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Q4 Work out the index number for world income per head in 2002 when 2022 is the base year.
Edexcel · 9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14
Index numbers comes up in 11 questions across the Edexcel A Level, AS and International A Level past papers (9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14), worth 17 marks between them. They run from 2017 to 2025 and appear on AS Level Paper 1, AS Level Paper 2, International A Level Unit 2, International A Level Unit 4.
Tariffs run from 1 to 4 marks. The commonest instructions are Calculate (MCQ) (5), Calculate (4), Define (2). Specification points covered: 1.2.4, 2.1.2, 2.3.1.2, 2.3.4.1, 4.3.2.3, 4.3.6.1.
Q4 Work out the index number for world income per head in 2002 when 2022 is the base year.
Q6 Work out the index number for Ireland's 2021 gross national income taking 2019 as the base.
Q7(a) Work out how far the coal price index climbed from January 2020 through to April 2022.
Q6 Using a table of Ireland's GDP from 2018 to 2020, calculate the index number for 2020 with 2018 as the base year.
Q2 Using a table of Bahrain's Gross National Income from 2017 to 2019, calculate the index number for 2019 with 2017 as the base year.
Q9 Using a table of average personal disposable income in China from 2014 to 2018, calculate an index number for 2014 with 2018 as the base year, showing workings.
Q5(b) From the house-price table, work out index numbers for UK averages in 2015 and 2016, using 2014 as base.
Q5(c) Give the meaning of an index number (2-mark definition).
Q2(a) State what a base year is (2-mark definition).
Q2(b) From a UK wheat production table covering 2010–2015, work out 2011 and 2012 index numbers on a 2010 base.
Q2(c) Identify the percentage change in UK wheat production from 2014 to 2015. (0.03 / −2.87 / −2.95 / −477)
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