Q: What mistakes do candidates make on this AQA GCSE question?

✗ Reading the value from the wrong year or wrong column.\n✗ Forgetting to include the units (£ million) in the final interpretation, although just the number is required for the mark.

Question 1

The table shows the annual sales value (£ million) in the UK of different ways to buy music. Write down the value of Downloads in 2015.

Accepted Answer

To answer this question, you need to read the data from the table. First, find the row corresponding to the year 2015. Then, move across that row to find the column for "Downloads". The number in that cell is your answer. Remember the units are in £ million.

Question 2

What mistakes do candidates make on this AQA GCSE question?

Accepted Answer

✗ Reading the value from the wrong year or wrong column.
✗ Forgetting to include the units (£ million) in the final interpretation, although just the number is required for the mark.

The table shows the annual sales value (£ million) in the UK of different ways to buy music. Write down the value of Downloads in 2015.

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