This set has ten original questions, ordered from easier to harder, covering all five lessons in the 0450 to 0264 transition. Questions 1 and 2 practise the exam year, 3 and 4 the scope comparison, 5 and 6 old resources, 7 and 8 specimen timing, and 9 and 10 the exam series.
All people, schools and dates are invented, and none of these questions copies an exam paper. Cambridge’s documents and your centre hold the real facts.
Write each answer on paper, then open the solution. Note the ones you missed and use the routing list at the end. The mistake log and retest queue helps you retry a fresh question later.
Questions
1. Mei Ling’s entry letter says “Code 0264, exam year 2027”. Her cousin’s revision book has 0450 on the cover. Which one decides which Cambridge page she should open first?
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The entry letter decides. It comes from her centre and names her code and year. The book’s cover only shows which course the book was written for. She opens the 0264 page and treats the book as a resource to audit.
2. Imran’s centre confirms “exam year 2026”. Cambridge identifies 0264 for first assessment in 2027. Is 0264 expected for Imran? What should he still do?
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2026 is earlier than 2027, so 0264 is not expected for his year, and 0450 applies for its own examination years. He should still ask the centre to confirm his code in writing and open the Cambridge page for that code. 2027 − 2026 = 1 year.
3. A comparison table has 24 rows: 15 same, 5 reworded, 3 only in new and 1 only in old. How many rows need action, and what percentage is that?
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Check the total: 15 + 5 + 3 + 1 = 24. Action rows: 5 + 3 + 1 = 9. Percentage: 9 ÷ 24 = 0.375, so 37.5%.
4. Sofia says two textbooks both have a chapter called “Business finance”, so the topic must be identical. Explain the flaw and give the better method.
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Chapter titles belong to publishers, and the same title can hide different content. The better method is to compare the official headings and learning statements in the two Cambridge documents and mark each row as same, reworded, only in new or only in old.
5. A notes pack from a tuition centre has no code, no year and no list of contents. What label does it get first, and what is your next action?
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Unverified. Your next action is to compare the pack’s topics with your confirmed document, chapter by chapter, and relabel each as green, amber or red.
6. An old textbook shows a credit sale of RM1,200 with a cost of RM750. Find the profit and the cash received today. Does the code change this arithmetic?
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Profit = 1,200 − 750 = RM450. Cash received today = RM0, because the sale was on credit and has not been collected. The arithmetic does not depend on the code, but you should still check how your own document words the definitions. The cash versus profit bridge lets you see both side by side.
7. An invented paper cover says 75 minutes and 60 marks. How many minutes per mark, and how long for an 8-mark question?
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75 ÷ 60 = 1.25 minutes per mark. For 8 marks: 8 × 1.25 = 10 minutes.
8. For the same paper, you keep 15 minutes for checking. Recalculate the minutes per mark and the time for an 8-mark question.
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Time for answering = 75 − 15 = 60 minutes. Minutes per mark = 60 ÷ 60 = 1. An 8-mark question gets 8 minutes. The ratio tool with interpretation limits shows the same kind of formula trace if you want to check a division.
9. A parent says: “First assessment is 2027, so my son sits in March 2027.” Write a calm two-sentence reply.
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“First assessment tells us when the syllabus is first assessed, not which series our centre offers. Let us ask the centre in writing which series he is entered for and when entry closes.”
10. Your centre says your series starts on 19 November. Today is 3 August. How many full weeks do you have, and how many days are left over?
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From 3 August to 31 August is 28 days. Then add September 30, October 31 and November 19: 28 + 30 + 31 + 19 = 108 days. 108 ÷ 7 = 15 remainder 3, so 15 full weeks and 3 days. Check: 15 × 7 = 105, and 105 + 3 = 108.
If you got these wrong
- Questions 1 and 2: go back to locating the learner’s actual examination year.
- Questions 3 and 4: revisit comparing the old and new code using official scope records.
- Questions 5 and 6: revisit identifying a learning resource that predates a change.
- Questions 7 and 8: revisit using the correct specimen-task requirements.
- Questions 9 and 10: revisit avoiding assumptions about the exam series. Date counting slips usually come from forgetting how many days the month has, so write each month’s days out.
Arithmetic slips in questions 3, 6, 7, 8 and 10 are worth logging as “calculation” errors, separate from the reasoning errors in the other questions.
For wider guidance, see the Business learning guide. If date counting or timing sums keep slipping, a teacher in online one-to-one Business tuition can go through your working line by line.