Practice Consumer Surplus - 10.1 | Chapter: Microeconomics | IB MYP Grade 10: Individuals & Societies - Economics
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is consumer surplus?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think of the benefit you get from buying a product for less than its value.

Question 2

Easy

If a consumer is willing to pay $50 for a book and buys it for $30, what is their consumer surplus?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Subtract the actual price from the maximum price they were willing to pay.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What does consumer surplus represent?

  • Total revenue
  • Consumer benefit
  • Producer benefit

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how much more someone values a product compared to its cost.

Question 2

True or False: Consumer surplus increases when prices rise.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how higher prices impact consumer satisfaction.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

A local bakery is known for its cupcakes. If 100 customers value the cupcakes at $5 each but pay $3, calculate the total consumer surplus if all 100 customers buy one cupcake.

πŸ’‘ Hint: multiply the number of consumers by the individual consumer surplus.

Question 2

Analyze the change in consumer surplus if a new competitor enters the market causing the price of cupcakes to fall from $3 to $2. What happens to consumer surplus?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how a price decrease impacts total surplus.

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