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Q3(a) Multiple choice picking what counts as an economic need.
Edexcel · 4EC1
The economic problem comes up in 5 questions across the Edexcel International GCSE past papers (4EC1), worth 6 marks between them. They run from 2019 to 2023 and appear on iGCSE Paper 1, iGCSE Paper 1R.
Tariffs run from 1 to 2 marks. The commonest instructions are Identify (MCQ) (3), Describe (1), Define (1). Specification points covered: 1.1.1.
Q3(a) Multiple choice picking what counts as an economic need.
Q2(f) Say why unlimited wants produce scarcity.
Q1(e) Give the meaning of wants.
Q2(a) Multiple choice: which item belongs to the economic problem of scarcity.
Q3(b) Multiple choice picking the example of an economic want.
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