A stock is a tiny piece of a business. Owners share what it earns.
Mia cut her stand into ten equal pieces, like slices of a pizza, but in her notebook.
Mia kept four pieces. Sam took three, Leo took two and Ana took one, so every piece had an owner.
Owning a piece means owning a tiny part of the stand. That is what a stock is: a tiny piece of a business.
The owners share what the stand earns: two coins a piece in a sunny week, and one coin a piece in a rainy week.
These are some of the questions on the sets. The printable sheets have more and an answer key.
4. 2 + 2 = 4.
1 coin. Ten coins shared by ten pieces is one coin each.
A tiny piece of a business. A stock is one small part of a business, like one slice of a pizza.
10. 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 10.
Ask a grown-up what a company is, and who works at one you know. A stock is a tiny piece of a company.
Use a real pizza: cut it into equal slices and talk about whole and pieces. Ask what a company is and who works at one you know. This is a story about owning a piece, not advice to buy anything.
