Edexcel A Level · 9EC0 · Theme 3: Business behaviour and the labour market

3.3.2 Costs

Everything you need for questions on costs, in the words examiners reward. An interactive seven-step lesson goes with it.

What's on this sheet

  1. Cost definitions
  2. Short-run cost curves
  3. Why the curves are U-shaped
  4. Worked example
  5. Classic question: does a rise in fixed costs change the firm's output and price?
  6. Side 2: practice tasks, where the marks go, and exam-style questions
  7. Separate answer key

The lesson in seven steps

  1. One kitchen, more cooks
  2. Sort the costs
  3. Shift the curves
  4. Cost trainer
  5. Costs and decisions
  6. Build the chain
  7. Exam practice

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