64 round St . Patrick ’ s Day , you will often hear legends about leprechauns and their pot of gold at the end of the rainbow . Have you ever wondered where they get all of that gold ?
64 round St . Patrick ’ s Day , you will often hear legends about leprechauns and their pot of gold at the end of the rainbow . Have you ever wondered where they get all of that gold ?
We make shoes for fairies !
Their shoes wear out very quickly because fairies dance all night .
So , we are always busy making new shoes for them . And they pay us in gold — LOTS of gold !
Just making and selling shoes isn ’ t enough to collect the gold needed to fill a leprechaun ’ s pot . Leprechauns have to keep an eye on the costs of making fairy shoes , too .
Take a look at the cost of shoe supplies on this list .
How many shamrocks can you find on this page ?
W
hat if the leprechaun spent more gold coins to make the shoes than he charged the fairies ? He would run out of gold pretty quickly !
If it costs 7 gold coins for the supplies to make one pair of fairy shoes , what should the leprechaun charge so that he covers his costs and has some money left over to pay himself for his work to make the shoes ?
50 gold coins !? That ’ s way too expensive for me !
Picking the right price is important . If the leprechaun charges too little , he will lose money . But if he charges too much , he will lose customers .
Use these worksheets to add up the costs of making each pair of shoes . Then find the difference between the costs and the selling price to determine the profit for each pair of shoes .
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LEPRECHAUN ’ S GOLDEN VOCABULARY WORD :
PROFIT : Money earned after the expenses are paid .
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Pixie Prancers
TREE BARK .............. DAISY PETALS ......... PINE NEEDLES ......... LILAC PETALS ..........
TOTAL COST : PRICE : PROFIT :
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Pretty Petunias
TREE BARK .............. DAISY PETALS ......... PINE NEEDLES ......... PETUNIA PETALS .....
TOTAL COST : PRICE : PROFIT :
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Refined Rosies
TREE BARK .............. DAISY PETALS ......... PINE NEEDLES ......... ROSE PETALS ..........
TOTAL COST : PRICE : PROFIT :
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