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Every AQA A-Level Economics exam question on 4.2.1.3 Uses of index numbers, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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- June 2025, Paper 3, Q16 (1 mark): Table 4 shows the index of consumer prices and the unemployment rate for an economy. The data is for the end of each quarter in a particular year. The index of
- June 2025, AS Paper 2, Q28 (4 marks): Use Extract D to calculate the index of business investment (at 2019 prices) in 2022, when 2017 is the base year. Give your answer to one decimal place. [4 mark
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q01 (2 marks): Inflation resulted in a basket of goods and services that cost £100 in 2015 costing £112 in 2021. Using this information and the data in Extract A (Table 1), ca
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q27 (1 mark): Table 8 shows an index of copper exports for a country during the years 2020 to 2023. Table 8 Year Index of copper exports (2020 = 100) 2020 100.0 2021 106.0 20
- June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q02 (1 mark): Between 2021 and 2022, the weight applied to the restaurant and hotels sector in the Consumer Prices Index rose from 97 to 102. As a result of this change, it m
- June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q19 (1 mark): Table 2 shows the indices of labour productivity and real GDP for Country A and Country B for 2 years. Table 2 Index of labour productivity Index of real GDP Ye
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q01 (2 marks): Using the data in Extract A (Table 1), calculate the index of total car sales in 2021 if, in the base year, total car sales were 1.25 million. Give your answer
- June 2023, AS Paper 1, Q22 (4 marks): Extract B (lines 4–5) states: ‘the average monthly price of Brent crude (one of two key oil prices) has varied from $116.52 in February 2013 to $23.34 in April
- June 2023, AS Paper 2, Q03 (1 mark): Table 1 shows the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for an economy over a period of time. Table 1 Year CPI 2008 110 2011 108 2014 116 2017 124 2020 130 Which one of th
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q01 (2 marks): Using the data in Extract A (Figure 1), if 2015 is the base year, calculate the index of Egypt’s real GDP in 2018. Give your answer to one decimal place. [2 mar
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q04 (1 mark): Table 1 shows the individual price indices and the weightings of the three goods that make up a price index. Table 1 Good Weighting Price Index in April 2022 (A
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q23 (1 mark): Table 4 shows the values of nominal GDP and a price index in two different years. Table 4 Year 2015 2019 Nominal GDP (£ billions) 250 290 Price index 100 110 Wh
- June 2022, AS Paper 2, Q03 (1 mark): The main reason that economic statistics are often expressed as index numbers is to A allow easier comparison of data. B calculate cost of living data. C conver
- June 2022, AS Paper 2, Q07 (1 mark): Index numbers for real GDP per head for Country X and Country Y, are shown in Table 1. Table 1 Year Country X Country Y 2016 100 100 2017 102 104 2018 101 103 2
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q05 (2 marks): Using the data in Extract D (Figure 4), calculate South Korea’s rate of inflation for the year ended 31 December 2019. Give your answer to two decimal places. [
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q28 (1 mark): The index of real GDP for an economy was 100 in 2017, its base year, and 105 in 2020. In 2017, real GDP was £500 billion. The monetary value of real GDP for thi
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q22 (1 mark): Table 4 shows the weights used in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) for a selection of items in 2008 and 2018. Table 4 Category 2008 weight 2018 weight Food and n
- November 2020, AS Paper 2, Q04 (1 mark): Which one of the following statements about the consumer price index (CPI) is correct? A A fall in the CPI means that the real value of money is falling B An in
- November 2020, AS Paper 2, Q17 (1 mark): Table 1 shows the index of export prices, the current monetary value of a country’s exports and the calculated value, to the nearest £ billion, of the value of
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