Formulas:
Force = mass X acceleration
Weight = mass X gravity
1. Weight (w) = ?
Mass (m) = 75 kg
Gravity (g) = 9.8 m/s2
2. Weight (W) = 490N
Mass (m) = ?
Gravity (g) = 9.8 m/s2
3. Force (F) = ?
Mass (m) = 89 kg
Acceleration (a) = 84 m/s2
4. Force (F) = ?
Mass (m) = 75 kg
Acceleration (a) = 1.6 m/s2
5. What is the force on a 1 kg ball that is falling freely due to the pull of gravity?
6. What is the mass of a person who weighs 500 N on Earth?
7. Calculate the acceleration of a car if the force on the car is 450 Newtons and the mass is 1300 kilograms.
8. A space ship has a mass of 9000 kg. The space ship is launched from Earth and lands on a
where it has a weight of 390000 N. What is the acceleration of gravity on this
planet?
distant planet
9. Big Bertha tips the scales at 950 Newtons. What is her mass?
10. Your bicycle has a mass of 9.1 kilograms. You accelerate at a rate of 1.79 m/s2. Calculate the net force
that is accelerating the bicycle.
Formulas:
Force = mass X acceleration
Weight = mass X gravity
1. Weight (w) = ?
Mass (m) = 75 kg
Gravity (g) = 9.8 m/s2
2. Weight (W) = 490N
Mass (m) = ?
Gravity (g) = 9.8 m/s2
3. Force (F) = ?
Mass (m) = 89 kg
Acceleration (a) = 84 m/s2
4. Force (F) = ?
Mass (m) = 75 kg
Acceleration (a) = 1.6 m/s2
5. What is the force on a 1 kg ball that is falling freely due to the pull of gravity?
6. What is the mass of a person who weighs 500 N on Earth?
7. Calculate the acceleration of a car if the force on the car is 450 Newtons and the mass is 1300 kilograms.
8. A space ship has a mass of 9000 kg. The space ship is launched from Earth and lands on a
where it has a weight of 390000 N. What is the acceleration of gravity on this
planet?
distant planet
9. Big Bertha tips the scales at 950 Newtons. What is her mass?
10. Your bicycle has a mass of 9.1 kilograms. You accelerate at a rate of 1.79 m/s2. Calculate the net force
that is accelerating the bicycle.