plumiHorizontal circles: OCR MEI A‑Level Further Maths questions
OCR MEI A-Level Further Maths past-paper questions on 5.1 Horizontal circles, 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 8 questions on Horizontal circles, as a list
- June 2025, Mechanics Major, Q10 (9 marks): A θ 1.5m ω rad s–1 B R One end of a light inextensible string is attached to a fixed point A. The other end of the string is attached to a fixed point B, vertic
- June 2024, Mechanics Major, Q13 (10 marks): V hm a P 2.8 rad s–1 Q A conical shell, of semi-vertical angle a, is fixed with its axis vertical and its vertex V upwards. A light inextensible string passes t
- June 2023, Mechanics Major, Q3 (5 marks): O i 0.75 m 1 - rad s ~ P The diagram shows a particle P, of mass 0.2 kg, which is attached by a light inextensible string of length 0.75 m to a fixed point O. 1
- June 2022, Mechanics Major, Q4 (7 marks): O i 0.5m P 5 rads–1 The diagram shows a particle P, of mass 0.1 kg, which is attached by a light inextensible string of length 0.5 m to a fixed point O. P moves
- June 2022, AS Mechanics B, Q1 (9 marks): A small smooth ring of mass 0.5 kg is travelling round a smooth circular wire, with centre O and radius 0.8 m. The circle of wire is in a horizontal plane. - ,
- November 2021, AS Mechanics B, Q5 (12 marks): On a fairground ride, the centre of a horizontal circular frame is attached to the top of a vertical pole, OP. When the frame and pole rotate, OP remains vertic
- November 2020, Mechanics Major, Q12 (12 marks): r O ~ P l a A Fig. 12 Fig. 12 shows a hemispherical bowl. The rim of this bowl is a circle with centre O and radius r. The bowl is fixed with its rim horizontal
- June 2019, Mechanics Major, Q12 (16 marks): A i r P ~ B Fig. 12 The ends of a light inextensible string are fixed to two points A and B in the same vertical line, with A above B. The string passes through
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