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Every AQA GCSE Geography exam question on 3.4.3 Numerical skills, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 31 questions on Numerical skills, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q02.2 (1 mark): The total area covered by tropical rainforest in 2020 was 968 million hectares. Using Figure 5, what percentage of the total area of tropical rainforest was fou
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q01.3 (1 mark): What is the expected percentage growth of Nairobi 2022–2050? Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q01.8 (1 mark): What is the approximate area of the village of Saxilby? [1 mark]
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q02.2 (1 mark): What is the difference in access to safe water supply between high income and lower-middle income countries? [1 mark]
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q01.6 (1 mark): What percentage of the UK’s electricity energy mix (2020) came from fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal)? [1 mark]
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q01.3 (1 mark): Using Figure 2, calculate the difference in the volume of Arctic sea ice from September 1980 to September 2020. [1 mark]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q01.2 (1 mark): Using Figure 1, which of the following statements is true? Shade one circle only. Between 1980–2020 the proportion of the population living in rural areas: [1 m
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q03.1 (2 marks): Calculate the percentage change in gas prices shown in Figure 12. Answer to the nearest whole number. [2 marks]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q05.2 (1 mark): Using Figure 15, what is the difference in water consumption between Europe and Africa in 2020? [1 mark]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q06.2 (1 mark): Using Figure 16, what is the difference in energy consumption between Europe and Africa in 2020? [1 mark]
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q01.1 (1 mark): What was the difference between the National Housing Federation (NHF) housing demand figure of 340 000 homes and the actual new housing supply in 2018? Shade on
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q04.1 (1 mark): What percentage of the people who were interviewed considered cleanliness to be reasonable? [1 mark]
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q01.3 (1 mark): Using Figure 1, by how much did the extent of sea ice change between 1980 and 2016? [1 mark]
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q02.6 (1 mark): Using Figure 9, what percentage of the biomass is stored in the roots? Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q01.4 (1 mark): Approximately how much more frequent is street robbery than business burglary? Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q04.1 (2 marks): How many of the countries shown in Figure 12 had a serious threat level? Shade one circle only. A 3 B 4 C 5 D 6 What percentage of the 25 countries shown had a
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q05.1 (2 marks): How many of the African countries shown in Figure 14 had a high risk of water insecurity in 2019? Shade one circle only. A 8 B 9 C 10 D 11 What percentage of th
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q06.1 (2 marks): How many of the countries shown in Figure 16 produced 41–60% of their electricity from renewable sources in 2019? Shade one circle only. A 6 B 7 C 8 D 9 What pe
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q01.3 (1 mark): Complete the following table by calculating the total spending ($) for an average cruise ship visit. [1 mark]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q02.2 (1 mark): Calculate the difference between employment (%) in primary industry and secondary industry in 2016. Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q02.3 (1 mark): Which one of the following describes the change in employment in secondary industry from 1966 to 2016? Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q02.7 (1 mark): Using Figure 8, calculate the percentage (%) of children aged 0 – 4 years old. Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q04.2 (1 mark): What was the total environmental quality score? [1 mark]
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q02.7 (1 mark): Calculate the percentage change in global forest loss between 2011 and 2017. Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q02.2 (1 mark): Guatemala’s gross national income (GNI) in 2016 was US$135 billion. The amount Guatemala receives from migrants in the USA is US$7 billion. Calculate the percen
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q02.1 (1 mark): What was the increase in the UK energy capacity for renewables in gigawatts (GW) between 2010 and 2018? Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q04.2 (1 mark): What percentage of visitors thought the quality of Footpath C was very good? [1 mark]
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q04.9 (1 mark): Complete the table below (Figure 10) for town centre A. [1 mark]
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q01.2 (2 marks): The total number of typhoons reaching Japan was 204. What percentage of the total number of typhoons occurred in August? Give your answer to the nearest whole p
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q02.2 (1 mark): Using Figure 6, what is the difference between China and the USA’s share of world trade? [1 mark]
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q04.8 (1 mark): In 2001, how many years lower was life expectancy in the study area than the city average? [1 mark]
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