A glass-jar factory records its weekly output and workforce over two weeks.
| Week | Output (jars) | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,800 | 8 |
| 2 | 6,000 | 12 |
Calculate the factory's labour productivity in each week, in jars per worker per week.
Explain what happened to the factory's production and labour productivity from week 1 to week 2.
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.