VENTURE CONTROL: Your fictional product has a price tag, but that does not mean the numbers work. Materials, packaging and setup all cost money — and a supplier has just increased one cost. Recalculate before making the next move.
ACTIVE OBJECTIVEVENTURE CONTROL: Your fictional product has a price tag, but that does not mean the numbers work. Materials, packaging and setup all cost money — and a supplier has just increased one cost. Recalculate before making the next move.
WORLDFUTURE STUDIO
SEQUENCE01 / 08
REWARDGAME BREAK
BEFORE YOU START
Get set for this mission.
You can complete the essential lesson on this page. You do not need to print anything.
YOU NEED
Required: a device with this page open.
Optional: headphones for video or read-aloud.
Optional: pen + paper for rough working if that helps you think.
HOW TO DO IT
Read or listen to the Briefing + Learn.
Do the interactive mission.
Use the reading and maths/data evidence.
Make your decision and add the Project HQ step.
Play the weekly game if you want, then complete Check-in.
WORK YOUR WAY
Short bursts are fine. Use Learning Tools for easier reading, read-aloud, less on screen, stronger contrast, no-rush and quieter-screen options.
If a question feels hard, go back to the worked teaching, use the hint/feedback, and try one step at a time.
PROJECT NOTE: Your project can stay digital. Physical making is optional unless you choose that format.
MISSION BRIEFING
VENTURE CONTROL: Your fictional product has a price tag, but that does not mean the numbers work. Materials, packaging and setup all cost money — and a supplier has just increased one cost. Recalculate before making the next move.
✓Distinguish revenue from profit.
✓Calculate unit cost and recognise fixed versus variable costs.
✓Explain how a cost shock changes margin or break-even.
✓Reject misleading pricing tactics such as a fake sale or hiding relevant costs.
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INTERACTIVE LEARN MODE
No passive video this week.
This mission is deliberately built around its simulator, investigation, decision room or prototype instead of an external video.
LEARN
UNIT COST → PRICE → ALL COSTS → RECHECK
Use UNIT COST → PRICE → REVENUE → ALL COSTS → PROFIT/LOSS → RECHECK. REVENUE is money received from sales. PROFIT is what remains after relevant costs are subtracted. A price must be considered alongside demand, affordability, competitors, value and costs. Ethical pricing communicates real prices honestly; a made-up “was” price is not evidence of a genuine discount.
Use UNIT COST → PRICE → REVENUE → ALL COSTS → PROFIT/LOSS → RECHECK. REVENUE is money received from sales. PROFIT is what remains after relevant costs are subtracted. A price must be considered alongside demand, affordability, competitors, value and costs. Ethical pricing communicates real prices honestly; a made-up “was” price is not evidence of a genuine discount.
LEARNING BUILD
Refresh → Teach → Worked example → We do → You try
Build the idea before you enter the specialist lab. The point is to understand the reasoning, not just get through the buttons.
PREREQUISITE REFRESH
Reasoning lens:PURPOSE → PERSON / NEED → EVIDENCE → MAKE / CHOOSE → TEST → IMPROVE
Bring these prerequisite tools back online.
English / communication:Read, explain and revise a simple financial plan.
Maths / data:Cost, revenue, profit/loss, unit cost, percentage discount and budget.
Topic knowledge:Enterprise, ethical pricing and financial decision-making.
This week’s first target:Distinguish revenue from profit.
Quick evidence refresh: which source is a defensible starting point?
Choose a source that can directly support part of the investigation. More than one source may be useful, but start with evidence that does not outrun its support.
TEACH 1 · CORE MODEL
Use UNIT COST → PRICE → REVENUE → ALL COSTS → PROFIT/LOSS → RECHECK. REVENUE is money received from sales. PROFIT is what remains after relevant costs are subtracted. A price must be considered alongside demand, affordability, competitors, value and costs. Ethical pricing communicates real prices honestly; a made-up “was” price is not evidence of a genuine discount.
TEACH 2 · WHAT TO NOTICE
Distinguish revenue from profit.Calculate unit cost and recognise fixed versus variable costs.
TEACH 3 · CONNECT + TRANSFER
Explain how a cost shock changes margin or break-even. Reject misleading pricing tactics such as a fake sale or hiding relevant costs.
WORKED EXAMPLE · EVIDENCE
VARIABLE COST
The fictional product begins with $4.50 materials and $1.50 packaging per unit, giving a $6 variable cost before the supplier change.
Reasoning: Start with exactly what the source establishes. Connect it to the relevant concept, then stop before the claim becomes broader than the evidence. Now compare it with FAKE SALE: A proposed ad says “WAS $18, NOW $14” even though the product was never genuinely offered at $18.
Why caution still matters:This item is weak evidence for a broad conclusion: its claim or implication reaches beyond what the available support can establish.
WORKED EXAMPLE · MATHS / DATA ROUTE
After the supplier change, variable cost is $7.20 per unit. If 20 units sell for $10 each and fixed setup cost is $30, what is the profit?
This week’s maths/data focus:Cost, revenue, profit/loss, unit cost, percentage discount and budget.
Define the baseline, cost, time, proportion or criterion first. Calculate on the same basis, then test the result against the user need, constraint or success criterion.
Worked solution:Revenue = 20 × 10 = $200. Variable cost = 20 × $7.20 = 144; add $30 fixed cost for 174 total cost. Profit = $200 − 174 = $26.Answer check:$26. Now return the result to the question and state what it means in context.
WE DO · GUIDED PRACTICE
Which source needs the most caution before it is used to support a broad conclusion?
Choose any source whose claim outruns its support.
YOU TRY · INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
For Price It, explain one core idea in your own words. Use one named source or observation from this page, then add one sentence saying what that evidence does NOT prove.
Write at least 18 words. Name the evidence or data you are using and keep the claim inside what it can support.
MISCONCEPTION CHECK
FAKE SALE:A proposed ad says “WAS $18, NOW $14” even though the product was never genuinely offered at $18.
This item is weak evidence for a broad conclusion: its claim or implication reaches beyond what the available support can establish.
HELP
Try: “The person/purpose is ___. Evidence says ___. I chose ___. The test/criterion is ___. I would improve ___.”
STRETCH · OPTIONAL
Add a second source, data point or test. Explain whether it strengthens, weakens or qualifies your first conclusion.
FUTURE STUDIO · WEEK 4
PRICE IT · VENTURE CONTROL
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A price has to cover more than materials.
Run a small fictional venture through unit cost, price, fixed costs and an unexpected supplier change before making a pricing decision.
FICTIONAL POP-UP PRODUCT
MATERIALS$4.50
PACKAGING$1.50
FIXED SETUP$30
1 · CHOOSE A STARTING PRICE
2 · SUPPLIER SHOCK: VARIABLE COST RISES BY $1.20 / UNIT
3 · PRICING PRINCIPLE
Choose a price, respond to the cost shock, then select the accurate pricing principle.
LAB IN PROGRESS
INVESTIGATE + ENGLISH · EVIDENCE CASE
A sale is not profit until the costs are counted
A fictional pop-up product starts with a variable cost of $6 per unit: $4.50 for materials and $1.50 for packaging. There is also a $30 setup cost. If the selling price is $10, each sale contributes $4 toward fixed cost and then profit. When the supplier raises the unit cost by $1.20, that contribution falls unless the price, product, supplier or scope changes. Good financial planning recalculates rather than hiding the change.
MAKE THE CALL
Would you keep the price, change the price, reduce scope or find another supplier? Defend the choice using the numbers and one non-financial consideration such as affordability, quality or waste.
BUILD YOUR CASE CONCLUSION1. Make the call. 2. Use at least two relevant pieces of evidence. 3. Explain one limitation or uncertainty. 4. Finish with what can responsibly be concluded.Strong structure: My judgement is… The strongest evidence is… However, we still do not know… Therefore…
CASE CONCLUSION: Write 150–210 words explaining the venture after the supplier cost increase. Separate fixed and variable costs, explain the difference between revenue and profit, calculate or cite the new variable cost, and recommend one honest response.
0/150 words minimum for this writing mission.
CLAIMEVIDENCELIMITATIONCONCLUSION
MATHS + DATA LAB
Check the numbers.
HOW TO SUCCEEDRead the situation first. Estimate what a sensible answer should look like, choose an efficient calculation, then use the feedback to check your reasoning.For data questions, explain what the number shows — and what it does not prove.
After the supplier change, variable cost is $7.20 per unit. If 20 units sell for $10 each and fixed setup cost is $30, what is the profit?
Estimate first, then choose the answer.
MISSION 05 · MATHS + DATA LAB
DATA TRAINING
NUMBER · YEAR 7 CORE
6 PROBLEMS
QUICK METHODNUMBER
Estimate first, choose an efficient operation, then check whether the answer is reasonable.
GUIDED · Q01–Q03Use the quick method, then check the explanation.
Q01
39 × 6 = ?
Multiply 39 by 6: 234.
Q02
234 ÷ 6 = ?
234 divided into 6 equal groups gives 39.
Q03
45 − 6 = ?
Subtracting 6 reverses the addition, leaving 39.
INDEPENDENT · Q04
Which is greatest?
45 is the greatest of these values.
INDEPENDENT · Q05
Estimate 39 × 6 to the nearest ten.
39 × 6 = 234, which rounds to 230.
INDEPENDENT · Q06
A total of 234 is shared equally among 6 groups. Each group gets…
234 ÷ 6 = 39.
OPTIONAL CHALLENGE · OPEN RESPONSE
Choose one answer above and prove it using a different strategy.
0 words · optional
KEEP YOUR SKILLS SHARP
YOUR WEEKLY TRAINING
Four short sessions to spread across your week. Each has six problems and a reasoning mission. Allow about 10–15 minutes per session, and take longer when you need it.
Use paper for working. Enter numbers only; units are shown beside each answer. These are fictional practice scenarios.
0 / 24 correctSESSION 1 · NUMBER CHECK0 / 6
LEARN THE METHOD
Use brackets first, then powers, multiplication/division, and addition/subtraction. For fractions, use a common denominator.
WORKED EXAMPLE
18 + 4 × 3 = 18 + 12 = 30. But (18 + 4) × 3 = 66.
Use a hint
Multiply first: 4 × 3 = 12; add 129 to get 141.
Use a hint
Brackets first: 133 × 3 = 399.
Check the method after trying
4² = 16; subtract 3.
Check the method after trying
One quarter is 126; multiply by 3.
Check the method after trying
1/2 = 2/4, so 2/4 + 1/4 = 3/4 = 0.75.
Check the method after trying
(519 − 3) ÷ 4 = 129.
Compare your reasoning after trying
Multiplication is done before addition unless brackets change the order. For example, 2 + 3 × 4 = 14, but (2 + 3) × 4 = 20.
Your example may differ. Check your calculations and whether you explained why.
SESSION 2 · BUDGET BUILDER0 / 6
LEARN THE METHOD
Revenue is money received. Profit = revenue − all costs; a negative result is a loss. For a fair price comparison, calculate cost per item. Use dollars and cents consistently.
WORKED EXAMPLE
Making 10 items costs $2.50 each plus a $5 fee: total cost $30. Selling them at $4 each brings $40 revenue and $10 profit.
dollars
Use a hint
Total price ÷ item count = 15 ÷ 5.
dollars
Use a hint
5 × 2.50 = 12.50.
dollars
Check the method after trying
Quantity × selling price = 650.
dollars
Check the method after trying
Revenue − costs = 12.
dollars
Check the method after trying
Revenue − costs = −8, an $8 loss.
dollars
Check the method after trying
Revenue 520 minus costs 330 = 190.
Compare your reasoning after trying
No. If you need 3 items, a $4 pack of 4 can suit the budget better than a $9 pack of 12, even though the larger pack is cheaper per item. Consider waste and total spending.
Your example may differ. Check your calculations and whether you explained why.
SESSION 3 · PERCENTAGE DETECTIVE0 / 6
LEARN THE METHOD
Percent means out of 100. Find a percentage of the whole by dividing by 100 and multiplying. For percentage increase, divide the increase by the original.
WORKED EXAMPLE
A count rises from 80 to 100: increase = 20; 20 ÷ 80 × 100 = 25%. The final count is 125% of the original.
Use a hint
25% = 1/4; 512 ÷ 4 = 128.
Use a hint
10% is 512; 5% is 256; add them.
%
Check the method after trying
512 ÷ 2560 × 100 = 20%.
%
Check the method after trying
Increase 512 ÷ original 2048 × 100 = 25%.
dollars
Check the method after trying
Discount = $256; subtract from $1024.
people
Check the method after trying
Group counts: 512 + 1024 = 1536.
Compare your reasoning after trying
Starting at 100 gives 120, then 20% of 120 is 24. The final count is 96 because the second percentage uses a different whole.
Your example may differ. Check your calculations and whether you explained why.
SESSION 4 · BUILD + MEASURE0 / 6
LEARN THE METHOD
Rectangle area = length × width; perimeter = 2 × (length + width). Triangle area = base × perpendicular height ÷ 2. Cuboid volume = length × width × height.
WORKED EXAMPLE
For an 8 m × 3 m rectangle: area = 24 m² and perimeter = 22 m. A 6 m × 4 m rectangle has the same area but perimeter 20 m.
m²
Use a hint
Length × width = 132 × 7.
m
Use a hint
2 × (132 + 7) = 278.
cm²
Check the method after trying
Base × height ÷ 2 = 264 × 7 ÷ 2.
cm³
Check the method after trying
Multiply the three dimensions.
°
Check the method after trying
180 − 47 − 62 = 71.
m²
Check the method after trying
Whole area 924 minus uncovered area 4.
Compare your reasoning after trying
For example 12 × 2 and 6 × 4 both have area 24 square units. Their perimeters are 28 and 20 units. Area and perimeter measure different things.
Your example may differ. Check your calculations and whether you explained why.
Answers and reasoning save on this device when browser storage is available.
PROJECT HQ · TERM 4
PROJECT HQ · PROJECT FILE 04
PLAN THE NUMBERS.
Start something real. Build an idea, test it, improve it, and share it. Make your move.
The Reality Project runs across all nine weeks.
IDEA→RESEARCH→PLAN→BUILD→TEST→IMPROVE→PRESENT
WEEK 4 · PLAN THE NUMBERS · Plan the numbers honestly and decide what changes if costs move.
This saves into your Term 4 Start Something project record as you type.
Project sharing will be optional. A future upload system must keep private submission separate from public-showcase/marketing permission.
CHECK-IN
What changed in your thinking?
31ICONIC GAMES
YOUR WEEKLY GAME · TERM 4 / WEEK 4
Rollercoaster Simulator
Control speed through hills and turns. Brake before sharp bends.
01BRIEF
02LEARN
03INVESTIGATE
05DECIDE
07PROJECT
08CHECK-IN