Project

Introduction: Students will come up with a business of their own and decide what they sell and what
they make to maximize profit (Must be school appropriate!). The items that their business makes and
sells must be realistic and they will gather information on the materials needed and the means of
production. They need to have two examples of systems of equations representing their business model
and one system of a linear inequality. Students must solve these systems in different ways.
Groups: Students will be in groups of 4 - 5 depending on class size. Depending on class behavioral ability
they may or may not choose their own groups. Each person in the group will be assigned a specific task
out of the following choices: Poster designer/coordinator, Information acquirer/coordinator, Systems
Specialist, Procedure/Rule coordinator, Team Worker (only if you have 5 in your group). If groups want
to come up with their own roles they must have them allowed by the teacher.
Poster designer/coordinator: A person who will help the team create a creative poster that captures the
audiences attention and contains beneficial mathematical application.
Information acquirer/coordinator: A person who will help the team organize and gather as much
relevant information on their items of choice.
Systems Specialist: A person who will help the team to build dynamic systems to help them use math to
maximize their profits for their business.
Procedure/Rule coordinator: A person who will help the team make sure that the group is keeping in line
with the rubric and getting the best grade that they collectively can get without that person being
disrespectful.
Team Worker: A team player who helps each person fulfill their role the best they can.
Rubric: If students want more clarified instructions they are allowed to ask teacher.
Portion of
Final Grade
35%

Part of the
Project
Systems

20%

Poster Layout

25%

Inequality

20%

Creative and
Realistic

Insufficient
1
Incorrect use of
system and has
an incorrect
answer
Poster is
disorganized and
missing needed
information
Incorrect use of
inequality and
has an incorrect
answer
Items in poster
are not relevant
to the real world
and it lacks
creativity

Sufficient
2
Correct use of system
but has the incorrect
answer or vice versa

Exceptional
3
Correctly uses system
and has the correct
answer

Poster is either
disorganized or
missing needed info

Poster is both
organized and has all
needed info

Correct use of
inequality but has
the incorrect answer
or vice versa
Items in poster are
either relevant to the
real world or it is
creative but not both

Correctly uses
inequality and has the
correct answer
Items in poster are
both relevant to the
real world and it is
creative