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Every AQA GCSE Design and Technology exam question on 3.3.9 Material management, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 17 questions on Material management, as a list
- June 2025, Written paper, Q17 (3 marks): Explain why we need to allow for waste when making prototypes. [3 marks]
- June 2025, Written paper, Q22 (6 marks): Figure 2 shows a decorative surface of a product based on a green rectangle with six identical blue squares. Figure 2 Using the drawing and the dimensions provi
- June 2024, Written paper, Q06 (1 mark): A shape has the dimensions: Length 120 mm Width 150 mm Depth 170 mm What is the volume of the shape in mm3? A 30 600 mm3 B 360 000 mm3 C 3 060 000 mm3 D 3 600 0
- June 2024, Written paper, Q21.1 (2 marks): Explain the term ‘nesting/tessellating’ when cutting materials. [2 marks]
- June 2024, Written paper, Q21.2 (2 marks): A series of identical parts are to be cut out from a sheet material using a laser cutter to ensure that no waste is created by the cuts. The position of the fir
- June 2023, Written paper, Q23.1 (1 mark): What distance will the centre line need to be from either long side? [1 mark] Answer mm
- June 2023, Written paper, Q23.2 (2 marks): What is the required distance from the centre of one hole to the centre of the next hole to ensure the holes are equally spaced? Show your working. [2 marks] An
- June 2023, Written paper, Q23.3 (2 marks): Work out the shortest distance between the circumferences of any two holes. Show your working. [2 marks] Answer mm
- June 2022, Written paper, Q20.1 (3 marks): Calculate the length of material required to make one hoop to the nearest whole millimetre. Show your working. [3 marks] Answer mm
- June 2022, Written paper, Q20.2 (4 marks): Calculate the total length of material required to make all the parts in Figure 7 to the nearest whole centimetre. Show your working. [4 marks] Answer cm
- June 2022, Written paper, Q24.1 (1 mark): Define the term ‘datum point’. [1 mark]
- June 2022, Written paper, Q24.2 (2 marks): Explain why datum points are used during manufacturing. [2 marks]
- November 2021, Written paper, Q20.1 (2 marks): Table 7 gives the details of the internal volume of the base. Table 7 Internal dimensions of the base Length Width Depth 600 mm 450 mm 200 mm Calculate the inte
- November 2021, Written paper, Q20.2 (3 marks): To stop the basketball stand from falling over, the hollow base is filled with dry sand. The sand has a density of 1.6 g per cm3 Calculate the mass of sand need
- November 2021, Written paper, Q22.1 (4 marks): Study the diagram of the box in Figure 5. Figure 5 The overall base dimensions are 300 mm × 300 mm. The thickness of the material used for the sides of the box
- November 2020, Written paper, Q24.2 (4 marks): Figure 10 Calculate the size of angle X in Figure 10 to the nearest whole degree to ensure an accurate fit of the two roof pieces. Show your working/constructio
- November 2020, Written paper, Q25 (6 marks): During manufacture it is important to use materials efficiently and minimise waste. Explain how each of the following improves material management. [2 x 3 marks
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