Maths, Fashion and Textiles: Developing and Costing A Full Fashion Show and Mass Manufacture
A whole Maths and Fashion project developed for the new 9-1 GCSE Maths syllabus. This project covers the essential skills to design, cost and manufacture clothes for a Fashion Show and calculate the total cost of mass manufacture of specified garments.<br />
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Learning and Assessment ObjectivesWeight – metric and imperial<br />
Kg, g, lb and oz<br />
NCL 4-6, GCSE F-D, GCSE 9-1 Grade One, Two and Three<br />
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Length – cm, m, inches, yards.<br />
NCL 4-6, GCSE F-D, GCSE 9-1 Grade One, Two and Three<br />
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Area<br />
Square cm, m, inches, yards<br />
NCL 4-6, GCSE F-D<br />
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Long multiplication (without a calculator) for working out area.<br />
NCL 3-4, GCSE G-F, GCSE 9-1 Grade One<br />
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Layout plans on the fabric for zero wastage where possible.<br />
NCL 4, GCSE F, GCSE 9-1 Grade One<br />
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Using a Calculator to work out percentage wastage and cost of wasted cloth, and cost of itemised buttons etc to make each garment.<br />
NCL 4-5, GCSE F-E, GCSE 9-1 Grade One and Two<br />
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Extension task – to try to calculate a rough estimate for the amount of electricity used for heating, lighting and machinery use.<br />
NCL 5, GCSE E, GCSE 9-1 Grade Two<br />
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Questionnaire Design<br />
NCL 4, GCSE F, GCSE 9-1 Grade One<br />
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Good Data Collection<br />
NCL 4-5, GCSE F-E, GCSE 9-1 Grade One and Two <br />
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Overall costings for each garment (including labour).<br />
NCL 5, GCSE E, GCSE 9-1 Grade One and Two<br />
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Approximate Costings for production runs of 100, 1000 and 10,000 garments.<br />
NCL 4-5, GCSE F-E, GCSE 9-1 Grade One and Two<br />
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Costing for each individual Designer to show their garments at the Fashion Show.<br />
NCL 5, GCSE E, GCSE 9-1 Grade One and Two