RPSCIENCE DEC 2018

JUN 2018:
a) Define the following terms and state their SI unit:
(i) Distance [2M]
(ii) Displacement [2M]

b) Ali stays 600m from the main road. The distance of his school is 1200 m from the
junction P as shown in the Figure 2(b) below. He takes 300 s to travel from his house to
the junction P and another 600 s from junction P to school. Calculate:

SCHOOL

1200m
HOUSE
Junction P
600m

Figure 2(b)

(i) Average speed [3M] 2 m/s

(ii) Average velocity from his house to school [3M] 1.49 m/s

c) The speed of a car travelling along a straight road decreases uniformly from 12 m/s to 8
m/s over 88m before it stops.

(i) Sketch the velocity-time graph for the motion of the car [3M]
(ii) Time taken for the car to decrease from 12 m/s to 8 m/s [3M] 8.8s
(iii) Deceleration of the car [3M] -0.45 m/s2
(iv) Time taken for the car to stop from speed 12 m/s [3M] 26.4s
(v) Total distance travelled by the car [3M] 160.2m

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DEC 2017:
a) Define the following terms and state the SI unit:
(i) Velocity [2M]
(ii) Deceleration [2M]

b) (i) State the difference between linear motion and non-linear motion and give ONE
(1) example for each of them. [4M]

(ii) Sketch a velocity-time graph to present the:

(a) Uniform acceleration [1M]
(b) Decreasing acceleration [1M]

c) Figure 2 (a) shows the velocity-time graph of the motion of a motorcycle on a straight
road.

Figure 2(a)

(i) Calculate the initial acceleration of the motorcycle [2M] 2 m/s2

(ii) How much time is taken when the motorcycle moves at a uniform velocity?
[1M] 5s
(iii) Calculate the total distance taken by the motorcycle. [2M] 350m

d) (i) A car accelerates from rest to 2.5 m/s2 for 10 second. Then, the brake is applied
with a constant force to stop the car at 50 meter.
(a) Determine the velocity achieved and the distance travelled after 10 second.
[2M] 25 m/s & 12 500m
(b) Find the values of the car’s acceleration after the brake is applied.
[2M] 6.25 m/s2
(b) State the final motion of the car whether it is increasing acceleration or
decreasing acceleration. Give a reason to support your answer.
[1M]

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(ii) Figure 2(b) shows a car moves from point U to point O which is located 50
meter to the north in 60 second. Then the car moves to point A, 120 meter to the
east within 40 second. Calculate:
120m
O
A

50m

U
Figure 2(d)

(a) Displacement of the car [3M] 130m

(b) Average speed of the car [2M] 1.7 m/s

JUN 2017:
a) State TWO (2) examples for:
(i) Uniform motion
(ii) Non-uniform motion

b)
(i) A car started from s rest and accelerated at 10.23 m/s2 for 5.5 seconds. Calculate
the distance covered by the car
154.73m

(ii) A space-rocket is launched and it accelerated uniformly from rest to 160 m/s in
0.075 minutes. Calculate how far the rocket travelled within that time.
360 m

c) Figure 2 (c) shows the velocity-time graph for the motion of an object.

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Calculate:
(i) Acceleration of the car in the first 3S. 10 m/s2
(ii) Deceleration of the car before its stop. – 13.33 m/s2
(iii) Total distance travelled. 235 m
(iv) Average velocity of the car. 23.5 m/s

DEC 2016:
a) State the definition of the following terms and its SI unit:
(i) Displacement
(ii) Acceleration

b) State THREE (3) differences between:

(i) Speed and velocity
(ii) Acceleration and deceleration

c) An aircraft accelerates uniformly from rest at 3.1 m/s2 to reach its take-off velocity of
100 m/s.
(i) How long does it take for the aircraft to leave the ground? t = 32.258s
(ii) How far does it travel during the take-off? s = 1612.9 m

d)

Figure 2 shows a velocity-time graph for two cars, A and B, which are moving in the
same direction over a 40 second time period.
Car A, travelling at a constant velocity of 40 m/s, overtakes car B at time, t=0.
In order to catch up with car A, car B immediately accelerates uniformly for 20 second
to reach constant velocity of 50 m/s.
Calculate:
(i) The distance travelled by car A during the first 20s 800m
(ii) Car B’s acceleration during the first 20s a = 1.25 m/s2
(iii) The distance travelled by car B during the first 20s 750m
(iv) The additional time taken for car B to catch up with car A t = 0.67s
(v) The total distance travelled by each car 1750m

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JUN 2016:
a) Define the following terms and state their SI unit:
(i) Deceleration
(ii) Displacement

b) A speedboat increases its speed uniformly from 20 m/s to 30 m/s in a distance of 0.2
km. Calculate:
(i) Acceleration 1.25 m/s2
(ii) Time for the boat to travel in a distance of 0.2 km 8s

c) A cyclist leaves her home and travels along a straight road. She accelerates to a speed
of 12 m/s in the first 5 s. Then, she travels at a constant speed for a further 17 s. A cat
jumps out onto the road and she immediately applies brakes and slows down uniformly
before coming to a rest. The total motion takes 26 s.

(i) Sketch the velocity-time graph

(ii) Calculate the value of acceleration in the first 5 s. 2.4 m/s2
(iii) Calculate the value of deceleration after brake is applied -3 m/s2
(iv) Calculate the total distance travelled by the cyclist 258 m

DEC 2015:
a) Define the following terms and state their SI unit:
(i) Displacement
(ii) Velocity

b) An airplane travelling at 150 m/s is accelerated uniformly at 25 m/s2.

(i) What is the airplane’s speed after 15s? v = 525 m/s
(ii) What distance has it travelled at that point of time? s = 5062.5m

c) A lorry moves from a stationary state, undergoes uniform acceleration for 200m in 5
seconds. After 5 seconds, the lorry moves at a constant velocity for a half minute. The
lorry then stops in 10 seconds. Based on the given situation:

(i) Sketch the velocity-time graph

(ii) Calculate the acceleration of the lorry for the first 5 seconds. a = 16 m/s2
(iii) Calculate the deceleration of the lorry. a = -8 m/s2
(iv) Calculate the total displacement of the lorry. s = 3000 m

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JUN 2015:
a) The following graphs show the movement of an object. Specify the types of movement
that is represented in each line graph:
(i) (ii)
Velocity (m/s) Velocity (m/s)

Time (s) Time (s)

(iii) (iv)
Displacement (m)
Velocity (m/s)

Time (s)
Time (s)

b) Sammy drove a car with a velocity of 120 km/h when he noticed a cow in the middle of
the road 85 m ahead of him. He braked instantly and the car stops after 8 seconds.

(i) Calculate the deceleration of the car a = - 4.17 m/s2

(ii) Calculate the distance travels by the car from the time Sammy applied the brake
until it stops 133.32 m
(iii) Was he able to avoid the cow?

c) The following graph represents the movements of a car. Answer the questions
according to the graph.

(i) Determine the initial velocity u = 10 m/s

(ii) Calculate the initial acceleration a = 3.5 m/s2
(iii) Determine the value if V if the acceleration is – 8 m/s2 V = 40 m/s
(iv) Calculate the total distance travelled by the car s = 1500m

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DEC 2014:
a) Give the definition of the following terms with ONE (1) examples:
(i) Uniform motion
(ii) Non-linear motion

b) State THREE (3) differences between speed and velocity.

c) Halim is driving his car with velocity 70 m/s. he steps on his brake to reduce the
velocity of the car to 30 m/s after travelling 50 m. Calculate the deceleration and the
time taken while the car decelerates. a = - 40 m/s2
t=1s

d) A car starts from 30 m/s and decelerates at a constant acceleration of 4 m/s2 for 10s.
Then it travel at a constant velocity for 15s. Then, the brakes are applied and the car
stops in 9s.
(i) Calculate the maximum velocity attained by the car v = 70 m/s
(ii) Sketch a velocity-time graph for the whole journey
(iii) From the velocity-time graph, determine the total distance travelled s = 1865m

DEC 2014:
a) Define the following terms and state the SI unit:
(i) Velocity
(ii) Acceleration

b) An object started moving with a velocity of 10 m/s. After travelling a distance of 5m, it
gets a velocity of 20 m/s. Find it:
(i) Acceleration a = 30 m/s2
(ii) Time taken for the journey t = 0.333 s

c) A car starting from a rest acceleration uniformly to reach velocity of 72 km/h after 10s.
It continues at this velocity for 10s. It then accelerates again to reach 35 m/s after a
further 15s. Then it starts to decelerate for 3.5 m/s2 until it rests.
(i) Calculate the time taken for the car to totally rest. t = 45 s
(ii) Plot a velocity-time graph for the car.
(iii) Calculate the total distance travelled by the car. s = 887.5 m

𝜃𝑓 = 45℃

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