A business can be like a game. Imagine selling things at a community yard sale, for example. It’s a lot of fun, and it’s a great way to make extra money on the weekend. Here are a few tips for success. First, you need to ( ) what to sell. What old stuff do you have that you don’t want anymore? What do people want to buy? If there’s no ( ) for old coffee pots, for example, don’t bring any! The only ( ) you need to have are a box for the money, a table, and a couple of chairs. Then you have to play a little guessing game. You need to ( ) what people can pay for your items and put a price on each one. Don’t make the prices too high or too low.
To ( ) if you made money, subtract your costs—what you paid for your supplies—from your sales. Is the result a positive number? If it is, you made a ( ) Is it a negative number? Too bad! You have a ( ) for the day. If you’re lucky, you can sell everything. If you’re ( ) , you don’t have to take anything back home with you.