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A-Level Economics past papers

Pick your exam board. 51 papers with their mark schemes, straight from AQA, Edexcel A, Edexcel B and OCR.

7136

AQA

Components 7136/1, /2 and /3.

Papers
12
Years
2020–23
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9EC0

Edexcel A

Economics A. Three papers a series from June 2022, as far back as Pearson publishes.

Papers
12
Years
2022–25
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9EB0

Edexcel B

Economics B. Three papers a series from June 2022, as far back as Pearson publishes.

Papers
12
Years
2022–25
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H460

OCR

Microeconomics, macroeconomics and themes in economics.

Papers
15
Years
2021–25
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Where the marks actually go

Evaluation is where the top band lives

Not a list of counterpoints. One judgement, argued: which effect dominates, under what conditions, and why. An essay that explains four things and judges none sits in the middle band however well written it is.

Diagrams have to be used, not just drawn

Label both axes, label the curves, show the shift, and then refer to the diagram in the sentence that follows. A perfect unreferenced diagram earns the drawing mark and nothing after it.

The extract is there to be quoted

Data response questions carry marks for using the context: the figure, the year, the country in front of you. Generic theory applied to no particular economy is the commonest way to lose a band on an otherwise correct answer.

Chains of reasoning must be complete

Each link stated: this policy, so this effect on costs, so this effect on supply, so this effect on price. Examiners mark the links. Skipping two steps because they are obvious to you is the single most common reason a good point scores two marks instead of four.

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