Get the Math in Fashion!
May18
This week you will visit the Get the Math website and discover how math is used in the fashion industry. The link below will start you at the Introduction to this activity. After you watch the introduction, follow the links to the right of the video to Take the Challenge, See how the teams solved the challenge, and finally, Try other fashion challenges.
Tell me what garment you chose to take the other fashion challenge with and how you solved the challenge!
http://www.thirteen.org/get-the-math/the-challenges/math-in-fashion/introduction/12/
i got $ 34.06
Coming out at $40.65 dollars and that includes labor material a 220% mark-up to make it less than$35.69 dollars that is the challenge to take off some of the stiff on the short to make it at less than $35.69 dollars for the short for people well buy the short and like to wear it more than ones and want to buy more of the clothing for her that is less than $45.99 they well pay like $35.69 for a cute short!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 ;-0 😉 ;-0 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉
that is what i think the challenge is ;-D 😉 😉 ;-);-) 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 😉 ;-D;-D;-D;-D
3 4its is $34.56
it is $34.56
it is 34.56
34.65 $
Challenge: Cargo Shorts
Original Cost: $53.35 after 220% markup
Target Cost: $37.00 or less
I changed the base material from 100% cotton twill to Cotton /poly, changed the button fly front to zipper fly front, changed the 2 4-button pockets to no pockts. Removed the back pockets and embroidery entirely.
This brought the cost down to $25.08 after markup. I didn’t really think it needed pockets.
Sincerely Loren T. Elder
I chose the jacket and found that the jacket needed to be 27.27 or less
so I replaced the sleeves took out the front logo replaced the hood replaced the body and solved the problem
And how did those changes change the price?
I got $15.91
How did you get that answer?
Hey guys it’s robert
I took off the beads and the sleeves abd changed the cloth
What solution did you come up with?
i solved this by elmenating the realtelll price and puting in the actual price
How did you do it?
the answer is 120%
i got $34.87
the garment I chose for this video is the cheapest garment because they took out the beads and the sleeves to make the price cheaper. the beads were 4.25 now there 3.50.
How much was the garment after you were done making your changes?
1.You Can Take Out 1 Half a yard of Sleeves Which Equals = 4.50
1 Half A Yard of Sleeves = $1.50
$6.00-1.50=$4.50
2. i Kept The Poly Chiffon Because its cheaper so I Took Away The Beads And The Sewing Labor .
1 Pack Of Beads = $0.75
1x Sewing labor = $4.25
3. I Took All Of the Beads Chiffon and Etc Away Then Added Up The rest of the materials Plus The Markup price .
4.50
+1.13
+3.75
+0.10
+0.50
+2.00
________
10.98
x %220
________ ‘
$24.15
I chose the cargo pants garment. The first thing I had to do was find the wholesale price which was 16.82.Then I picked what things to change on the garment. I then put my answers on the cost sheet and got a total answer
What was your total answer?
I chose a pollyshiffon shirt with a polyester lining, a button trim, and the price of the work being 6.75. so, the 1st part is the price of 20 bucks. And the final price is 35 bucks.
40.65
mrs e i got 15.91 for the first challenge but i cant figure out how to make it work
Please begin these assignments earlier so you can come in for help if you need it.
the prom dress
I tried to do it on my phone and my mom’s iPad but it didn’t work because we don’t have the adobe flash thing.
Please do these assignments earlier in the week so that if you have a problem you can come in and do it on our classroom computers.
i took off all of the sleeves and beeding. I added all the money together and multiplied that by 2.2.
What did you end up with?
I chose the jacket and I got $42.90
wool: cut down to 1yd=$5.50
took out:
Leather=8.50
cotton .5yd=$2.00
2 logos=$2.25
Cut down:
Buttons 3= .75
embrioded name .5=.25
Cutting grading=$4.40
sewing labor=$8.50 multiplied by 2.2=$42.90
I would need to get the dress to be $38.64 so that when the mark up of 220% is done, it is $84.98. I would do this by eliminating the lining and emordery thread. the sewing would be easier because the lining would be gone, so the sewing would cost $9.00 instead of $13.50.
I tried the prom dress challenge. The highest whole sale cost has to be $38.64 because 38.64 x 220% = $85
To lower the cost of making the dress I had to shorten the skirt, remove the petti coat lining and embroidery and change to a plain zipper. It ended up making the price of the dress $66, and it cost $30 to make.
I picked the prom dress challenge. The highest wholesale cost is $38.64 because 38.64*2.2= 85. I had to shorten the skirt, change to a plain zipper, and remove the petti coat lining and embroidery to lower the cost. In the end the price of the dress was $66.
i got $15.90 by first having 220 over 100 and divide those by 20 and got 11 over 5 w and then 11 over 5 w gets multiplied by its reciprocal and gets canceled and then 35 is now 35 over 1 and is multiplied by 5 over 11 which then is 175 over 11, divide that and you got $15.91 .
the cost before markup has to be brought down to 15.91, to do that you have to do 35/220% then you figure out what you can eliminate from the cost you eliminate the lining by eliminating the lining you brought the cost down to 14.73 making the market cost $32.41. i chose the the shorts and i kept the fabric the same but changed the button up to a zipper. i also took off the pockets and the embroidery.
Used algebra to modify the garment design
I got 15.91 for the whole sale price… I tried to come in to lunch Thursday and Friday and you weren’t there. I left a note on the board Friday. also I went camping this weekend so I didn’t have access to the computer :-/
and I don’t know how we are supposed to choose the garmet…
I chose a pollyshiffon shirt with a polyester lining, a button trim, and the price of the work being 6.75. so, the 1st part is the price of 20 bucks. And the final price is 35 bucks.
34.56
i got 34.87
I chose the jacket and took off the hood, the embroidery, the logos, and the buttons. All together I got $53.90. I added the cost of all the things I took off of the jacket and subtracted it from $84.70 and got $53.90 as the total and $53.90 is less than $60.00.
I did the prom dress fashion challenge, I reduced the polyester silk yard to 4 yards eliminated the polyester lining which saved on sewing labor which made it look slimmer and we eliminated the embroidery threading that also saved on sewing labor cost, which this reduced the original target price down to $31.00 so 31.00 times the 30 dollar mark up made the retail price of the prom dress less then $85.00.
Since the wholesale price has to be less than $15.98, I would take off the sleeves and beads which equals $3.00, so $3.00 off $18.48 equals $15.48 for the wholesale. The total would be $34.08. Sorry Im late.
I got $59.66 for the jacket
$34.65 ☺☻
I love this post you’ve made. Fashion is truly an example of math being used in our world today. I have a fashion site/blog of my own: http://www.celestedebut.edublogs.org
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My pleasure! 🙂 Fashion is definitely something everyone can relate to. Have you visited the website?
I have! Well done and good luck!
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