Week 07 Domino Effect

Post date: Apr 17, 2018 4:57:51 PM

"Domino Effect"

  • Could Domino's Pizza have a better pricing model?Through this unit, we will determine if Domino's Pizza is charging too much or too little for their pizzas

Investigate

  • Research Domino's Pizza website (and other pizza restaurant websites) to determine how much they charge for their pizzas

  • Record data on the sizes of the pizzas, the number of toppings, type of toppings and the different total costs

  • Determine a base price of a standard cheese pizza to compare prices

    • Begin to identify if it really is worth the price of the pizza with the various sizes and toppings

  • Use a table to help organize data in either Google Docs or Google Sheets. Its recommended you use Google Sheets because that program can evaluate the numbers and show data better.

Day 2 Agenda

Revisit Domino Effect

  • Discuss findings of investigation - some of the trends noticed with a number of toppings and cost

Domino Effect - Open and download the activity to your Doc Hub. Today we will be working on Activity One: Meaty Yum

  • Given the price of a 2-topping medium pizza and a 4-topping medium pizza, determine: cost per topping, cost of a medium plain cheese pizza

  • Write and graph an equation to describe to describe the price of a medium pizza; determine the price of a specific medium pizza

  • Explain why doubling the toppings will not double the price

Possibly use Excel or Google Sheets to enter and organize your data

  • Key will be to organize data, use column headings and to enter data in an organized way

Day 3 Agenda

Revisit Domino Effect Activity One from your Dochub.

  • Recall how to find the price per topping and calculate the base cost of a plain cheese pizza

  • Identify how to create the equation (Pizza = Base Cost + Topping Cost x Amount of Toppings)

    • Y=mx + b

  • Identify how to plot your points on a chart

    • Rise over run using the cost per topping (mx)

Finish Act I

  • Calculate costs for Small and Large Pizzas

    • Notice differences in price per topping compared to Medium Pizzas - Why?

Begin Chain Gang Activity

  • Follow Instructions and complete one step at a time.

Day 4 Agenda

Discuss Change in Unit

  • Switch from Domino Effect to Go Big, Papa

Introduce Go Big, Papa Unit

  • Driving question - Are Papa John's Specialty Pizzas a Good Deal?

    • Questions to consider

      • What makes a pizza a good deal?

      • What impact do coupons have on pizza deals?

      • When do quality and taste impact your choice and how much you are willing to pay?

  • Activity II deals with Coupons.