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GCSE Equation Sheet v1.0 Jun 2021

C o m b i n ed / P h y si cs
Equations in bold are for Higher Tier only
Equation highlighted in blue are for Physics only (not Combined)

speed = distance / time wave speed = frequency x wavelength

distance travelled = average speed x time wave speed = distance / time

acceleration = change in velocity / time taken

(final velocity)2 – (initial velocity)2 = 2 x acceleration x distance

energy charge
= x potential difference
force = mass x acceleration transferred moved

weight = mass x gravitational field strength charge = current x time

momentum = mass x velocity potential

= current x resistance
difference
force = change in momentum / time
energy
= current x potential difference x time
moment transferred
= force x distance (normal to the
of a force direction of the force)
power = energy transferred / time taken
the sum of clockwise the sum of the anti-clockwise
= power = current x potential difference
moments moments
(when in equilibrium)
power = current2 x resistance
force exerted
on a spring = spring constant x extension

energy transferred
= ½ x spring constant x extension2
in stretching
density = mass / volume
pressure = force normal to surface / area of surface
change in specific heat change in
pressure due to a height of density gravitational = mass x x
= x x thermal energy capacity temperature
column of liquid column of liquid field strength
thermal energy for
= mass x specific latent heat
a change of state

pressure1 x volume1 = pressure2 x volume2

gravitational gravitational change in

= mass x x
potential energy field strength vertical height

kinetic energy = ½ x mass x speed2 force on a conductor = magnetic x current x length

carrying a current flux density
useful energy transferred by the device
efficiency = _______________________________________
total energy supplied to the device number of turns in primary coil
potential difference across primary coil = _________________________
_______________________________
potential difference across secondary coil number of turns in secondary coil
work done = force x distance (moved in the
direction of the force)
potential potential
current in current in
difference across x = difference across x
power = work done / time taken primary coil
primary coil
secondary coil
secondary coil

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