Profit Maximization Teacher Resources

Given quantity, total cost, and a perfectly competitive firm, how much should an organization produce and what will be the profit? Watch as the concept of profit maximization is broken down and explained with real-time illustrations and...

Taking your young economists through the characteristics of four market models (Pure Competition, Pure Monopoly, Oligopoly, and Monopolistic Competition), this presentation uses both charts and graphs to illustrate the necessary...

Monopoly is more than a game in this presentation, which explores the characteristics of four different market models. Representing the concept of a monopolistic economy in both charts and graphs, the information in these slides can be...

Learners explore the role of government in the economy market. In this economics instructional activity, students analyze the decision making and how it takes into consideration additional cost, benefits and public awareness of what they...

Students review concepts related to market structures and competition. Using supply and demand, they identify what factors cause them to shift and analyze business downward facing demand curves. They compare and contrast the abilities of...

In this biology worksheet, students engage in the reading of the rights of educators to teach concerning the issue of using animals for educational purposes.

Twelfth graders study microeconomics.  In this Economics instructional activity, 12th graders draw graphs on government taxes.  Students decide if these graphs are true or false.

Practice what you've learned about profit maximization and how to apply the profit maximization rule in this four-question exercise.

Learn about the profit maximization rule, and how to implement this rule in a graph of a perfectly competitive firm, in this video. [4:59]

Work through a free response question about profit maximization in this video. [4:40]

Practice what you have learned about the way firms choose the optimal use of inputs in this four-question exercise.

An important skill in microeconomics is the ability to find a firm's profit. Learn more about how to use a graph to identify the profit-maximizing quantity for a firm in a perfectly competitive market, and identify the area that...

Learn about how to represent a monopoly market graphically in this video. Topics covered include the profit-maximizing quantity, pricing decisions, and deadweight loss associated with monopolies. [6:13]

Practice what you have learned about the foundational ideas behind perfectly competitive markets, including the characteristics of a perfectly competitive market, profit-maximization, and graphs of perfectly competitive firms.

Students examine tradeoffs and profit- maximization decisions in the case study of Kaiser Aluminum, which decided to shut down aluminum production in favor of reselling electricity.

This site from the St. Joseph's College details what profit is, as well as providing a complete overview of how to maximize profit.

Discusses how a monopolist would rationally optimize profits.

Some believe our national pastime may be threatened by the big market, high revenue teams like the Yankees (or the New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, etc.) and that smaller market teams (e.g., the Florida Marlins, San Diego...

In this video, learn how to apply the analysis of factor markets to a sample problem. [10:23]