0607.C1.12.03 — profit and loss (as an amount or a percentage).: past paper questions

Real questions on 0607.c1.12.03 — profit and loss (as an amount or a percentage).

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1. 0607/61 · October/November 2022 · Q9c[2]

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2. 0607/61 · October/November 2022 · Q9d[3]

   3-mark “Write” question — its maths and diagrams are best seen on the paper.

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3. 0607/32 · February/March 2021 · Q6b(i)[1]

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4. 0607/42 · October/November 2020 · Q1a[2]

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5. 0607/21 · May/June 2020 · Q10[2]

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What examiners said

Many candidates marked the maximum point on their sketch and most had no difficulty in writing down these values. When considering rounding answers candidates should look at the context of the question. This point on the graph represented maximum profit and the selling price that gave that profit in dollars, and so these figures should have been rounded as money, to two decimal places.

— Examiner report, October/November 2022, 0607/61 Q9(c) (Cambridge)

The words ‘Write an ….’ Indicated that complex working was not necessary here. This answer could be read from the graph and for good communication a line should have been drawn on the sketch in part (b) at P = 500.

— Examiner report, October/November 2022, 0607/61 Q9(d) (Cambridge)

Most candidates found the correct profit although a minority subtracted incorrectly.

— Examiner report, February/March 2021, 0607/32 Q6(b)(i) (Cambridge)