Daily Practice · GCSE Business
May 2025 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 2025
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2025What is a wholesaler?
- 2nd May 2025Give one operational cost that e-commerce creates which a shop does not have.
- 3rd May 2025Why does technology investment need to be judged against demand rather than cost alone?
- 4th May 2025Give one advantage of buying a franchise rather than starting an entirely independent business.
- 5th May 2025State one way an entrepreneur could generate a business idea without inventing something completely new.
- 6th May 2025Identify whether shareholders are internal or external stakeholders.
- 7th May 2025Define reward in the context of enterprise.
- 8th May 2025Why might a sole trader be unable to raise finance through share capital?
- 9th May 2025A business buys office furniture for 3,200 pounds and pays 1,800 pounds in staff wages in the same month. Calculate its total capital expenditure for the month.
- 10th May 2025Give one advantage of internal recruitment.
- 11th May 2025State one risk to a business of recruiting without a clear job description.
- 12th May 2025Give one example of a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.
- 13th May 2025State one risk to a business of breaking the law.
- 14th May 2025A business segments its market by income. Give one product example that suits income-based segmentation.
- 15th May 2025True or false: every product follows the product life cycle at the same speed.
- 16th May 2025Give one benefit to a business of strong brand recognition.
- 17th May 2025Why can poor conditions at a supplier damage a business that does not own that supplier?
- 18th May 2025Give one reason a business might prefer lean methods to buying automated machinery.
- 19th May 2025Identify what typically happens to unemployment during a recession.
- 20th May 2025State one characteristic a business might use to segment its market.
- 21st May 2025Explain why a business plan is not a guarantee of success.
- 22nd May 2025Give one solution a business could use if late-paying customers are causing its cash-flow problem.
- 23rd May 2025Why might a business prepare a cash-flow forecast even if it expects to be profitable for the year?
- 24th May 2025A business's selling price is 15 pounds and variable cost per unit is 9 pounds. Calculate the contribution per unit.
- 25th May 2025State one benefit of training to a business.
- 26th May 2025Identify which category opportunities for promotion belongs to under Herzberg's theory.
- 27th May 2025Give one reason ethical sourcing can increase a business's costs.
- 28th May 2025Give one drawback of e-commerce for a business.
- 29th May 2025Give one cost or resource a business needs in order to run digital marketing effectively.
- 30th May 2025State one risk of using frequent sales promotions such as heavy discounting.
- 31st May 2025Define job production and give one example.