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Junior Cycle Wood Technology: Cutting lists & costing

How often Cutting lists & costing comes up on the Wood Technology papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Cutting lists & costing, Common Level(8 marks)

Quick ones on Cutting lists & costing.

(a)Why is a cutting list prepared before making a project?
  1. It shows the order to glue up the parts
  2. It lists all parts and sizes, reducing waste
  3. It gives the steps for applying the finish
(b)A cutting list gives a part as 600 x 150 x 20. What does the 150 describe?
  1. Thickness
  2. Length
  3. Width
(c)A box has 2 sides 300 mm long and 2 ends 150 mm long, all cut from one strip. What total length is needed, ignoring waste?
  1. 900 mm
  2. 1200 mm
  3. 450 mm
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(a) It lists all parts and sizes, reducing waste

(b) Width

(c) 900 mm

Your turn: Common Level questions on Cutting lists & costing.

Common Level

Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q2c
2025Q4c
2024Q2c
2023Q4b
2022Not asked

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

More Cutting lists & costing questions

Cutting lists & costing, 3 marks

When cutting parts from rough timber, why is a little extra length usually allowed?

  1. Because the wood grows after it is cut
  2. Because tape measures are never accurate
  3. So the ends can be trimmed square
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So the ends can be trimmed square

Rough-sawn ends are often split or out of square. A few extra millimetres, often 10 to 20 mm, let you saw and plane each part to an exact, square finished length.

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