Elastic potential energy: AQA A‑Level Further Maths questions
AQA A-Level Further Maths past-paper questions on MC.4 Elastic potential energy, 2019–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available. Add MadAsMaths questions to your practice, or browse them separately by topic and difficulty.
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- June 2025, Paper 3 Mechanics, Q11 (10 marks): In this question use g = 9.8 m s–2 A rough slope is inclined at an angle of 30° to the horizontal. A light elastic string has natural length 0.8 metres and modu
- June 2025, AS Paper 2 Mechanics, Q9 (7 marks): 9_ A block of mass 4 kg rests on a horizontal surface. _ The block is attached to one end of a light elastic string. _ The other end of the string is attached t
- June 2024, Paper 3 Mechanics, Q6 (10 marks): In this question use g = 9.8 m s–2 A light elastic string has natural length 3 metres and modulus of elasticity 18 newtons. One end of the elastic string is att
- June 2024, AS Paper 2 Mechanics, Q1 (1 mark): An elastic string has modulus of elasticity 20 newtons and natural length 2 metres. The string is stretched so that its extension is 0.5 metres. Find the elasti
- June 2023, Paper 3 Mechanics, Q8 (13 marks): In this question use g = 9.8 m s−2 A block has mass 10 kg and is at rest 1 metre from a fixed point O on a horizontal surface. One end of an elastic string is a
- June 2023, AS Paper 2 Mechanics, Q8 (7 marks): (a) Given that Omar just reaches the surface of the river before being pulled back up, find the value of L Fully justify your answer. [5 marks] 8 (b) If Omar is
- November 2021, Paper 3 Mechanics, Q1 (1 mark): A spring of natural length 50 cm and modulus of elasticity l newtons has an elastic potential energy of 4 J when compressed by 5 cm. Find the value of l Circle
- November 2021, AS Paper 2 Mechanics, Q7 (8 marks): Use g as 9.81 m s−2 in this question. A light elastic string has one end attached to a fixed point A on a smooth plane inclined at 25° to the horizontal. The ot
- November 2020, Paper 3 Mechanics, Q2 (1 mark): The tension, T newtons, in a spring is given by T = 20e , where e metres is the extension of the spring. Calculate the work done when the extension is increased
- November 2020, AS Paper 2 Mechanics, Q7 (9 marks): In this question use g = 9.8 m s−2 As part of a competition, Jo-Jo makes a small pop-up rocket. It is operated by pressing the rocket vertically downwards to co
- June 2019, Paper 3 Mechanics, Q1 (1 mark): A spring has natural length 0.4 metres and modulus of elasticity 55 N Calculate the elastic potential energy stored in the spring when the extension of the spri
- June 2019, Paper 3 Mechanics, Q8 (11 marks): In this question use g = 9.8 m s−2 A ‘reverse’ bungee jump consists of two identical elastic ropes. One end of each elastic rope is attached to either side of t
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