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We make shoes for fairies!
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
So, we are always busy making new shoes for them. And they pay us in gold—LOTS of gold!
ever wondered where they get all of that gold?
W Their shoes wear out very quickly because fairies dance all night.
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!
Just making and selling shoes isn’t enough to collect the gold needed
50 gold coins!? That’s way too expensive for me!
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?
to ll 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 nd on this page?
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 nd the di erence between the costs and the selling price to determine the pro t for each pair of shoes.
Pixie Prancers
Pretty Petunias TREE BARK .............. DAISY PETALS ......... PINE NEEDLES ......... PETUNIA PETALS ..... TOTAL COST: PRICE: PROFIT:
Re ned Rosies
PROFIT: Money earned after the expenses are paid. LEPRECHAUN’S GOLDEN VOCABULARY WORD:
TREE BARK .............. DAISY PETALS ......... PINE NEEDLES ......... LILAC PETALS .......... TOTAL COST: PRICE: PROFIT:
TREE BARK .............. DAISY PETALS ......... PINE NEEDLES ......... ROSE PETALS .......... TOTAL COST: PRICE: PROFIT:
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