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Cookie Economics

Cookie Economics. A visit to Dr. Lucy’s cookie factory. Learn about…. How an order for cookies (demand) leads to making just the right amount (supply). How different types of resources are needed to make a product and operate a business. How cost, price, and profit work.

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Cookie Economics

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  1. Cookie Economics

    A visit to Dr. Lucy’s cookie factory
  2. Learn about… How an order for cookies (demand) leads to making just the right amount (supply). How different types of resources are needed to make a product and operate a business. How cost, price, and profit work. How supply and demand lead to scarcity or surplus.
  3. Sales order
  4. How many cookies must be made? Dr. Lucy’s has an order for 1,280 packs of cookies (demand). There are 4 cookies in each pack. How many cookies must be made (supply)?
  5. How many cookies on a tray? How many cookies are in each row on a cookie tray? How many rows are on a tray? So, how many cookies are on each tray?
  6. How many cookies on a rack? How many trays fit on a rack? How many cookies are on a tray? How many cookies are on a rack? Do we need to make 2 or 3 racks to fill an order for 5,120 cookies?
  7. How many shipping boxes must be sent? 16 cookie packs go in each shipping box. 40 shipping boxes go on each shipping pallet. How many cookie packs go on each pallet? How many pallets do we need to send for our order of 1,280 cookie packs?
  8. Invoice
  9. Resources, cost, profit
  10. 3 types of resourcesname each type Human Resources Natural Resources Capital Resources
  11. Scarcity and Surplus Supply and Demand Cost is related to supply and demand Scarcity Scarcity is when there is more demand and less supply Cost goes up when a resource is scarce Surplus Surplus is when there is more supply and less demand Cost goes down when a resource is available in surplus When were these cookie resources scarce?
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