Math-In-Cte Lesson Plan - Finding The Cost Per Serving And Determining Menu Price printable pdf download

Math-In-Cte Lesson Plan - Finding The Cost Per Serving And Determining Menu Price

Math-in-CTE Lesson Plan

Lesson Title: Costing

Lesson 02

Occupational Area: FACS

CTE Concept(s): Finding the cost per serving and determining menu price

Math Concepts: addition, division, percentages

The student will be able to accurately find the cost per serving.

Lesson Objective:

The student will be able to use the cost per serving to determine the menu price

Supplies Needed:

Food cost sheet

TEACHER NOTES

THE "7 ELEMENTS"

(and answer key)

1. Introduce the CTE lesson.

Sell tootsie rolls for 2 for a penny at the beginning of

class.

Story:

A child decided to open a “small store” in front of her house.

This introduction is just to point out the need in a business

In order to compete with the store on the corner, she needed

to sell what they make at a profit.

to sell her penny candy for less than the store she bought it

This is a true story about me.

from. So she took her $.25 allowance, bought 25 pieces of

penny candy, and then sold it for 2 for $.01. She sold out

quickly but had a shock coming—does anyone want to guess

why?

She LOST money – she had less than when she began

What did she need to do?

What would you have done

differently?

In the restaurant industry, the need to know how much

something costs so that a price can be determined that would

cover the cost of food, overhead, and profit. This is

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Math-In-Cte Lesson Plan - Finding The Cost Per Serving And Determining Menu Price