Q1(c) Give the meaning of economies of scale.
Edexcel · 4EC1
Economies of scale comes up in 19 questions across the Edexcel International GCSE past papers (4EC1), worth 96 marks between them. They run from 2019 to 2025 and appear on iGCSE Paper 1, iGCSE Paper 1R, iGCSE Paper 2.
Tariffs run from 1 to 12 marks. The commonest instructions are Analyse (5), Define (4), Assess (3). Specification points covered: 1.2.3, 2.2.1.
Q1(c) Give the meaning of economies of scale.
Q4(c) Data response: weigh up whether the firm is likely to gain from economies of scale.
Q4(b) Data response: how internal economies of scale benefit a supermarket chain.
Q4(b) Data response: how external economies of scale bear on firms (context: Indian rail expansion moving cement, iron and steel).
Q1(c) Give the meaning of economies of scale.
Q3(c) Diagram question: mark economies and diseconomies of scale and the firm's most efficient point.
Q3(e) Data response: whether a media merger is likely to deliver economies of scale.
Q2(g) Data response: how far a telecoms merger is likely to deliver economies of scale.
Q1(d) Name a type of external economy of scale.
Q1(c) Give the meaning of economies of scale.
Q2(b) Multiple choice naming the situation where a whole growing industry sees lower average costs.
Q4(c) Data response: weigh up whether merging three messaging services delivers economies of scale.
Q1(i) Data response: how a firm gained from technical economies of scale.
Q1(c) Give the meaning of economies of scale.
Q3(e) Data response: whether a large new airport will see internal economies of scale.
Q4(b) Data response: why a firm might be running into diseconomies of scale.
Q3(a) Multiple choice picking the external economy of scale.
Q4(b) Data response: how joining an alliance gives a smaller airline internal economies of scale.
Q3(b) Multiple choice picking the diseconomy of scale.
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