Utility Knife Safety

It is okay to use a utility knife to cut in a straight line.

• True
• False

When cutting with a utility knife, you should cut in the direction that is:

• Away from your body
• Towards your leg
• To the side of your body

When cutting with a utility knife, it is important to:

• Focus on your friend's hair to make sure they look good
• Focus on Snapchat to make sure you're not missing anything
• Focus on your homework for Mr. Tucker. He is giving a quiz.
• Focus on where you are cutting to ensure your hand is clear

When cutting, you should:

• Score the cutting path and make multiple passes
• Cut really deeply so you only have to cut once

When cutting, you should place your cardboard on

• your leg
• directly on a desk
• a desk with a piece of cardboard underneath
• a unicorn

You should hold the straight edge with

• Your hand spread out into the cutting area
• Your hand spread out on AND off the straight edge
• Your hand completely on the straight edge
• Only one finger

When cutting, your stabilizing hand should NEVER be

• Spread out for stability
• Holding the straight edge steady
• Off of the side of the straight edge away from the cut
• In the path of the blade