenses and calculate the total expenses                (2)

   6.7 Did home Fixers make a profit or a loss?
       Provide a reason and show the calculation to support your answer?      (2)

   6.8 How much is the business worth? Show the calculation to support your
      answer.                                                                 (3)

Section D: Entrepreneurship
Question 7:

Choose the most suitable match. Write down only the letter in the space provided.

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7.1

1.      An advantage of an informal           A   A business that makes a profit
        business                                  from buying and selling of goods

2.      An informal business                  B   Because they do not pay taxes,
                                                  the government does not get any
                                                  money from them to provide
                                                  goods and services in the
                                                  economy

3.      A micro-enterprise                    C   A small informal business

4.      A SSME                                D   A business that employs hundreds
                                                  of people and sells goods and
                                                  services on a large scale
5.      A large business                      E   A business that is not taxed or
                                                  monitored in any way by any form
                                                  of government

6.      A formal business                     F   They offer an opportunity for
                                                  unskilled, uneducated, disabled
                                                  and unemployed people to earn
                                                  an income when there are no job
                                                  opportunities

7.      A trading business                    G   Very little capital is invested in the
                                                  business and generally the
                                                  business does not own the land or
                                                  pay rent for it

8.      A manufacturing business              H   A term given to small, medium
                                                  and micro-businesses

9.      A disadvantage of an informal         I   A business that makes a profit by
        business                                  selling goods that it has made

10.     A characteristic of an informal       J   A business that has registered for
        business                                  tax and keeps accurate
                                                  accounting records

      1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. _______ 6. _______

      7. _______ 8. _______ 9. _______ 10. _______

                                                                                (10)

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