plumiFriction: OCR A‑Level Maths questions
OCR A-Level Maths past-paper questions on 3.03.4 Friction, 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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All 12 questions on Friction, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q12 (13 marks): Fig. 1 B P T N 30° A rectangular block B of mass 10 kg lies at rest in limiting equilibrium on a rough plane P inclined at 30° to the horizontal. A horizontal f
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q11 (7 marks): C D 6 m B 2 m 50° A A uniform rectangular lamina ABCD has a mass of 0.5 kg. The length of AB is 2 m, and the length of BC is 6 m. The lamina is in limiting equi
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q13 (12 marks): B 6ms–1 1.375m θ A C The points A and B are the lower and upper ends, respectively, of a line of greatest slope on a plane inclined at an angle i to the horizon
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q9 (6 marks): B 2N θ A block B of weight 10 N lies at rest in equilibrium on a rough plane inclined at i to the horizontal. A horizontal force of magnitude 2 N, acting above
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q13 (12 marks): B 2kg P 4kg 60° The diagram shows a small block B, of mass 2 kg, and a particle P, of mass 4 kg, which are attached to the ends of a light inextensible string.
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q10 (8 marks): P B Q A rectangular block B is at rest on a horizontal surface. A particle P of mass 2.5 kg is placed on the upper surface of B. The particle P is attached to o
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q11 (7 marks): B D 60° C 3 m xm 60° A A uniform rod AB of mass 4 kg and length 3 m rests in a vertical plane with A on rough horizontal ground. A particle of mass 1 kg is atta
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q10 (6 marks): 15N θ D A block D of weight 50 N lies at rest in equilibrium on a fixed rough horizontal surface. A force of magnitude 15 N is applied to D at an angle i to the
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q14 (11 marks): B 3kg A 2 kg C 30° 4 kg Π 60° One end of a light inextensible string is attached to a particle A of mass 2 kg. The other end of the string is attached to a seco
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q9 (13 marks): P B 1.5m A i One end of a light inextensible string is attached to a particle A of mass 2 kg. The other end of the string is attached to a second particle B of
- June 2019, Paper 3, Q9 (9 marks): B 0.2kg P 0.5kg i The diagram shows a small block B, of mass 0.2 kg, and a particle P, of mass 0.5 kg, which are attached to the ends of a light inextensible st
- June 2018, Paper 3, Q12 (14 marks): One end of a light inextensible string is attached to a particle A of mass m kg. The other end of the string is attached to a second particle B of mass mm kg, w
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