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

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

Exam Resource Summary

The GCSE Design and Technology (9–1) June 2025 Paper 1: Component 1 – Timbers
(Edexcel 1DT0/1F) – All Assessment Questions & Mark Scheme document integrates the
complete official examination paper with its full mark scheme, offering a detailed and practical
revision resource. This paper evaluates students’ understanding of timber materials,
manufacturing processes, sustainability, design principles, and product analysis, testing both
theoretical knowledge and applied design thinking. It covers topics such as types and properties
of natural and manufactured timbers, joining methods, surface treatments, and
environmental considerations. The combined layout presents each question alongside its
corresponding marking criteria, clarifying examiner expectations and effective answering
techniques. This resource is ideal for focused revision, self-assessment, and improving exam
performance, serving as a valuable preparation tool for the May 2026 Edexcel GCSE Design
and Technology (9–1) Paper 1: Component 1 – Timbers 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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