Commerce Year 10 · Stage 4-5

Running a Business and Investing

The numbers behind a business and the decisions behind an investment.

Dot points
8
Module
3 of 3
Course
Commerce Year 10
01What this module asks of you

The 8 syllabus dot points in Running a Business and Investing

These are the statements the Commerce Year 10 syllabus makes about Running a Business and Investing. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.

  1. 01

    Business planning and feasibility

    Business planning and feasibility - Running a Business and Investing, Year 10.

  2. 02

    Revenue, costs and profit

    Revenue, costs and profit - Running a Business and Investing, Year 10.

  3. 03

    Break-even analysis

    Break-even analysis - Running a Business and Investing, Year 10.

  4. 04

    Cash flow versus profit

    Cash flow versus profit - Running a Business and Investing, Year 10.

  5. 05

    Sources of finance

    Sources of finance - Running a Business and Investing, Year 10.

  6. 06

    Investment basics: risk and return

    Investment basics: risk and return - Running a Business and Investing, Year 10.

  7. 07

    Compound growth over time

    Compound growth over time - Running a Business and Investing, Year 10.

  8. 08

    Evaluating a business or investment decision

    Evaluating a business or investment decision - Running a Business and Investing, Year 10.

02How it is examined

What a Running a Business and Investing question asks you to do

Year 10 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on Running a Business and Investing are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Commerce Year 10 uses.

analyse3–5classify1define2–3evaluate4–6explain3–4identify1

Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.

03Where this module sits

Running a Business and Investing in the Commerce Year 10 course

Running a Business and Investing is module 3 of 3 in Commerce Year 10. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.

Find the Running a Business and Investing dot points you have never been asked

Dux diagnoses Commerce Year 10 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.