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Junior Cycle Business Studies: Saving and borrowing
How often Saving and borrowing comes up on the Business Studies papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
CL Asked on 6 of the last 6 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker
Saving and borrowing, Common Level(6 marks)
Quick ones on Saving and borrowing.
(a)Which is the best reason to save money regularly?
- To increase your tax credits
- To have money for emergencies
- To avoid paying any VAT
(b)What does APR stand for?
- Annual Personal Repayment
- Average Payment Return
- Annual Percentage Rate
(c)When choosing a savings account, which rate lets you compare returns fairly?
- AER
- DIRT
- APR
Show the answers
(a) To have money for emergencies
(b) Annual Percentage Rate
(c) AER
Common Level
Asked on 6 of the last 6 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Q5 |
| 2025 | Q16a |
| 2024 | Q9, Q18b |
| 2023 | Q15 |
| 2022 | Q7, Q18c |
| 2019 | Q3 |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
Other Business Studies topics
- Business and the community
- Business documents
- Cash book, ledger & trial balance
- Consumer rights and protection
- Demand and supply
- Economic indicators
- Enterprise and entrepreneurship
- Final accounts
- Household budgeting
- Marketing mix
- National budget & economic policy
- Personal and household insurance
- Trade and globalisation
- Wages and payslips
- Workplace rights and relations
- Digital technology in business
- Employment, work & volunteering
- Income and expenditure
- Ireland and the EU
- Market research
- Taxation
- Business plans
- Consumer behaviour & technology
- Ethical & sustainable consumption
- Financial institutions & services
- Scarcity and factors of production
- Needs, wants & financial lifecycle
- Cash flow & business finance
- Growth & sustainable development