Daily Practice · GCSE Business
September 2025 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 2025
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2025What is the difference between start-up capital and working capital?
- 2nd September 2025What does the margin of safety measure?
- 3rd September 2025Give one reason a business might prefer leasing equipment rather than buying it outright with a loan.
- 4th September 2025Give one advantage to an employer of part-time contracts.
- 5th September 2025Give one advantage of on-the-job training.
- 6th September 2025Explain how strong branding can help a business differentiate.
- 7th September 2025Give one benefit to consumers of a highly competitive market.
- 8th September 2025What is meant by a 'random sample'?
- 9th September 2025A product costs 12 pounds to make and the business wants a 25% markup. Calculate the selling price.
- 10th September 2025Give one example of an extension strategy.
- 11th September 2025Give three costs to a business of poor quality.
- 12th September 2025Why should a business look for the cause rather than fixing each faulty item?
- 13th September 2025State the formula for total revenue.
- 14th September 2025State where the shares of a public limited company (plc) can be bought and sold.
- 15th September 2025Identify one source of change that can create new business opportunities.
- 16th September 2025Explain, in one sentence, how a profitable business could still run out of cash.
- 17th September 2025A business has gross profit of 35,000 pounds and expenses of 22,000 pounds. Calculate its net profit.
- 18th September 2025Explain what chain of command means.
- 19th September 2025State the difference between a wage and a salary.
- 20th September 2025Define computer-aided manufacture (CAM).
- 21st September 2025Explain why rising unemployment during a recession can reduce a business's sales.
- 22nd September 2025Explain one effect of a rise in interest rates on a business with a variable-rate loan.
- 23rd September 2025A business raises its price significantly to reposition as premium. Name one other element of the mix it is also likely to need to change.
- 24th September 2025Give one cost e-commerce can reduce for a small business compared with running physical stores.
- 25th September 2025Define e-commerce and give one benefit for a small business.
- 26th September 2025Explain how stock control software reduces costs.
- 27th September 2025State what a franchisee pays a franchisor for.
- 28th September 2025State one quality commonly associated with successful entrepreneurs.
- 29th September 2025State one reason shareholder and employee interests can conflict.
- 30th September 2025Give one method an entrepreneur can use to reduce, not remove, the risk of a new venture.