Draw the graph, get graded instantly
Most points lost on AP Economics FRQs are graph points: the right idea, the wrong curve. Each question below gives you an FRQ-style scenario and a live graph. Shift what should shift, leave the rest alone, and the checker tells you exactly which curves you got right. No AI, no sign-up, just the geometry of the model.
Incomes and Restaurant Meals
Supply and DemandAssume the market for restaurant meals in the country of Beloria is initially in equilibrium. Household incomes in Beloria rise, and restaurant meals are a normal good. Show the effect of this change on the market for restaurant meals, assuming all else is held constant. Show the effect on the graph below.
Drag a curve, or use the arrow buttons. Want the free-play version with every control? Open this graph in the sandbox.
Common questions
- How does the graph grading work?
- The checker compares every curve's position before and after your answer. You are marked correct only when each curve the scenario calls for has shifted in the right direction and every other curve stays put, which is exactly how AP readers score a drawn graph: the right shift, and nothing extra.
- Which AP Economics graphs can I practice shifting?
- Seven graphs that carry most drawn-graph FRQ points: supply and demand, AD-AS, the money market, the loanable funds market, the Phillips curve, the foreign exchange market, and the labor market. Each scenario uses the same interactive engine as the EconLearn graph sandbox.
- Is this like the real AP exam FRQs?
- The prompts follow the FRQ register: a short scenario about an economic event, then you show its effect on the correct graph. On the real exam you draw by hand, so after practicing here, sketch the same answer on paper with full labels to build the exam-day habit.
Want to write full responses too? The FRQ practice set has complete prompts with rubrics, and the graph sandbox lets you explore every model freely.