Exercise

2.4 Analysing momentum

1. A car of mass 800kg is moving at a
velocity of 50ms-1. The momentum of the
car is
A. 0.625kgms-1
B. 16kgms-1
C. 4kgms-1
D. 40000kgms-1
2. A man of mass 60kg runs and suddenly
jumps to a trolley of mass 30kg moves
with a velocity of 3ms-1 in the same
direction. After collision the man and the
trolley move together with a common
velocity of 7ms-1. What is the velocity of
the man before collision?
A. 3ms-1
B. 5ms-1
C. 7ms-1
D. 9ms-1
3. A bullet of mass 10g is shot horizontally
with a velocity of 200ms-1 so that is hits an
initially stationary block of wood. The
bullet enters the block of wood and they
move together with a common velocity of
2.0ms-1. What is the mass of the block of
wood?
A. 860g
B. 990g
C. 1000g
D. 1020g
4. Two trolleys of masses of 2kg and 3kg
respectively moving towards each other.
Both of the trolleys are moving at same
velocity of 2ms-1. . After collision, they
stick together with a common velocity.
What is the common velocity of the
trolleys?

A. 2ms-1 in the original direction of the

trolley of mass 2kg
B. 2ms-1 in the original direction of the
trolley of mass 3kg
C. 0.4ms-1 in the opposite direction of the
trolley 2kg
D. 0.4ms-1 in the opposite direction of the
trolley 3kg
5. Fdf

Figure shows two trolleys of equal mass,

m. If after collision they stick together,
what is the common velocity of the
trolleys?
A.

v
4

B.

v
2

C. v
D. 2v
6. Total mass of a bullet and a canon is
300kg. If the bullet of mass 10kg is fired
from the cannon, the recoil velocity of the
cannon is 1.5ms-1. Calculate the velocity of
the bullet when the bullet is fired.
A. 43.5 ms-1
B. 50.0 ms-1
C. 45.0 ms-1
D. 50.0 ms-1
E. 65.0 ms-1
7. Figure shows a ticker tape was obtained
from an