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Profit and Loss Integers

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Profit and Loss Integers

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📊 Part 1: Identifying Profit and Loss

1. Sarah's lemonade stand made $15 in sales but cost $8 to set up. What integer represents her net result?

+7

-7

+23

0

2. Mark the following situations as profit (+) or loss (-):

a) Earning $12 from washing cars: _____

b) Spending $20 on supplies and earning $15: _____

c) Breaking even on a cake sale: _____

d) Losing $5 from a failed investment: _____

3. Which of these scenarios represent a break-even situation (zero)?

Earning $10 and spending $10

Making $5 profit then $5 loss

Spending $8 on materials and selling for $15

Having a $3 loss followed by a $3 gain

📏 Part 2: Number Line Representation

4. Plot these profit and loss values on the number line below:

Values to plot: +6 (profit), -4 (loss), -6 (loss), +4 (profit), 0 (break-even)

5. Looking at your number line from Question 4, which pairs of numbers are the same distance from zero?

Pair 1: _____ and _____

Pair 2: _____ and _____

What happens when you add each pair together? _____

🧮 Part 3: Calculating Net Profit and Loss

6. Tom's market stall had these transactions during the week:

Monday: +$12 profit

Tuesday: -$8 loss

Wednesday: +$5 profit

Thursday: -$15 loss

Friday: +$6 profit

Calculate Tom's net result for the week:

Final answer: $_____

7. Challenge Problem: Emma's school fundraiser

The Year 6 class organised a fundraiser. They spent $25 on supplies, earned $40 from ticket sales, spent another $12 on prizes, and received a $10 donation.

Show your working using positive and negative integers:

Did they make a profit or loss? ________________

By how much? $______

8. Explain in your own words what zero represents in profit and loss situations:

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