Propagation For Profit Problem Solving. Plant Pot Prices 30p per pot 5 seeds 10p per pot 2 seeds Seeds are free!!!

Propagation For Profit Problem Solving

Plant Pot Prices 30p per pot 5 seeds 10p per pot 2 seeds Seeds are free!!!

How many large pots can you buy? You have £1.80 How many large pots can you buy for £1.80? These cost 30p each Click on the correct answer! 1234 5678 9101112 13141516 17181920

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How many small pots can you buy? You have £1.80 How many small pots can you buy for £1.80? These cost 10p each Click on the correct answer! 1234 5678 9101112 13141516 17181920

Plant Seeds in the Big Pots You have bought 6 large pots How many seeds can you plant in the large pots if each pot takes 5 seeds? 5121620 23113029 3525031

Plant Seeds in the Small Pots You have bought 18 small pots How many seeds can you plant in the small pots if each pot takes 2 seeds? 2091634 23113938 35403736

Big Pots Your 6 big pots have grown – 5 plants in each Big Pot – 30 plants in total You need to move them to smaller pots to sell. Tiny pots cost 5p each. How much will your tiny pots cost in total? £1.20£1.50£2.10£1.80

Small Pots Your small pot plants have grown – 2 in each Small Pot – You have 36 plants in total You need to move them to tiny pots to sell. Tiny pots cost 5p each.. How much will your tiny pots cost in total? £1.80£1.10£1.20£3.20

You need to propagate your big pots Summary: You have 30 plants from the big pots How much did you spend to propagate these plants? (£1.80 to buy big pots + £1.50 to buy tiny pots) – All seeds were free £2.13£3.30£2.30£4.30

You need to propagate your small pots Summary: You have 36 plants from the small pots How much did you spend to propagate these plants? (£1.80 to buy small pots + £1.80 to buy tiny pots) – All seeds were free £3.60£2.60£2.16£3.06

Selling your plants Summary: 36 plants were grown in the small pots This cost £3.60 How much did one plant cost to grow? (£3.60 divided by 36) 10p 11p £1.00 1p

Selling your plants Summary: 30 plants were grown in the big pots This cost £3.30 How much did one plant cost to grow? (£3.30 divided by 30) 10p 11p £1.00 1p

Profit If you sell the plants from the big pots for 20p each, how much profit will you make? Remember that profit = Income – Costs If you sell the plants from the small pots for 20p each, how much profit will you make? Remember that profit = Income – Costs

Summary Profit for Big Pots Income = 30 plants x 20p = £6.00 Costs = £3.30 Profit = £6.00 - £3.30 Profit = £2.70 Profit per plant = £2.70 / 30 Profit per plant = 9p Profit for Small Pots Income = 36 plants x 20p = £7.20 Costs = £3.60 Profit = £7.20 - £3.60 Profit = £3.60 Profit per plant = £3.60 / 36 Profit per plant = 10p

Discuss… Were you surprised at the results? What factors would influence the choice of pot size? (e.g. time, compost needed, etc.) Is there another solution? (Could you use the tiny pots initially and not propagate?) What if each seed cost 2p each? Would that change the results? Have we taken into account that some seeds may fail?

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