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A Level Business: Calculate Questions

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Name: _______________________________________________

A Level Business
Calculate questions

Date:

Time:

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Questions
Q1.

Using the data in Extract E, calculate the percentage change in quantity demanded for sports industry
products in Brazil if GDP growth was 9%. You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q2.

The market value of e-commerce (mobile and online) in 2009 was $211.2 billion and in 2015 was $1519
billion.

Using the data in Extract B, calculate the percentage change in the market share of 'Mobile' between
2009 and 2015. You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q3.

Using the data in Extract B, calculate the change in Facebook's return on capital employed (ROCE)
between 2012 and 2013. You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q4.

Using the data, calculate Cadbury Plc's gross profit margin. You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q5.

Fox's Biscuits are considering selling their Caffè Thins at £1.74 per packet.
Fixed monthly costs are £160 000 with variable costs at 53 pence a packet.

Using this data, calculate the monthly break–even level of output for Caffè Thins.
You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q6.

Extract C

Selected information from SuperGroup Plc's Statement of Financial Position (2014)

Using the data in Extract C, calculate the current ratio for SuperGroup Plc in 2014. You are advised to
show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q7.

Extract B

Selected information about Backpack Ltd's homework app in 2015

Using the data in Extract B, and assuming a sales volume of 20 schools in 2015, calculate Backpack Ltd's
likely margin of safety. You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q8.

Extract B

Selected information about Backpack Ltd's homework app in 2015

Using the data in Extract B, and assuming a sales volume of 20 schools in 2015, calculate Backpack Ltd's
likely profit. You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q9.

Using the data, calculate Nokia's sales revenues in 2013. You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q10.
Using the data in Extract D, calculate, to 2 decimal places, the acid test ratio for Willie's Cacao Ltd in
2016. You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q11.

Using the data in Extracts E and F, calculate the amount Pfizer would have saved in 2014 if it had paid
corporation tax in Ireland, rather than the USA. You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q12.
For people in developing countries, purchasing a pair of VisionSpring glasses may be considered as an
investment.

Using the data in Extract B, calculate the average rate of return from purchasing a pair of glasses. You
are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q13.
JE Wilson & Sons Ltd produced a break-even chart to show the profitability of the Kendal Mint Cake
production line in its new factory.

This is shown in Figure 1 below.

Figure 1
Using Figure 1, calculate the contribution per box of Kendal Mint Cake. You are advised to show your
working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q14.

Using the data in Extract D, calculate, to 2 decimal places, the current ratio for Brantano Ltd. You are
advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q15.

Using the data in Extract B, calculate the difference in Morrisons' acid test ratio between 2014 and 2015.
You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q16.

Air passenger numbers were forecast to be 3.5bn people in 2015 and 3.75bn people in 2016.

Air passenger numbers were forecast to grow from 3.5bn people in 2015 to 3.75bn people in 2016.

Using the data from Extract A and the information above, calculate the difference in percentage growth in
air passenger numbers between 2015 and 2016. You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q17.

Using the data in Extract C, calculate Burberry plc's gross profit margin to 2 decimal places (2 d.p). You
are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q18.

Using the data in Extract A, calculate, to 2 decimal places, the income elasticity of demand for takeaway
meals. You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q19.

Using the data in Extract B, calculate the margin of safety. You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q20.

In 2015 the protein food and drink market was worth £310m.

Using the data in Extract B, calculate, to 2 decimal places, the market share of protein bars in the protein
food and drink market for 2015. You are advised to show your workings.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q21.

Using the data in Extract F, calculate the monthly labour cost per car. You are advised to show your
working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q22.

Using the information in Extract B, calculate the operating profit for Fevertree Drinks plc in 2016. You are
advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q23.

At the start of 2016, Beaverbrooks sold 600 Omega Seamaster watches. By 2017 this had increased to
690. Beaverbrooks calculated that the PED for this product was -0.8.

Calculate, to 2 decimal places, the percentage fall in the price of an Omega Seamaster watch.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q24.
Using the data in Extract B, calculate the percentage increase in the world sugar price from September
2015 to March 2016. You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q25.

Using the data in Extract E, calculate the percentage of the world's top 25 exporting economies that have
costs of production above those of the United Kingdom in 2014. You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q26.

Using the information in Extract B, calculate, to 2 decimal places, the profit for the year (net profit) margin
for Fevertree Drinks plc in 2016. You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q27.
Between 2010 and 2011, the number of music streaming subscribers grew by 62.34%.

Using the data from Extract A, calculate, to 2 decimal places, the difference between percentage growth
in 2010 to 2011 and that in 2019 to 2020.

You are advised to show your working.

(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q28.

Innocent Drinks has constructed the network diagram below to plan the launch of a new line of smoothies.
Each number represents how many days each activity is estimated to take.

Using the data in the network diagram above, calculate the Earliest Start Times (EST) and Latest
Finishing Times (LFT) for each activity and identify the critical path.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q29.

The Posh Pasty Company's factory has a maximum output of 34,200 pasties per year.

Using the data in Extract A, calculate the total number of pasties produced by The Posh Pasty Company
in 2015. You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q30.
Using the data in Extract F, calculate the total profit variance for Zara in 2016.
You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

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