plumiFriction: Edexcel A‑Level Maths questions
Edexcel A-Level Maths past-paper questions on 8.4 Friction, 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 9 questions on Friction, as a list
- 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 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 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 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
- 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 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
- 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 2018, Statistics and Mechanics, Q7 (8 marks): 40 N 20 kg α Figure 1 A wooden crate of mass 20 kg is pulled in a straight line along a rough horizontal floor using a handle attached to the crate. The handle
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