Newton’s Second Law of Motion

Force (N) = mass (kg) x acceleration (m/s2)

F=mxa
Calculating force using the equation
1) Mass = 20, acceleration = 0.5 6) Mass = 3.5, acceleration = 5
2) Mass = 36, acceleration = 2 7) Mass = 18.5, acceleration = 8.6
3) Mass = 175, acceleration = 45 8) Mass = 250, acceleration = 13
4) Mass = 49, acceleration = 10 9) Mass = 187, acceleration = 21
5) Mass = 100, acceleration = 7 10) Mass = 86, acceleration = 126

Calculating force using units

1) Mass = 46kg, acceleration = 7.5 m/s2 6) Acceleration = 7 m/s2, mass = 13 kg
2) Acceleration = 2.5 m/s2, mass = 80 kg 7) Mass = 162kg, acceleration = 20 m/s2
3) Mass = 180 kg, acceleration = 63 m/s2 8) Acceleration = 4 m/s2, mass = 50 kg
4) Acceleration = 12 m/s2, mass = 2 kg 9) Mass = 111kg, acceleration = 50 m/s2
5) Mass = 33kg, acceleration = 10 m/s2 10) Acceleration = 8 m/s2, mass = 63 kg

Calculating force using different units (Remember 1000g = 1kg! If your mass is in grams you must divide the mass by
1000 to get your mass in kg)
1) Mass = 1500g, acceleration = 7.5 m/s2 6) Acceleration = 7 m/s2, mass = 48895 g
2
2) Acceleration = 2.5 m/s , mass = 500 g 7) Mass = 98 g, acceleration = 20 m/s2
3) Mass = 40,000 g, acceleration = 63 m/s2 8) Acceleration = 4 m/s2, mass = 7651 g
2
4) Acceleration = 12 m/s , mass = 25 g 9) Mass = 4951 g, acceleration = 50 m/s2
5) Mass = 360,000 g, acceleration = 10 m/s2 10) Acceleration = 8 m/s2, mass = 1000 g

Calculating mass or acceleration by rearrangingF the formula (cover up what you

need to calculate in the triangle and use the new formula as shown)
Don’t forget to check your units!!
a
1) Force = 15 N, acceleration = 10 m/s2 m 6) Mass = 1200 g, Force = 25 N
2) Force = 55 N, acceleration = 200 m/s2 7) Mass = 10 kg, Force = 5 N
2
3) Force = 30 N, acceleration = 16 m/s 8) Mass = 999,999 g, Force = 999 N
4) Force = 99 N, acceleration = 9 m/s2 9) Mass = 450 kg, Force = 73 N
5) Force = 82 N, acceleration = 100 m/s2 10) Mass = 6574,578 g, Force = 2,000,000 N

Using questions with words in them. You will need to use conversion of units and rearrangement of the formula

1) An object with a mass of 2 kg accelerates 2 m/s2 when an unknown force is applied to it. What is the force?
What is the unit of force?
2) An object with a mass of 1500 g accelerates 10 m/s2 when an unknown force is applied to it. What is the
force? What is the unit of force?
3) An object accelerates 3 m/s2 when a force of 6 N is applied to it. What is the mass of the object? What is the
unit of mass?
4) An object accelerates 2 m/s2 when a force of 4 Newton’s is applied to it. What is the mass of the object? What
is the unit of mass?
5) An object with a mass of 2300 g has a force of 6.2 N applied to it. What is the resulting acceleration of the
object? What is the unit of acceleration?
6) An object with a mass of 3.2 kg has a force of 7.3 N applied to it. What is the acceleration of the object? What
is the unit of acceleration?