Cover each answer, write your working, then open the answer to compare. The questions run from easier to harder.
They come from the cluster on population growth, structure and migration. Repeat the set later with the timed original practice session builder.
Part A: counting change
Question 1. A district records 1 200 births and 450 deaths. Find the natural increase.
Answer
1 200 − 450 = 750.
Question 2. The same district has 900 in-migrants and 1 350 out-migrants. Find the net migration.
Answer
900 − 1 350 = −450, a net loss through migration.
Question 3. The district started with 30 000 residents. Using Questions 1 and 2, find the total change and the final population.
Answer
Total change is 750 + (−450) = +300. Final population: 30 000 + 300 = 30 300.
Question 4. A town of 60 000 has a natural increase of 750. Find the natural increase rate per 1 000.
Answer
750 ÷ 60 000 × 1 000 = 12.5 per 1 000.
Part B: shares and structure
Question 5. In a town of 40 000, 6 000 residents are aged 0 to 14. Give this as a percentage.
Answer
6 000 ÷ 40 000 × 100 = 15%.
Question 6. Town X has 3 000 residents aged 65 and over out of 20 000. Town Y has 4 500 out of 50 000. Which town has the older structure, and why?
Answer
X: 3 000 ÷ 20 000 = 15%. Y: 4 500 ÷ 50 000 = 9%. Town X has the older structure, even though Y has more elderly people in count, because X has the larger share.
Question 7. A pyramid shows 0 to 14 bars at 6% each side and 15 to 29 bars at 11% each side. What does this suggest, and what can it not prove?
Answer
It suggests that fewer children were born in the last fifteen years than in the fifteen years before. It cannot prove why, because migration of young adults could also affect the bars.
Part C: writing effects
Question 8. Rewrite for an SPM answer: “Old people are a burden on the town.” The town’s share of people aged 65 and over rose from 9% to 14%.
Answer
One model: “A rise in the share of people aged 65 and over from 9% to 14% may increase demand for clinics and accessible transport, if these services do not expand at the same pace.”
The sentence names the change, the pressure and the condition, and attaches no trait to a group.
If you got these wrong
- Questions 1 to 4: revisit natural change versus net migration.
- Question 7: study interpreting a population pyramid.
- Questions 5 and 6: read comparing age structures fairly.
- Question 8: work through explaining effects without stereotyping.
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