Momentum

Momentum Classwork Name ____________________

1. What is the momentum of a car with mass 100 kg and a velocity of +15 m/s?
Given: Find: Diagram:

Formulas: Manipulate:

Substitute: Answer:

2. An object has a momentum of +15 kg-m/s. If the mass of the object is 5 kg, what
is the object’s velocity?

3. A skateboarder has a momentum of -100 kg-m/s and is traveling with a velocity

of -2 m/s. What is the mass of the skateboarder?

4. A 4 kg dog is running with a velocity of -3 m/s. What is the dog’s momentum?

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Momentum Homework Name ____________________

1. A runner has of mass 45 kg and a momentum of +90 kg-m/s. What is the

runner’s velocity?

2. An object is traveling with a velocity of +5 m/s. If the object has a momentum of

+80 kg-m/s, what is the mass of the object?

3. If an object has a momentum of 20 kg-m/s and it is traveling with a velocity of

+1 m/s, what is the mass of the object?

4. A skater of mass 40 kg is traveling with a velocity of -2 m/s. What is the skater’s

momentum?

5. A skateboarder with a momentum of 160 kg-m/s has a mass of 40 kg. What is

the velocity of the skateboarder?

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Momentum Change and Impulse Classwork Name ___________________

1. A 40 kg boy rides his bike at velocity of +5 m/s. If the boy speeds up to travel with
a velocity of +8 m/s, what is the boy’s change in momentum?
Given: Find: Diagram:

Formulas: Manipulate:

Substitute: Answer:

2. A skater of mass 45 kg is traveling with a velocity of +3 m/s.

If the skater turns around and travels with a velocity of
-2 m/s, what is the skater’s change in momentum?

3. A skateboarder of mass 50 kg is traveling with a velocity of

+4 m/s. The skater speeds up and experiences a change in
momentum of 100 kg-m/s. What is the final velocity of the
skateboarder?

4. An object is traveling with a velocity of +10 m/s. If the object experiences a force
of 5 N for 5 seconds, what is the impulse the object experiences?

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Momentum Change and Impulse Homework Name ___________________

1. A car experiences a force of 60 N and experiences an impulse of 180 N-s. For

how long did the car experience the force?

2. A box is pushed for 6 seconds. If the impulse delivered is of 24 N-s, what is the
magnitude of the force with which the box is pushed?

3. A box is pushed with a force of 5 N for 20 seconds. How much did the box’s
momentum change?

4. An object of mass 15 kg is traveling with a velocity of +4 m/s. The object

experiences a force of +2 N for 15 seconds.
a. Will the new velocity of the object be higher or lower?

b. What is the change in momentum of the object?

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 c. What is the new momentum?

d. What is the new velocity of the object?

5. A cart of mass 5 kg is traveling with a velocity of +3 m/s.

a. What is the impulse necessary for the cart to come to a stop?

b. What is the impulse necessary for the velocity of the cart to change to
+5 m/s? (Hint: what is the change in velocity?)

c. What is the impulse necessary for the velocity of the cart to change to
-2 m/s? (Hint: what is the change in velocity?)

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Conservation of Momentum Classwork Name __________________

1. A 10 kg cart rolls frictionlessly on a table at 3 m/s. It collides with a stationary 5

kg cart. Afterwards, the two carts are moving as shown: the first cart moves at
1 m/s while the second cart moves at 3 m/s. Find the total momentum before and
after the collision.

Before After
Diagram
10 kg 5 kg 10 kg 5 kg
3 m/s 1 m/s 3m

Total
momentu
m
Was momentum conserved?

2. A 20 kg mass slides along a frictionless table at 6 m/s. It collides with a stationary

10 kg mass. Afterwards, the first mass moves at 2 m/s while the second mass
moves at 8 m/s.
a) Draw the before and after diagrams.
b) Find the total momentum before and after.
c) Determine whether total momentum was conserved.
Before After
Diagram

Total
momentum
Was momentum conserved?

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Conservation of Momentum Classwork Name __________________

3. A 10 kg mass slides along a frictionless table at 10 m/s. It collides with a

stationary 10 kg mass. Afterwards, the first mass moves at 5 m/s while the
second mass moves at 5 m/s.
a) Draw the before and after diagrams.
b) Find the total momentum before and after.
c) Determine whether total momentum was conserved.

Before After
Diagram

Total
momentu
m
Was momentum conserved?

4. A 5 kg book slides along a frictionless table at 10 m/s. It collides with a stationary

20 kg book. Afterwards, the first books moves at -6 m/s while the second book
moves at 4 m/s.
a. Draw the before and after diagrams.
b. Find the total momentum before and after
c. Determine whether total momentum was conserved

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 Before After
Diagram

Total
momentu
m
Was momentum conserved?

Collisions and Explosions Classwork Name ____________________

1. A 2.4 kg air cannon is used to shoot a 0.1 kg ball with a velocity of 60 m/s.
a. Draw the before and after diagrams.

b. Find the recoil velocity of the cannon.

2. A 60 kg male ice skater is facing a 40 kg female ice skater. They are at rest on
the ice. They push off each other and move in opposite directions. The female
skater moves backwards with a velocity of 3 m/s.
a. Draw the before and after diagram.

b. Determine the male skater’s velocity after the push (explosion).

3. A 3.50 kg cannon is loaded with a 0.5 kg ball. The cannon is ignited and
launches the ball forward so that the ball’s post-explosion velocity is 77 m/s.
a. Draw the before and after diagrams.

b. Determine the post-explosion velocity of the cannon.

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A 4.4 kg cannon is loaded with a 0.05 kg tennis ball and placed on the floor. The fuse is
lit and the explosion propels the ball forward. A measurement determines that the
cannon recoiled backwards with a speed of 1.5 m/s. Determine the speed of the ball.
(Don’t forget to show the before and after diagram.)

Collisions and Explosions Homework Name ____________________

1. In a physics lab, a 0.50 kg cart (Cart A) moving right with a speed of 4.8 m/s
collides with a stationary 1.50 kg cart (Cart B). The two carts stick and move
together as a single object after the collision.

Before After
A B A B

Determine the velocity of the two carts immediately after they collide.

2. A 0.05 kg bullet enters a stationary, 2.45 [kg] watermelon and embeds itself. The
melon with the bullet stuck inside then moves with a speed of 5.6 m/s.
a. Draw before and after diagrams

(Note: How much mass is moving before and after the collision?)

b. What was the entry speed of the bullet?

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 3. A 1.7 kg lab cart is moving along at 1.1 m/s. A 2.7 kg brick, initially at rest, is
gently placed upon the cart as it passes by. The two objects then move together
at a new speed. Determine the speed of the two objects immediately after they
“collide.”

4. A 1.7 kg lab cart is moving along at 4 m/s. A brick with an unknown mass, initially
at rest, is gently placed upon the cart as it passes by. The two objects move
together at 1.36 m/s after the collision. Determine the mass of the brick.

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Momentum Multiple Choice Name ____________________

1. What is the momentum of a car with a mass of 100 kg moving at 30 m/s?

A. 3.33 kg-m/s C. 300 kg-m/s
B. 30 kg-m/s D. 3000 kg-m/s

2. If a ball rolling at 6 m/s has a momentum of 18 kg-m/s, what is its mass?

A. 3 kg C. 18 kg
B. 6 kg D. 108 kg

3. A rollerblader has a momentum of 250 kg-m/s. If she has a mass of 100 kg, how
fast is she traveling?
A. 0.25 m/s C. 2.5 m/s
B. 0.4 m/s D. 25 m/s

Questions 4–7: An object of mass 25 kg is traveling to the right with a velocity of 3 m/s.
The object experiences a force of 2 N to the right for 20 seconds.

4. Will the new velocity of the object be higher or lower?

A. higher B. lower C. the same

5. What is the change in momentum of the object?

A. 6 kg-m/s C. 50 kg-m/s
B. 40 kg-m/s D. 500 kg-m/s

6. What is the new momentum?

A. 40 kg-m/s C. 115 kg-m/s
B. 75 kg-m/s D. 506 kg-m/s

7. What is the new velocity of the object?

A. 1.6 m/s C. 4.6 m/s
B. 3 m/s D. 20.24 m/s

Questions 8–10: A cart of mass 6 kg is traveling with a velocity of 4 m/s.

8. What is the impulse necessary for the cart to come to a stop?

A. 0.67 kg-m/s C. -24 kg-m/s
B. 1.5 kg-m/s D. None of the above

9. What is the impulse necessary for the velocity of the cart to change to 5 m/s?
(Hint: What is the change in velocity?)
A. +6 kg-m/s C. +30 kg-m/s
B. +20 kg-m/s D. +54 kg-m/s

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 10. What is the impulse necessary for the velocity of the cart to change to -2 m/s?
(Hint: What is the change in velocity?)
A. -6 kg-m/s C. +24 kg-m/s
B. -12 kg-m/s D. -36 kg-m/s

Questions 11–13: Cart A and Cart B are held together at rest by a spring. The spring is
released and Cart A moves with a momentum of -22 kg-m/s.

11. What is the total momentum of the two carts before the explosion?
A. -22 kg-m/s C. +11 kg-m/s
B. 0 kg-m/s D. +22 kg-m/s

12. What is the total momentum of the two carts after the explosion?
A. -22 kg-m/s C. 0 kg-m/s
B. -11 kg-m/s D. +22 kg-m/s

13. What is the momentum of Cart B after the explosion?

A. -22 kg-m/s C. +11 kg-m/s
B. 0 kg-m/s D. +22 kg-m/s

Questions 14-17: A 3-kg cart moves to the right with a velocity of 4 m/s towards a 5-kg
cart moving to the left with a velocity of -3 m/s. On collision, the cars stick and move off
together.

14. What is the momentum of the 3-kg cart before the collision?
A. -15 kg-m/s C. +12 kg-m/s
B. -9 kg-m/s D. +15 kg-m/s

15. What is the momentum of the 5-kg cart before the collision?
A. -15 kg-m/s C. +12 kg-m/s
B. -9 kg-m/s D. +15 kg-m/s

16. What is the combined momentum of the two carts after the collision?
A. 0 kg-m/s C. 3 kg-m/s
B. -3 kg-m/s D. 8 kg-m/s

17. What is the velocity of the carts after the collision?

A. -0.375 m/s C. +0.375 m/s
B. +1 m/s D. -1 m/s

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 18. A freight car of mass 2000 kg moves along a frictionless level railroad track with
a constant speed of 15 m/s. What is the momentum of the freight car?
A. 133 kg-m/s
B. 3,000 kg-m/s
C. 13,300 kg-m/s
D. 30,000 kg-m/s

19. A 500 kg sailboat moves with a momentum of 3,000 kg-m/s? What is the velocity
of the boat?
A. 6 m/s B. 30 m/s C. 60 m/s D. 150 m/s

20. When a ball is hit by a bat, it experiences a force of 1200 N for 0.02 seconds.
What is the impulse experienced by the ball?
A. 60,000 N-s B. 2400 N-s C. 60 N-s D. 24 N-s

21. A red bumper car moves forward with an initial momentum of 250 kg-m/s when it
receives an impulse of 250 N-s as a blue bumper car hits it from behind. What is
the final momentum of the red bumper car?
A. 0 B. 250 kg-m/s C. 500 kg-m/s D. -250 kg-m/s

22. A big truck collides with a small car. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The truck experiences a greater impulse than the car during the
collision.
B. The car experiences a greater impulse than the truck during the
collision.
C. The car and the truck experience the same amount of impulse during
the collision.
D. The impulse on both the car and the truck is zero during the collision.

23. A tennis ball with a momentum of 5 kg-m/s collides racket and bounces in the
opposite direction with a momentum of 6 kg-m/s. What is the change in
momentum of the tennis ball?
A. 1 kg-m/s B. 5 kg-m/s C. 6 k-m/s D. 11 kg-m/s

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 24. A red bumper car (mass 100 kg) moves with an initial velocity of 6 m/s when it
receives an impulse of 300 N-s when it is hit from the opposite direction by a blue
bumper car. What is the final velocity of the red bumper car?
A. 0 B. 3 m/s backward C. 3 m/s forward D. 6 m/s backward

25. A 1000 kg car traveling at 24 m/s brakes to a stop in 2 seconds. What force was
exerted on the car by the brakes?
A. 24,000 N B. 12,000 N C. 2,000 N D. 48,000 N

26. A rubber ball, moving as shown, collides with and bounces off a
vertical wall. Which of the following is the correct direction of the
impulse experienced by the ball during the collision?

A. B. C. D.

27. The momenta of two different objects are presented on the diagram above.
Which of the following best represents the total momentum of the system of two
objects?

A. B.

C. D

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 28. The momenta of two different objects are presented on the diagram above.
Which of the following best represents the total momentum of the system of two
objects?

A. B.

C. D.

29. A cannon fires a cannonball to the right and recoils to the

left. Which of the following statements is true about the
cannon recoil?
A. It happens because the velocity of the system is conserved.
B. It happens because the mass of the system is conserved.
C. It happens because the momentum of the system is conserved.
D. It happens because an external force acts on the cannon and cannonball.

30. What is the momentum of the cannon after firing a cannon ball with a momentum
of 5,000 kg-m/s to the right?
A. 5,000 kg-m/s to the right B. 5,000 kg-m/s to the left
C. zero D. 2,500 kg-m/s to the left

31. An open freight car moves at a constant velocity on a horizontal

surface. What happens to the velocity of the freight car after a
sudden rainstorm fills the freight car with water?
A. It is unchanged because velocity is conserved.
B. It is unchanged because momentum is conserved.
C. It decreases because momentum is conserved.
D. It increases because momentum is not conserved.

32. Two skateboarders stand motionless across from one another until
skateboarder A (whose mass is 50 kg) pushes skateboarder B A B
(whose mass is 100 kg). After the push, skateboarder B moves to the
right at 2 m/s. What is the velocity of the skateboarder A?
A. 4 m/s to the left B. 2 m/s to the left
C. 1 m/s to the left D. 4 m/s to the right

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 33. A 20,000 kg freight car (A) moves at a constant velocity of 10 m/s on a horizontal
railroad track and collides with a stationary 5,000 kg freight car (B). After the
collision, the cars stick and move together as one object. What is the velocity of
the cars after the collision?
A. 5 m/s B. 8 m/s C. 10 m/s D. 12.5 m/s

34. A 50 kg skateboarder runs at a constant velocity of 6 m/s and hops

onto a stationary 10 kg skateboard. What is the velocity of the
skateboarder on the skateboard after he hops on?
A. 3 m/s B. 11 m/s C. 6 m/s D. 5 m/s

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