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Debits and Credits(Word Scramble)

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Harold Averkamp, CPA, MBA

To see each answer, press or click on the blue "Unscramble" button. If you have difficulty answering the following questions, learn more about this topic by reading our Debits and Credits (Explanation) and Additional Explanation.

1. Liability accounts are decreased with a ________.

DEBIT IDEBT
DEBIT DBETI

2. A credit will increase the balance in a _________ account.

REVENUE NEEREUV
REVENUE NVEUREE

3. Credits are entered on the _________ side of a T-account.

RIGHT GIRTH
RIGHT ITRGH

4. The accounting equation remains in balance due to ________-entry bookkeeping.

DOUBLE LDEBOU
DOUBLE UDOBEL

5. Debits are entered on the ______ side of a T-account.

LEFT FLTE
LEFT LETF

6. Asset account balances are reduced by a _________ entry.

CREDIT TDCRIE
CREDIT DCTIER

7. The accounting _________ should always be in balance.

EQUATION NTAEIQOU
EQUATION TUEINOQA

8. The book of original entry.

JOURNAL RUJOALN
JOURNAL LAUONJR

9. Revenues cause an increase in owner's _________.

EQUITY TYQIUE
EQUITY QYIUET

10. These cause owner's equity to decrease.

EXPENSES EEEPSXNS
EXPENSES EXEPNSES

11. The amount entered on the right side of a T-account.

CREDIT RDETIC
CREDIT REICDT

12. _____________ are income statement accounts with debit balances.

EXPENSES EESNESPX
EXPENSES NXEEPESS

13. Accounts _______________ is a balance sheet account with a debit balance.

RECEIVABLE ELEEIBCAVR
RECEIVABLE BEACRLEIEV

14. _______________ Depreciation is a balance sheet account with a credit balance.

ACCUMULATED UTALCDUCAEM
ACCUMULATED TELCUUADCAM

15. The Retained Earnings account will be reduced with a __________ entry.

DEBIT EIBDT
DEBIT DEITB

16. ______________ are income statement accounts with credit balances.

REVENUES ENRUSEEV
REVENUES SEERNUVE

17. A sole proprietor's ___________ account will have a debit balance.

DRAWING RINWDGA
DRAWING DGRAWIN

18. Accounts _____________ is a balance sheet account with a credit balance.

PAYABLE LYPBAEA
PAYABLE PEAYLAB

19. A ________ balance is an internal report to show that the general ledger's debit balances add up to the same total as the credit balances.

TRIAL RAILT
TRIAL LRTAI

20. The requirement that each journal entry needs to have at least one debit and one credit is known as __________-entry bookkeeping.

DOUBLE BLDEUO
DOUBLE BUOLED
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