Math PBL Creating a Student Business

Math PBL Creating a Student Business

Open Ended

What do you think you need to start your own student business?

Open Ended

If we were to create a student store what would be popular to sell?

Making a successful Business

• Good profit margin

• Happy customers

• Business plan

Open Ended

What do you need to show a Mr. Veitch so he will approve our business plan?

We need to know about Economics

What is economics?

Multiple Select

What are some things that the study of economics is not?

• The study of money or how to get rich

• the study of the stock market

• men in bow ties making predictions about the economy

• all of these

Multiple Select

What is Economics really about?

• people and choices they make

• going to college or trade school

• companies making choices about products to sell you

• participating in class or going back to sleep

Fill in the Blank

What can an understanding of economics forever change about you?

The way you ______ and problem solve

Multiple Choice

Every time you make a choice between two things you must give up the other. This is called?

• economics

• one alternative over another

• opportunity cost

• choices

Open Ended

How might learning about economics help us present ideas to the board about our school store?

Open Ended

How can we decide if item to sell is right for a school store?