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MATH FOR PICTURE FRAMERS
Here’s a short quiz assembled by PFM Contributing Editor Vivian Kistler that will test your expertise.

Choose the best answer to each question. Select the letter for your answer then click submit.
A check mark will appear next to any incorrect answers, so you can try again.

1. The mat opening for a vertical print is 17-1/2 x 20-1/4; the top mat border is 4-1/2"; the side borders are 4-1/2"; the bottom border is 5-1/4". What is the outside size of the mat?
a. 27-1/4"x29-1/2"
b. 26-1/2"x30"
c. 27-1/2"x30"

2. A framer has two sticks of a 2"-wide moulding. One stick is 4’, 5" long, and the other is 38" long. Assuming there are no flaws in the moulding, a framer will have enough moulding to make a 15"x22" frame.

a. True
b. False
3. A framer has one full sheet of 32”x40" matboard. She needs two 16"x20" pieces, one 17"x22" piece, and two 8"x10" pieces. Can she cut all five pieces from one board?
a. Yes
b. No

4. It takes John 30 minutes to complete the framing of a print--build the wooden frame, cut the double mat, mount the print, and fit the package. If he has nine unframed prints remaining and there are three more hours in the workday, will John complete the nine frame jobs?
a. No, because two of the frames will have flaws and he will run out of matboard
b. Yes
c. Yes, because he will work an additional one hour and 30 minutes past closing to make sure of it
 or a bit longer if his work was interrupted during the past three hours
d. Yes, because he will ignore customers and take the phone off the hook to avoid interruptions

5. Scrap matboard tends to accumulate in a frame shop. When the pile is more than 6’ high, it is best to:
a. glue the scraps together into a sculpture and sell it in the shop
b. keep every bit of scrap and go for the Guinness World Record
c. keep only what is truly likely to be used and donate the rest to a local school or children’s program at a museum
6. If a 1" liner retails for $6 per foot and a 3" frame moulding that will be used with it is $14 per foot, combining the width and price (4" and $20) to determine the price of the finished frame will give you the same total as figuring the two prices separately.
a. True
b. False

7. What is the maximum number of 8"x8" blanks that can be cut from a 32"x40" matboard?
a. 16
b. 20
c. 64
8. What is the degree of angle when cutting moulding for an eight-sided frame?
a. 32
b. 45
c. 67.5
d. 80

9. In design, the “golden mean” or “golden proportion” is
a. often represented numerically as 1.61803399
b. believed by many artists and architects since at least the 1300s to be aesthetically pleasing
c. often represented in picture framing with a mat that has a slightly extended lower border
d. all of the above
10. Double mat a horizontal 8"x10" photo. Opening is 7 ¾"x9¾". The top mat is 3" on the top and sides. Bottom mat is 4". The undermat has a ¼" reveal. What is the outside dimension?

a. 16"x15"
b. 15¼"x16¼"
c. 16"x20"
d. 15¼"x15¼"


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