Edexcel IGCSE Business Studies Quantitative Skills
Practise Edexcel IGCSE Business Studies quantitative skills by calculating percentage changes, revenue growth, costs, pay and cash-flow balances.
- Syllabus
- Issue 2 (2026)
- Course
- Business 4BS1
Covered syllabus points
6 Quantitative skills question 1
Ocean Vibes is a boat tour business located in two tourists resorts in Portugal. During the tours, it collects wildlife research. The idea came from two young scientists, Alfredo and Pedro, who share a passion for the environment, boats and science. Ocean Vibes employs boat tour guides and a sales team in each of the two resorts.
The main goal of Ocean Vibes is to connect tourism with science. It offers dolphin and bird-watching tours to tourists and uses the boat tours to collect research data on the wildlife. Its tour guides are knowledgeable, passionate and respectful of the environment.
Customers can book the boat tours online or in the tourist resorts. They are encouraged to leave reviews on Ocean Vibes' website.
Every month Ocean Vibes provides a boat tour for students and researchers who wish to study the wildlife.
There are many other businesses offering boat tours in Portugal which makes competing in the industry a challenge.
Question (a)
(a)
A bank in Portugal charges Ocean Vibes 12% interest on overdrafts.
Which one of the following is the interest charged by the bank on an overdraft of €1 400?
Select one answer.
A
€140
B
€168
C
€1388
D
€1568
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Question (b)
(b)
Figure 1 shows the total costs for Ocean Vibes in 2022 and 2023.
Which one of the following is the percentage change in the total costs between 2022 and 2023?
Select one answer.
A
0.90%
B
9.52%
C
10.53%
D
90.48%
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6 Quantitative skills question 2
Kraft Heinz has set itself many targets to reach before 2025. These include reducing its impact on the environment and improving its use of robotic technology for production. It is hoped that these targets will lower the impact Kraft Heinz production has on the environment by reducing its waste and greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.
Figure 2 shows the amount of waste to landfill for Kraft Heinz from 2019 to 2021.
Figure 2
Calculate the decrease in waste to landfill in metric tons for Kraft Heinz from 2019 to 2021. You are advised to show your working.
metric tons
6 Quantitative skills question 3
Tata Motor Company employs over 60,000 employees around the world. In 2017 the turnover was $ 42 billion, with 9 million car sales. Tata Motor Company has 6,000 car
showrooms around the world.
Calculate the average number of vehicles sold in each car showroom. You are advised to show your workings.
6 Quantitative skills question 4
Artify Studio is planning to open a second art studio in the small mining town of Sungai Lembing in Malaysia. It will recruit highly skilled employees to provide a high standard of service.
In order to advertise the opening of the second art studio, Artify Studio need to look at promotional cost.
It costs 459.50 MYR for 1,000 colour leaflets to be printed. The cost of delivery is 17.87 MYR per hour.
Calculate the cost to Artify Studio of delivering 1,000 printed leaflets which will take 3 hours. You are advised to show your workings.
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