ConGratUlatIons ! The Board is pleased with your speech . Piggy banks are looking healthier , your boss is recovering and you have all the enamel you need to make a fancy necklace ! Fangtastic ! Want to check your workings ? Visit the AQUILAnauts ’ pages for the answers : www . aquila . co . uk / aquilanauts / solutions
Task three
Can you think of one innovative ( and ethical ) way the NCTF could pay less per tooth ?
ProFiTs
Back in the day , tooth fairies kept all the teeth they bought in order to make furniture and furnish their pearly white homes . But the NCTF is a business ! The wheels of commerce never stop turning , so these days the tooth fairies turn teeth into profit by selling into these markets .
Task four
Task five
Can you think of a new way to make more money from milk teeth ? In business we call this a revenue stream .
But yikes ! The pie chart hasn ’ t been finished ! Take a look at the five market percentages below and colour and label the pie chart correctly .
1 Specialised fertiliser 24 per cent
2 Calcium extraction for artisanal cheese production 13 per cent
3 Dental prosthetics 12 per cent
4 Stem cell research 46 per cent
5 Earrings 5 per cent
Task six
If the average tooth fairy price paid for a UK tooth is £ 1.90 , and they can be sold on for an average of £ 2.66 , what is the difference ?
A As a sum
B As a percentage
In business we call this a mark up .
Task seven
If every child in the UK loses an average of one tooth a year , based on the average price paid and the mark up you established in task six , what annual profit can the NCTF hope to make in 2023 ?
A £ 12,800,000 B £ 9,120,000 C £ 10,700,000
ConGratUlatIons ! The Board is pleased with your speech . Piggy banks are looking healthier , your boss is recovering and you have all the enamel you need to make a fancy necklace ! Fangtastic ! Want to check your workings ? Visit the AQUILAnauts ’ pages for the answers : www . aquila . co . uk / aquilanauts / solutions
Words : Iqbal Hussain . Illustration : Ed J . Brown
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