Knowledge/Skill Building
📊 Profit Margin Idea Sort
Content Expertise
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Self Directed Learning
Submission Required
Using vendor price lists, students practice estimating whether ideas are likely low, medium, or high profit by comparing production cost and possible selling price with decimals. In pairs, they sort sample sweatshirt options onto a desirability-feasibility-profit mat, then explain which combinations balance quality, cost, and customer appeal. This just-in-time math routine prepares students to make realistic choices before they commit to one concept.
Plan day
Day 10
Duration
30 min
Grouping
Pair
Steps
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