Taxes
Markup/Markdown
Depreciation
Fun #1
Fun #2
100

What do we call one's pay before taxes are withheld?

Gross Pay

100

Markup up rate is based on what one of two things?

Cost or selling price

100

If an object was bought for $4,500 and had a salvage value of $500, what was is the depreciable value?

$4000

100

Who won the Super Bowl this year?

Seattle Seahawks

100

What do we call the longest day of the year?

Summer Solstice

200

What form lists all wages and withholdings in a work year?

W - 2

200

If a lamp cost $40 and was marked up $10, what is the rate of markup based on cost?

25%

200

Find the first month's depreciation based on simple-line for a good that has a depreciable value of $5,765 and has an expected life of 5 years

$1,153

200

What animal is the largest cause of death, leading to over a million deaths per year?

Mosquito

200

What NBA player scored 100 points in one game in 1962?

Wilt Chamberlain

300

By what day must tax returns be complete?

April 15

300

What is markdown always based on?

Selling Price

300

Name two different methods of finding deprecation outside of simple-line 

Units-of-Production, Sum-of-the-Years'-Digits, Declining Balance

300

When it comes to the holiday that sends the most cards, Valentine's Day is second.  What holiday is first?

Christmas

300

A type of animal has been observed to never die from old age, being the closest animal to be immortal.  What kind of animal is this?

Jellyfish

400

What is the name of the form that fills out a tax return and determines if taxes are overpaid or owed?

Form 1040

400

If markup of an object is 40% of it's selling price, what is the markup based on cost?

66.7%

400

Find the denominator of the depreciation rate using sum-of-the-years'-digits method if an object has an expected life of 15 years

120

400

What year was Valentine's Day created?

496 AD

400

What president served the shortest term before his death?

William Henry Harrison

500

What percent of an employee's gross pay is Social Security?  Whoever is closest wins the question.

6.2%

500

If a good was originally sold for $480 and marked down to sell for $420, what was the markdown rate?

12.5%

500

Find the depreciation rates for each year for sum-of-the-years'-digits method if an object has an expected life of three years.

1/6, 2/6, 3/6

500

Valentine's Day is named after St. Valentine from the Catholic church.  In what year did he die?

273 AD

500

What do the "H"'s in 4-H stand for?

Head, Heart, Hands, and Health

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