Real-Life Math
As a recreation programmer, you are in the business of selling recreation
programs. Although these programs must be affordable, they also need to show
a profit. Otherwise, you wouldn't have a job, and the town wouldn't
have a rec center!
This is true whether you work in a nonprofit or
a for-profit agency. All rec programmers have to stay within their budgets.
Karen
Sheaner works as a music coordinator at a church in Irving, Texas. The church
is a nonprofit organization. "[But] it's very important to break even,"
she says.
One way to stay ahead of budget worries is to do fund-raising.
If there are events she wants to schedule that exceed the budget allowances,
she organizes some other event that the church can sell tickets to.
This
income helps the church afford programs it couldn't provide otherwise.
The church also depends on private donations.
You're a recreation
programmer.
You're creating a new cooking program. Cooking classes
will be offered on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. for 10 weeks.
The
instructor will be paid $13.50 per hour and will be paid for the 15 minutes
it will take to set up for each class.
The supplies for each class
cost $35. The recreation department has to make a 23 percent profit from the
program. A 7 percent tax needs to be added to the registration fee. The registration
fee will be based on a class size of 10 participants. The same 10 participants
will take part in every class.
How much will the registration
fee be?