AQA GCSE Design and Technology · 8552
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Revise: Marking out methodsArea measures the surface occupied by a component.
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GCSE Design and Technology · key term
The size of a two-dimensional surface, measured in square units such as mm² or m².
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Paper 1
Revise: Marking out methodsArea measures the surface occupied by a component.
Convert dimensions to the same unit before calculating area. Area units are squared: 1 m² = 1,000,000 mm².
A total component area does not prove that the components fit onto a particular sheet; their shapes and layout also matter.
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