Yes. Five topics for Component 01, five for Component 02, plus quantitative skills and synoptic application which are examined across all three. The full topic list is here.

Themes in Economics draws on both micro and macro together, in a context you have not seen. There is no separate body of content to learn for it, which is exactly why it exposes gaps: you cannot connect two things you cannot each recall.

The guide asks what each diagram shows, what shifts each curve and in which direction, what the areas represent and what the diagram proves. Drawing them accurately under time is what past papers are for.

Those are two different problems and they need solving in order. The guide fixes recall of definitions, mechanisms and evaluation points. Essay structure, the choice between two extended responses and time allocation come from past papers marked against the mark scheme.

Yes. Quantitative Skills for Economics is its own topic, and the calculations appear in the topics they belong to: elasticities, index numbers, real against nominal, percentage and percentage point change, the multiplier, marginal and average cost and revenue.

About twenty minutes for one subtopic, all three steps. The Role of Markets is 257 questions, so work by subtopic and the size of the topic stops mattering.

Write. Economics marks turn on precise definitions and on chains of reasoning written down. The method page sets out the evidence.

H460 is linear, so all three papers are sat at the end of Year 13. Micro is taught first and is examined on two of the three papers, so it rewards early passes and regular returns.

Yes. The method puts the content into memory. Past papers train the data response, the essay choice and the clock. OCR publishes them free.

A PDF, emailed on purchase. The questions for a topic print together and the answers follow directly after them.

A PDF of 1,226 exam-style questions covering the whole of OCR A-Level Economics, with the answers printed after each topic.

Length is not what is marked. Economics essays are marked on precise definitions, correct diagrams and evaluated chains of reasoning. A student who cannot state a definition cleanly writes around it at length instead, which costs time and scores little.

There should be handwritten answers on paper and three passes over the same questions, and two scores per session to compare.

£8.00 for the whole specification. An endorsed A-Level Economics textbook is usually £30 to £40.

The specification code is on the exam timetable. OCR Economics is H460. Other boards run their own Economics A-Levels with different content.

105 subtopics at roughly twenty minutes each is about 35 hours for a full first pass, spread across two years.

Past papers, which OCR publishes free, and their own notes for anything not yet taught.

With Microeconomics: The Role of Markets. It is the largest topic at 257 questions and it is assumed by Component 01 and Component 03 both.