A parcel depot wants its sorting staff to sort at least 25 parcels per worker-hour. The manager has drawn up four possible shift plans for one week.
| Shift plan | Workers | Hours per worker | Parcels sorted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm | 5 | 36 | 4,680 |
| Flint | 8 | 25 | 5,000 |
| Grove | 6 | 35 | 5,040 |
| Heath | 10 | 21 | 5,670 |
Which shift plan would fall short of the depot's target?
Plan Flint
Plan Elm
Plan Heath
Plan Grove
138 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Economics 1.4 Production, costs, revenue and profit, covering 1.4.1a Business objectives, 1.4.1b Types of costs and revenue, 1.4.1c Calculating profit, 1.4.1d Profit as an incentive to produce, 1.4.1e Moral and ethical considerations, 1.4.2a Production versus productivity, 1.4.2b Factors and benefits of productivity, 1.4.3a Economies of scale and business behaviour, 1.4.3b Types of economy of scale, and 1.4.3c Diseconomies of scale. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.