plumiConnected particles and pulleys: Edexcel A‑Level Maths questions
Edexcel A-Level Maths past-paper questions on 8.2 Connected particles and pulleys, 2010–2025, 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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All 8 questions on Connected particles and pulleys, as a list
- June 2025, AS Mechanics, Q3 (11 marks): A package P of mass 2 kg is held at rest on a horizontal table. One end of a thin rope is attached to P. The rope passes over a pulley that is fixed at the edge
- June 2024, AS Mechanics, Q4 (12 marks): Figure 2 Figure 2 shows a car towing a trailer along a straight horizontal road. The mass of the car is 800 kg and the mass of the trailer is 600 kg. The traile
- June 2023, AS Mechanics, Q4 (7 marks): 400 kg 1200 kg Figure 2 A car of mass 1200 kg is towing a trailer of mass 400 kg along a straight horizontal road using a tow rope, as shown in Figure 2. The ro
- November 2021, Mechanics, Q2 (12 marks): A (3m) α P B (m) Figure 1 A small stone A of mass 3m is attached to one end of a string. A small stone B of mass m is attached to the other end of the string. I
- November 2021, AS Mechanics, Q3 (13 marks): P(2m) h 2h Q(5m) Figure 1 A ball P of mass 2m is attached to one end of a string. The other end of the string is attached to a ball Q of mass 5m. The string pas
- November 2020, AS Mechanics, Q2 (9 marks): P (4m) Q (3m) Figure 1 One end of a string is attached to a small ball P of mass 4m. The other end of the string is attached to another small ball Q of mass 3m.
- June 2019, Mechanics, Q3 (12 marks): P =a S A eas Bin] 8 NG ; Figure 1 Two blocks, A and B, of masses 2m and 3m respectively, are attached to the ends of a light string. Initially A is held at rest
- June 2019, AS Mechanics, Q2 (12 marks): P (0.8 kg) Q (0.6 kg) 0.4 m 1.5 m Figure 1 A small ball, P, of mass 0.8 kg, is held at rest on a smooth horizontal table and is attached to one end of a thin ro
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