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Junior Cycle Graphics: Surface development

How often Surface development comes up on the Graphics papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Surface development, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Surface development.

(a)What shape is the development of a cylinder's curved surface?
  1. A sector
  2. A rectangle
  3. A trapezium
(b)What is a tab (flap) on a surface development for?
  1. Marking hidden edges
  2. Showing the fold lines
  3. Gluing edges together
(c)What shape is the development of a right cone's curved surface?
  1. A sector
  2. A triangle
  3. A rectangle
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(a) A rectangle

(b) Gluing edges together

(c) A sector

Your turn: Common Level questions on Surface development.

Common Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q3c
2025Q2d
2024Q4c
2023Q3c
2022Q6c

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Surface development questions

Surface development, 3 marks

What radius is used to draw the development of a right cone?

  1. The radius of the cone's base
  2. The vertical height of the cone
  3. The true length of a generator
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The true length of a generator

The development is a sector whose radius is the slant height: the true length of a generator, seen as the outline of the elevation. Its arc equals the base circumference.

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