Production and Productivity

If 400 ice-creams are made by 5 workers in one hour. What is the productivity per worker?

• 20 ice creams per worker

• 60 ice creams per worker

• 80 ice creams per worker per hour

• 55 ice creams per worker per hour

What is the formula to calculate productivity?

• input / output

• base x height

• output / input

• input x workers

If 200 lollies are wrapped in one hour by 4 machines. What is the productivity per machine?

• 40 lollies per machine per hour

• 50 lollies per machine per hour

• 30 lollies per machine per hour

• 25 lollies per machine per hour

When a specialist task is broken into smaller tasks and done by different workers

• Division of labour

• Specialisation

• Investment

• Technology

Firms buying more capital goods

• Division of labour

• Specialisation

• Investment

• Technology

A negative consequence with the use of division of labour

• Peoples skills can be matched to jobs

• People become quicker at their task

• Boredom which leads to mistakes being made

A positive consequence with the use of division of labour

• Loss of skill to do the whole job

• People become quicker at their task

• Boredom which leads to mistakes being made

• Delays if one person is away

The total amount of output produced

• Productivity

• Production

• Profit

• Cost of production

Output per unit of input

• Productivity

• Production

• Profit

• Cost of production

Revenue minus cost of production

• Productivity

• Production

• Profit

• Cost of production