plumiKinematics of a particle moving in a straight line: Edexcel International A Level Maths questions
Every Edexcel International A Level Maths exam question on M1.3 Kinematics of a particle moving in a straight line, 2019–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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- June 2025, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q3 (8 marks): A particle is projected vertically upwards with speed U m s –1 from a point A. The point A is 12 m vertically above the point B. Point B is on horizontal ground
- January 2025, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q2 (11 marks): The fixed points A, B and C lie in a straight line on a horizontal road. • At time t = 0, a motorbike passes through A with speed 5 m s –1 • From A, the motorbi
- October 2024, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q4 (13 marks): The points A and B lie on the same straight horizontal road. Figure 2, on page 11, shows the speed‑time graph of a cyclist P, for his journey from A to B. At ti
- October 2024, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q7 (11 marks): 7 At time t = 0, a small ball A is projected vertically upwards with speed 8 m s –1 from a fixed point on horizontal ground. The ball hits the ground again for
- June 2024, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q5 (14 marks): A parachute is used to deliver a box of supplies. The parachute is attached to the box. • the parachute and box are dropped from rest from a helicopter that is
- January 2024, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q3 (10 marks): A van travels with constant acceleration along a straight horizontal road. The van passes a point A with speed u m s –1 and 20 seconds later passes a point B wi
- January 2024, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q6 (12 marks): A particle is projected vertically upwards from a point A with speed 24 m s –1 The point A is 2.5 m vertically above the point B. Point B lies on horizontal gro
- October 2023, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q2 (10 marks): acceleration (m s –2) 1.2 O – 0.5 4 10 20 time (s) Figure 2 Two fixed points, A and B, are on a straight horizontal road. The acceleration-time graph in Figure
- June 2023, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q3 (8 marks): Two students observe a book of mass 0.2 kg fall vertically from rest from a shelf that is 1.5 m above the floor. Student A suggests that the book is modelled as
- June 2023, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q5 (11 marks): time (s) speed (m s –1) V 0 30 T Figure 2 The speed-time graph in Figure 2 illustrates the motion of a car travelling along a straight horizontal road. At time
- January 2023, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q1 (10 marks): A train travels along a straight horizontal track between two stations A and B. The train starts from rest at station A and accelerates uniformly for T seconds
- January 2023, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q5 (9 marks): Q P R 6x m 5x m Figure 2 Three points P, Q and R are on a horizontal road where PQR is a straight line. The point Q is between P and R, with PQ = 6x metres and
- October 2022, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q5 (9 marks): A small ball is projected vertically upwards with speed 29.4 m s–1 from a point A which is 19.6 m above horizontal ground. The ball is modelled as a particle mo
- June 2022, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q2 (7 marks): A motorbike is moving with constant acceleration along a straight horizontal road. The motorbike passes a point P and 10 seconds later passes a point Q. The spe
- June 2022, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q7 (13 marks): Two small children, Ajaz and Beth, are running a 100 m race along a straight horizontal track. They both start from rest, leaving the start line at the same tim
- January 2022, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q4 (8 marks): At time t = 0, a small ball is projected vertically upwards from a point A which is 24.5 m above the ground. The ball first comes to instantaneous rest at the p
- October 2021, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q3 (10 marks): A car is moving at a constant speed of 25 m s–1 along a straight horizontal road. The car is modelled as a particle. At time t = 0, the car is at the point A an
- October 2021, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q6 (5 marks): t seconds v m s–1 O 2.5 7 Figure 3 A small ball is thrown vertically upwards at time t = 0 from a point A which is above horizontal ground. The ball hits the gr
- June 2021, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q2 (8 marks): A car moves along a straight horizontal road with constant acceleration a m s –2 where a > 0 The car is modelled as a particle. At time t = 0, the car passes po
- June 2021, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q8 (13 marks): Two trams, tram A and tram B, run on parallel straight horizontal tracks. Initially the two trams are at rest in the depot and level with each other. At time t
- January 2021, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q1 (6 marks): A small stone is projected vertically upwards with speed 20 m s–1 from a point O which is 5 m above horizontal ground. The stone is modelled as a particle movin
- January 2021, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q7 (12 marks): A helicopter is hovering at rest above horizontal ground at the point H. A parachutist steps out of the helicopter and immediately falls vertically and freely u
- October 2020, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q2 (14 marks): A small ball is thrown vertically upwards with speed 14.7 m s−1 from a point that is 19.6 m above horizontal ground. The ball is modelled as a particle moving f
- October 2020, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q8 (8 marks): Acceleration (m s−2) Time (t seconds) 3 O 1.5 −4 4 26 24 Figure 5 The acceleration-time graph shown in Figure 5 represents part of a journey made by a car along
- January 2020, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q3 (11 marks): A particle, P, is projected vertically upwards with speed U from a fixed point O. At the instant when P reaches its greatest height H above O, a second particle
- January 2020, AS Mechanics 1 (M1), Q5 (10 marks): A car travels at a constant speed of 40 m s–1 in a straight line along a horizontal racetrack. At time t = 0, the car passes a motorcyclist who is at rest. The
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