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AQA GCSE Economics Paper 1 - Wednesday, May 14, 2025 [Exam Chat]

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AQA GCSE Economics Paper 1: how markets work (8136/1) - 14 May 2025 [Exam Chat]
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Date/Time: 14 May 2025 PM
Length: 1h 45m
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Reply 1

imso coooked

Reply 2

what are some predicted 15 marker and 9 marker topics?
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Reply 3

Does anyone know if there are online resources for GCSE econ other than the spec?

Reply 4

Pretty terrified right now
I went to bed at 7:30pm for this lol
Good luck everyone! Let us know how you do, we'll be thinking of you :smile:
Original post by aaa155
imso coooked


Original post by ambitious_tiger
what are some predicted 15 marker and 9 marker topics?


Original post by self-righteous-b
Does anyone know if there are online resources for GCSE econ other than the spec?


Original post by Sichwünschen
Pretty terrified right now
I went to bed at 7:30pm for this lol


How did you all get on? I hope it went well!

Reply 7

Honestly not bad I don't think how about everyone else

Reply 8

Yay! I’m sooo lonely, does anyone else actually do economics gcse?

Reply 9

what did everyone get on the 3 mark calculation on section B

Reply 10

I got 224, and so did most of my mates

Reply 11

Original post by creaking-teahous
Yay! I’m sooo lonely, does anyone else actually do economics gcse?

Nice! The questions weren't bad, were they? What do you think the hardest one was?

Our school doesn't offer economics but they let me take the paper anyway

I did it on the iPad and I wrote 6 full pages lol
My hand hurt from the typing 🤣🤣

Reply 12

Original post by GerrshBallLicker
I got 224, and so did most of my mates

I swear I did profits / households, all added together, /6 and I got 230

Reply 13

Original post by Sichwünschen
I swear I did profits / households, all added together, /6 and I got 230

You might have messed up as at least 6 separate students have said they got the same in my class

Reply 14

what did everyone get on the 3 mark calculation on section B

Around £224.something. I probs messed up. I added profits then divided by units sold

Reply 15

Original post by Sichwünschen
I swear I did profits / households, all added together, /6 and I got 230

yes i was wondering about that, some people got 230 and others got 224, i got 230 tho doing the same process as you

Reply 16

Original post by GerrshBallLicker
I got 224, and so did most of my mates

what was your process to get that please? Just wondering in case i picked up any marks

Reply 17

Original post by GerrshBallLicker
I got 224, and so did most of my mates
I got 225

Reply 18

Original post by Sichwünschen
Honestly not bad I don't think how about everyone else

I honestly hated how bad the 6 marker was. So vague. and the source for 15 marker wasn't good as well. Why was it about oligopoly but 15 marker about monopolies. Everything else before was light.

Reply 19

Original post by arbsed
I honestly hated how bad the 6 marker was. So vague. and the source for 15 marker wasn't good as well. Why was it about oligopoly but 15 marker about monopolies. Everything else before was light.

yes honestly i that was confusing

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