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.

Learning and Assessment ObjectivesWeight – metric and imperial
Kg, g, lb and oz
NCL 4-6, GCSE F-D, GCSE 9-1 Grade One, Two and Three

Length – cm, m, inches, yards.
NCL 4-6, GCSE F-D, GCSE 9-1 Grade One, Two and Three


Area
Square cm, m, inches, yards
NCL 4-6, GCSE F-D

Long multiplication (without a calculator) for working out area.
NCL 3-4, GCSE G-F, GCSE 9-1 Grade One


Layout plans on the fabric for zero wastage where possible.
NCL 4, GCSE F, GCSE 9-1 Grade One


Using a Calculator to work out percentage wastage and cost of wasted cloth, and cost of itemised buttons etc to make each garment.
NCL 4-5, GCSE F-E, GCSE 9-1 Grade One and Two


Extension task – to try to calculate a rough estimate for the amount of electricity used for heating, lighting and machinery use.
NCL 5, GCSE E, GCSE 9-1 Grade Two


Questionnaire Design
NCL 4, GCSE F, GCSE 9-1 Grade One


Good Data Collection
NCL 4-5, GCSE F-E, GCSE 9-1 Grade One and Two


Overall costings for each garment (including labour).
NCL 5, GCSE E, GCSE 9-1 Grade One and Two


Approximate Costings for production runs of 100, 1000 and 10,000 garments.
NCL 4-5, GCSE F-E, GCSE 9-1 Grade One and Two


Costing for each individual Designer to show their garments at the Fashion Show.
NCL 5, GCSE E, GCSE 9-1 Grade One and Two