Density: past paper questions

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• Question 5May/June 2026, paper 12Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  The diagram shows a block of wood at rest on a flat horizontal surface. Which equation is used to calculate the density of the wood?

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• Question 12Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  Two liquids, $\text{X}$ and $\text{Y}$, are poured into beakers of different sizes. Liquid $\text{X}$ has a density of $1000{\text{ kg/m}}^3$ and liquid $\text{Y}$ has a density of $900{\text{ kg/m}}^3$. On the base of which beaker is the pressure greatest?

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• Question 11Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  The diagram shows a solid metal block. Which equation is used to calculate the density of the metal from which the block is made?

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2024, paper 21Structured8 marksHas a diagram

  A trolley of mass $0.20\text{ kg}$ is at rest on a frictionless surface. A block of wood is attached to the trolley. The volume of the block of wood is $0.0012{\text{ m}}^3$, and the density of the wood is $650{\text{ kg/m}}^3$.

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• Question 3Oct/Nov 2025, paper 22Structured9 marksHas a diagram

  Fig. 3.1 shows a firefighter directing a jet of water at a wall. In $1.0\text{ s}$, a volume of $7.5\times {10}^{-3}{\text{ m}}^3$ of water hits the wall horizontally, at a speed of $24\text{ m}\mathrm{/}\text{s}$. The density of water is $1000\text{ kg}\mathrm{/}{\text{m}}^3$.

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2024, paper 42Structured10 marksHas a diagram

  A student determines an approximate value for the density of the glass from which a test-tube is made. The height $h$ and the external diameter $d$ of the test-tube are shown in a full-size diagram of the test-tube in Fig. 1.1.

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• Question 1May/June 2026, paper 41Structured10 marksHas a diagram

  A student measures the density of modelling clay. Figure 1.1 represents a piece of modelling clay in the shape of a cylinder of length $l$. Two points, A and B, are marked on the modelling clay as shown in Figure 1.1.

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• Question 5May/June 2025, paper 11Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram

  Some students measure the masses and the volumes of differently sized samples of a type of wood. Which graph shows their results?

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• Question 4May/June 2024, paper 11Multiple choice1 mark

  Two cubes, X and Y, have the same mass, but the length of a side of X is twice that of Y. What is the value of the ratio $\frac{\text{density of X}}{\text{density of Y}}$?

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• Question 4May/June 2025, paper 42Essay6 marksHas a diagram

  As a metal ball falls through a liquid, it experiences a frictional force from the liquid that opposes the motion of the metal ball.

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