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Every OCR MEI A-Level Further Maths exam question on FM.3 Elastic strings and springs, 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 13 questions on Elastic strings and springs, as a list
- June 2025, Mechanics Major, Q12 (13 marks): One end of a light elastic string of natural length a m and modulus of elasticity 4mg N is attached to a fixed point O. The other end of the string is attached
- June 2024, Mechanics Major, Q2 (9 marks): One end of a light spring is attached to a fixed point. A mass of 2 kg is attached to the other end of the spring. The spring hangs vertically in equilibrium. T
- June 2024, Mechanics Major, Q8 (10 marks): A particle P of mass 3m kg is attached to one end of a light elastic string of modulus of elasticity 4mg N and natural length 0.4 m. The other end of the string
- June 2023, Mechanics Major, Q13 (15 marks): A particle P of mass m is fixed to one end of a light spring of natural length a and modulus of elasticity man2, where n 2 0 . The other end of the spring is at
- June 2022, Mechanics Major, Q13 (17 marks): In this question take g 10 . = A particle P of mass 0.15 kg is attached to one end of a light elastic string of modulus of elasticity 13.5 N and natural length
- June 2022, AS Mechanics B, Q2 (6 marks): A light elastic string has natural length a and modulus of elasticity kmg, where k 2 2. One end of the string is attached to a fixed point O. A particle P of ma
- June 2022, AS Mechanics B, Q6 (10 marks): Two identical light elastic strings, each of length l and modulus of elasticity mmg are attached to a particle P of mass m. The other end of the first string is
- November 2021, Mechanics Major, Q3 (4 marks): One end of a light elastic spring of natural length 0.3 m is attached to a fixed point. A mass of 4 kg is attached to the other end of the spring. When the spri
- November 2021, Mechanics Major, Q12 (18 marks): A particle P of mass m is fixed to one end of a light elastic string of natural length l and modulus of elasticity 12mg. The other end of the string is attached
- November 2021, AS Mechanics B, Q1 (8 marks): The end O of a light elastic string OA is attached to a fixed point. Fiona attaches a mass of 1 kg to the string at A. The system hangs vertically in equilibriu
- November 2020, Mechanics Major, Q1 (5 marks): A particle P of mass 0.5 kg is attached to a fixed point O by a light elastic string of natural length 3 m and modulus of elasticity 75 N. P is released from re
- November 2020, Mechanics Major, Q7 (13 marks): O P A 30° Fig. 7 A particle P of mass m is attached to one end of a light elastic string of natural length 6a and modulus of elasticity 3mg. The other end of th
- June 2019, AS Mechanics B, Q1 (4 marks): A small object of mass 5 kg is attached to one end of each of two identical parallel light elastic strings. The upper ends of both strings are attached to a hor
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