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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Beanie Babies, Profit or Loss

For Students 3rd - 6th
Is you Beanie Baby business booming or busted! Figure out if you made a profit or lost money in this mathematic computation activity. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families collection that focuses on adding and...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Movie Money

For Students 3rd - 6th
Do movie theaters make lots of money? You can find out when you try this math challenge that explores profit and loss in the theater industry. Discover why understanding problem solving, percent, and basic calculations are essential in...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Declining Profits

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Wide Angle, learn about the farmers of Vidarbha in central India who have seen a loss in profits due to the high cost of borrowing money and the low prices for their crops in a globalized market.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Lemonade for Sale!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will become online entrepreneurs, taking risks and changing their production method to increase their profit while running a lemonade stand. This lesson might best be taught after students have learned about the basic concepts...
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Other

Online Texts: Monopolistic Competition: Demand Change

For Students 9th - 10th
This site uses graphs to show how changes in demand would change a firm's output, price, and profits or losses in a monopolistically competitive market structure.
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Other

Egwald Web Services: Imperfect Competition Models: Monopolistic Competition

For Students 11th - 12th
This site provides an in-depth examination of monopolistic competition, along with appropriate levels of output, price, and corresponding profits. This site is for the advanced student of economics.
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Other

Helping After Neonatal Death

For Students 9th - 10th
H.A.N.D., a support group for those affected by neonatal death, offers information to parents, professionals, family, and friends.
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Wolters Kluwer

Small Business Guide: What Are Your Self Employment Taxes?

For Students 9th - 10th
CCH Business Owner's Toolkit answers questions about self-employment taxes because "even if you don't hire anyone else to help you run your business, you're always going to have at least one employee, and that would be yourself."
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: A Fair Wage

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Income for most people is determined by the market value of the productive resources they sell. What workers earn depends, primarily, on the market value of what they produce and how productive they are.
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Curated OER

Monopolistically Competitive Firm in Long Run Equilibrium

For Students 9th - 10th
This site uses interactive graphs to show how changes in demand would change a firm's output, price, and profits or losses in a monopolistically competitive market structure.

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