Collisions with walls and successive impacts: OCR A‑Level Further Maths questions
OCR A-Level Further Maths past-paper questions on 4.2 Collisions with walls and successive impacts, 2018–2025, 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, Mechanics, Q4 (6 marks): Two particles, P of mass 2 kg and Q of mass 0.5 kg, are moving on a smooth horizontal surface. s 1 Particle P is moving with speed . m 1 5 - directly towards a
- June 2024, Mechanics, Q6 (12 marks): Two identical spheres, A and B, each of mass m kg, are moving directly towards each other along the same straight line on a smooth horizontal surface until they
- June 2024, AS Mechanics, Q1 (6 marks): 1 A particle P of mass 2.5 kg is moving with a constant speed of m s 4 - in a straight line on a smooth horizontal plane when it collides directly with a fixed
- June 2023, AS Mechanics, Q5 (14 marks): Two identical spheres, A and B, each of mass 4 kg, are moving directly towards each other along the same straight line on a smooth horizontal surface until they
- June 2022, Mechanics, Q8 (13 marks): Two smooth circular discs, A and B, have equal radii and are free to move on a smooth horizontal plane. The masses of A and B are 1 kg and m kg respectively. B
- June 2022, AS Mechanics, Q7 (12 marks): Two particles, P and Q, are on a smooth horizontal floor. P, of mass 1 kg, is moving with speed 1 1 79 . ms - directly towards a vertical wall. Q, of mass 2.74
- November 2020, AS Mechanics, Q2 (7 marks): A particle P of mass 4.5 kg is moving in a straight line on a smooth horizontal surface at a speed of - . .2 4ms 1 - when it strikes a vertical wall directly. I
- November 2020, AS Mechanics, Q6 (12 marks): Three particles A, B and C are free to move in the same straight line on a large smooth horizontal surface. Their masses are 3.3 kg, 2.2 kg and 1 kg respectivel
- June 2019, AS Mechanics, Q6 (11 marks): Particles A of mass 2m and B of mass m are on a smooth horizontal floor. A is moving with speed u directly towards a vertical wall, and B is at rest between A a
- June 2018, AS Mechanics, Q4 (11 marks): 4.0ms–1 1.2kg 1.8kg mkg A B C Three particles A, B and C are free to move in the same straight line on a large smooth horizontal surface. Their masses are 1.2 k
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