1. Business Revenue Prediction

2. Revenue
Income that a company gains from business activities, calculated before any expenses are subtracted.
Includes all sales and other increases in value.
Increasing revenues over time are generally a good sign of company's growth. 

3. What will the revenue of your company be in 2020?
How can we use math to make a prediction?
What do you need to know?
How can you use the information to make a prediction?

4. “revenue history of ___________”
Collect data
Collect revenue data for AT LEAST the last 10 years, preferably longer.
Create a table to organize your data (on paper).
Year
Revenue (billions)
2004
1.59
2005
1.934
2006
2.356
2007
2.768
2008
2.615
2009
2.723
2010
2.951
2011
3.436
2012
3.793
2013
4.24
2014
4.803
2015
5.374
2016
5.733
Search “annual revenue for __________” OR
“revenue history of ___________”

5. Create a Scatter Plot

6. Use your scatter plot to predict
What will your company’s revenue be in 2020?