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Every Edexcel A-Level Maths exam question on M.8 Forces and Newton's laws, 2019–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 19 questions on Forces and Newton's laws, as a list
- June 2025, Mechanics, Q1 (4 marks): A car moves in a straight line along a horizontal road with constant acceleration 2 m s –2 The car is moving with speed 15 m s –1 in the direction of the accele
- June 2025, Mechanics, Q2 (10 marks): 5 N α B (2 kg) Figure 2 A small box B of mass 2 kg is dragged in a straight line, along a rough horizontal plane, at a constant speed by a force of magnitude 5
- June 2025, Mechanics, Q3 (8 marks): [In this question, i and j are horizontal unit vectors due east and due north respectively.] A particle P of mass 0.5 kg moves with constant acceleration (2i –
- June 2025, AS Mechanics, Q2 (5 marks): A particle P has mass 0.25 kg. The particle moves on a smooth horizontal surface under the action of two horizontal forces F1 and F2 Given that F1 = (3i – 5j) N
- 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, Mechanics, Q1 (3 marks): P (0.5 kg) Figure 1 Figure 1 shows a particle P of mass 0.5 kg at rest on a rough horizontal plane. (a) Find the magnitude of the normal reaction of the plane o
- June 2024, Mechanics, Q3 (7 marks): α P(m) Figure 3 A particle P of mass m is held at rest at a point on a rough inclined plane, as shown in Figure 3. It is given that • the plane is inclined to t
- June 2024, AS Mechanics, Q3 (5 marks): [In this question, i and j are perpendicular unit vectors in a horizontal plane.] A particle P is moving on a smooth horizontal surface under the action of two
- 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, Mechanics, Q2 (4 marks): 28 N P (5 kg) F N Figure 1 A particle P has mass 5 kg. The particle is pulled along a rough horizontal plane by a horizontal force of magnitude 28 N. The only r
- 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
- June 2022, Mechanics, Q2 (10 marks): α B X N Figure 1 A rough plane is inclined to the horizontal at an angle α, where tan α = 3 4 A small block B of mass 5 kg is held in equilibrium on the plane b
- June 2022, Mechanics, Q3 (9 marks): [In this question, i and j are horizontal unit vectors.] A particle P of mass 4 kg is at rest at the point A on a smooth horizontal plane. At time t = 0, two fo
- June 2022, AS Mechanics, Q4 (6 marks): P Q Figure 1 A vertical rope PQ has its end Q attached to the top of a small lift cage. The lift cage has mass 40 kg and carries a block of mass 10 kg, as shown
- 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, Mechanics, Q1 (9 marks): A rough plane is inclined to the horizontal at an angle α , where tan α = 3 4 A brick P of mass m is placed on the plane. The coefficient of friction between P
- 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, 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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