ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS PROJECT WORK 2012 (TERENGGANU) HEALTHY MENU: ASSORTED MUFFIN

Lifestyle demands most women should involved in the development of a dynamic economy, which requires they have a career outside the home. This situation creates a need for the development of the fast food industry or food ready to meet the characteristics of complete and balanced food in terms of essence as a healthy food.

One of the suitable menu and very easy market is often called a muffin or cupcake. It is also very easy to carry, keep or to serve. With simple and nutritious mixtures, tastes, the art of serving or packaging can be varied. Therefore, it becomes a menu of choice for meals at home, taken to work or school or can give as gifts to guests for any occasion.

Get the information on how mathematics can be used in planning for a business or enterprise, especially enterprise ready meals or fast food in high demand at present.

PART 2 Cute Bakery produces 600 packets of muffin per day with each packet containing 5 pieces. Each muffin has a mass of 20 g. Shop operates 5 days a week, eight hours a day, has three employees who each of them receives a salary of RM 150 per day.

As a financial planner for the bakery, you are asked to make some suggestions about the selling price of the muffins produced, and the number of additional stuff when needed.

The table below shows the ratio of the price list and the ingredients used in making muffins.

Ingredients

Price per Kilogram (RM)

Ratio

Flour Milk Sugar Egg

2.00 8.00 1.80 4.80

5 4 2 3

On each day of operation, a total of 25 kg of flour used. Minimum profit target for each day of the operation was 20%.

a) Calculate the total cost of the ingredients in order to produce a cup cake. b) Utilities costs and ancillary materials amounting to RM 500 per day. i. ii. Calculate the total operating costs per day for these shops. Calculate the total mass of cakes produce every day. Suggest a reasonable selling price for each packet of muffin offered.

PART 3

In conjunction with the Hari Raya festive season, during August 2011, Cute Bakery has decided to make all of its muffins decorated and packed in special packages suitable give as gifts or souvenirs. The quantity of production is not increased and still using the same recipe. Decorative gift packaging cost at 0.5 cents per gram muffin. It takes 0.9 minutes to adorned for each size of muffins.

For the purpose of a gift, size muffin will be diversified, the smallest size is 20 g per each, while the largest is 60 g per each. Number of the muffin produce for each size is the same. If the mixer can be programmed to increase the size of the cake produced by an additional 10 g of each size. Decorating tasks will be performed by temporary workers. Each part-time employees will be paid a salary of RM 80 per day. An employee can complete the decoration of each muffin (all sizes) in just 0.9 minutes.

a) Calculate the number of units for each size muffin that can be produced per day. b) All muffins are produced will be furnished on the same day. Suggest that the number of workers that should be taken to complete this decorating task. c) Prepare a schedule of selling prices for each muffin for each size, with a target profit in this festive season in 25%.

PART 4

At the end of 2011, the owner of Cute Bakery gets the information about changes in prices of ingredient used in the following table.

Ingredient Flour Milk Sugar Egg

Price index for the year 2012 based on the year 2011 110 115 100 120

a) If all other expenses remain largely unchanged, calculate the new price for the resulting packet of muffin in 2012. b) In July 2012, research is done in this bakery to produce the decorated muffins as a gift during the Hari Raya festive season 2011.

Decorated muffins will be produced in the festive season in prices of materials used in the prices of sales of less than 15% compared to the year 2011. Minimum profit target for each operation is 20%. You are asked to suggest the results by showing the necessary data in support of the proposed decision.

FURTHER EXPLORATION Find information about the diversity of the ready meal or a healthy fast food with the potential to be produced as an enterprise or business to meet the public demand at present. State the advantages of each type of proposed food. Attach the data that can support your proposal.