Resultant force – level 1 (forces on a straight line) Name: ……………………….

1. When you draw a force vector, what does the length of the arrow indicate?
2. Which of these diagrams
show balanced forces?
3. What direction is the
resultant force in diagram
a?
4. What direction is the resultant force in diagram c?
5. Draw an arrow to indicate the
direction and size of the resultant
force:

6. For each diagram,

calculate the
resultant force, and
draw an arrow to
show the direction
of the resultant
force.

7. Which of the
diagrams above show balanced forces?
Resultant force – level 2 (forces at an angle) Name: ………………….

8. Draw an arrow to indicate the approximate direction (and size if you can!) of the resultant force in each
diagram:

9. A student has tried to work out the resultant force in the diagram on the right ,
but they’ve made a mistake. What did they do wrong?

10. For each diagram below, draw a parallelogram and resultant force to scale, with
pencil and ruler.
Resultant force – level 3 (scale calculations) Name: ………………….
1. Calculate the magnitude of each vector, using the scale given.

a 1 cm = 2 N b 1 cm = 5 N c 1 cm = 400 N

2. Draw a vector arrow to represent each force, using the scale given.

a 1 cm = 2 N b 1 cm = 5 N c 1 cm = 400 N
Draw a 6N force pulling left Draw a 10N upward force A 300N force directed south

3. Use the vector representation of each force to work out the scale.
Write it in the form “1cm = ….. N”

a 9 N force b 88 N force c 780 N force

4. Given the magnitude of one vector arrow, find the magnitude of the other. Each pair of forces is drawn to the
same scale.

5. These 3 vector diagrams that

are supposed to show of two
forces acting on an object.
What’s wrong with them all?

6. Draw a vector diagram showing the two forces acting, to scale.

 a A 10 N force pulling left, and a 4 N b A 25 N force pulling up, and a 15 N rightward
downwards force. Suggested scale: 1 cm = 2 N force. Suggested scale: 1 cm = 5 N

7. For the two vector diagrams above, draw the resultant force (with parallelogram lines to show your working).

8. For the two vector diagrams above, calculate the magnitude of the resultant force.

9. For the two vector diagrams above, measure or calculate the direction of the resultant force.

10. For each question, calculate the magnitude and direction of the resultant force:

a A 60 N force pulling east, and a 50 N b A 150 N force pulling up, and a 300 N
southward force. Choose your own scale! leftward force. Choose your own scale!