GCSE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (9–1): Actual June 2025 PAST PAPER 1: Component 1: Systems. All Assessment Questions & Mark Scheme [Edexcel 1DT0/1D]

GCSE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (9–1): Actual June 2025 PAST PAPER 1:
Component 1: Systems. All Assessment Questions & Mark Scheme [Edexcel 1DT0/1D]

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The GCSE Design and Technology (9–1) June 2025 Paper 1: Component 1 – Systems
(Edexcel 1DT0/1D) – All Assessment Questions & Mark Scheme document integrates the
complete official examination paper with its corresponding mark scheme, creating a practical and
targeted revision aid. This paper evaluates students’ knowledge of electronic and mechanical
systems, control mechanisms, and their application in product design, as well as their
understanding of design principles, sustainability, and problem-solving processes. It tests both
theoretical comprehension and the ability to apply systems thinking to real-world design
challenges. The merged format places each question beside its marking criteria, ensuring
transparency in examiner expectations, mark distribution, and effective answering techniques.
This resource is invaluable for focused exam preparation, self-assessment, and strengthening
technical and analytical skills, making it a key tool for success in the May 2026 Edexcel GCSE
Design and Technology (9–1) Paper 1: Component 1 – Systems examination.




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Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
1 (a) The materials that products are made from are chosen because of their
properties.

Figure 1 shows a table of products.
For each of the products shown, give a property of the material it is made from
that makes the material suitable for the product.

The first one has been done for you.

Picture of product Material and product Property




Oak floorboards Tough




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Wool gloves

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Urea formaldehyde picnic
plate

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Corrugated board
takeaway burger box

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Brass door knob

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, The oak floorboards are tough.
(b) (i) Explain one other property of oak that makes it a suitable choice of material
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for the floorboards.
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(b) (ii) The oak floorboards cost £57.60 and cover an area of 1.44 m2.

Calculate how much the oak floorboards cost per m2.
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Answer £ ..............................................................



(Total for Question 1 = 8 marks)
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, 2 Origami is a folded paper art form.
Figure 2 shows an origami rabbit. It has been manufactured from copier paper.




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(a) Give one property of copier paper that makes it an appropriate choice of material
for the origami rabbit.
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(b) Explain one advantage of using recycled copier paper to manufacture the origami
rabbit.
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