AI Budget Scenarios

This worksheet challenges students to solve budget-based problems to determine whether a company should use small models, big models, or both. Each problem lists a cost for using each model and a project requirement, such as tutoring sessions, translations, customer chats, or summaries. Students must use math reasoning to determine what fits within a $100 budget. The activity builds real-world financial literacy while reinforcing the differences in cost and capability between model types. Students combine reading comprehension, numerical reasoning, and decision-making to justify each choice.

Curriculum Matched Skills

Math – Problem Solving with Budgets and Cost Analysis
English Language Arts – Reading Multi-Step Word Problems
Technology Education – Evaluating Model Cost Efficiency
Digital Literacy – Comparing Performance vs. Cost Trade-Offs

This worksheet is part of our Small AI Models vs. Big AI Models Worksheets collection.