Daily Practice · GCSE Business
May 2026 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 2026
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2026State one disadvantage of a direct distribution channel.
- 2nd May 2026Why must a business selling online take data protection seriously?
- 3rd May 2026Explain one benefit of computer aided design.
- 4th May 2026Explain why a growing business might change from being a sole trader to a private limited company.
- 5th May 2026Give one reason creativity is a valuable quality for an entrepreneur.
- 6th May 2026Define the term stakeholder.
- 7th May 2026State one non-financial reward an entrepreneur might gain from running their own business.
- 8th May 2026A business borrows 5,000 pounds at a simple interest rate of 4% per year, repaid after 2 years. Calculate the total interest paid.
- 9th May 2026What is revenue expenditure?
- 10th May 2026Explain one disadvantage of external recruitment.
- 11th May 2026Explain one benefit to a business of using a person specification when shortlisting applicants.
- 12th May 2026Name the UK law that makes it illegal to discriminate against employees based on protected characteristics such as age, sex or disability.
- 13th May 2026State the difference between legislation and ethics.
- 14th May 2026Name three variables a business could use to segment a market.
- 15th May 2026Name the four stages of the product life cycle in order.
- 16th May 2026What is a 'brand extension'?
- 17th May 2026Give one reason a business might pay more to source locally.
- 18th May 2026A business produces 3,600 units a week with 12 workers. After changes it produces 4,500 with the same 12. Calculate the percentage rise in productivity.
- 19th May 2026Explain why businesses selling non-essential, expensive products are often affected more by a recession than businesses selling essentials.
- 20th May 2026Define market segmentation.
- 21st May 2026Give one reason a business plan helps the entrepreneur themselves, not just outside lenders.
- 22nd May 2026Give one solution a business could use for a short-term cash-flow shortfall, other than chasing customer payments.
- 23rd May 2026State the formula for a month's closing balance.
- 24th May 2026If a business successfully cuts its variable cost per unit while keeping its selling price the same, what happens to its break-even output?
- 25th May 2026Identify one direct cost of training.
- 26th May 2026Explain why, according to Herzberg, simply raising pay may not increase motivation.
- 27th May 2026Define business ethics.
- 28th May 2026Give one reason e-commerce might exclude some customers.
- 29th May 2026Give one way technology allows a business to target its promotion more precisely than traditional mass-media advertising.
- 30th May 2026Why must promotion be consistent with the rest of the marketing mix?
- 31st May 2026A bakery makes 200 white loaves, then 150 wholemeal, then 100 seeded. Name the process and explain how you can tell.