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Work and Power Worksheet

This document contains a worksheet with problems about work and power. It includes sample problems and fill-in-the-blank questions about calculating work using force and distance, and power using work and time. The worksheet tests understanding of basic formulas and concepts of work, power, force, distance, and time through calculation problems.

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Work and Power Worksheet

This document contains a worksheet with problems about work and power. It includes sample problems and fill-in-the-blank questions about calculating work using force and distance, and power using work and time. The worksheet tests understanding of basic formulas and concepts of work, power, force, distance, and time through calculation problems.

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Name _____________________________________ Period ____ Date ____________

Worksheet - Work & Power Problems


I. Work
A. Sample Problems:
1. F = 200 Newtons Formula: _________________________________
d = 50 meters Substitution: ______________________________
W=? Answer with unit of measure: _________________

2. F = 5 Newtons Formula: _________________________________


W = 75 Joules Substitution: ______________________________
D=? Answer with unit of measure: _________________

3. W = 125 Joules Formula: _________________________________


d = 10 meters Substitution: ______________________________
F=? Answer with unit of measure: _________________

4. If 150 Joules of work is needed to move a box 10 meters, what force was used?

B. Fill-in-the-blank:

1. ___________________ is done when an object moves through a distance because of a


________________ acting upon the object.
2. When calculating work, you should use the formula: work = force X ____________________.
3. The SI unit for work is the _______________________. It is represented by the letter ______.

C. Work Problems:
4. F = 90 N ________ 5. F = 6 N ________ 6. W = 120 J ________
d=5m ________ W = 72 J ________ d = 24 m ________
W=? ________ d=? ________ F=? ________

7. W = ? ________ 8. W = 13.2 J ________ 9. W = 136 J ________


F = 62.6 N ________ F=2N ________ d = 27.2 m ________
d = 13 m ________ d=? ________ F=? ________

10. If 360 Joules of work are needed to move a crate a distance of 4 meters, what is the weight of the
crate?

11. If a group of workers can apply a force of 1000 Newtons to move a crate 20 meters, what amount
of work will they have accomplished?

12. If 68 Joules of work were necessary to move a 4 Newton crate, how far was the crate moved?

13. How much work is done in holding a 15 N sack of potatoes while waiting in line at the grocery
store for 3 minutes.
II. Power
A. Sample Problems:

1. W= 500 Joules Formula: _________________________________


t = 25 seconds Substitution: ______________________________
P=? Answer with unit of measure: _________________

2. P = 25 watts Formula: _________________________________


W = 5000 Joules Substitution: ______________________________
t=? Answer with unit of measure: _________________

3. P = 170 watts Formula: _________________________________


t = 20 seconds Substitution: ______________________________
W=? Answer with unit of measure: _________________

4. If a man moves a large box that weighs 10 Newtons 20 meters in 30 seconds, how much power
was used?

B. Fill-in-the-blank:

1. _________________________________ is the rate at which work is done.

2. When calculating power, you should use the formula P = _________________ divided by
_____________. In this formula, “P” stands for power, ____ stands for work, and _____ for time.

3. The SI unit for Power is the ______________________.

C. Power Problems

4. W = 100 J ________ 5. W = 225 J _______ 6. P = 20 W ________


t = 10 s ________ P = 25 W _______ t = 15 s ________
P=? ________ t=? _______ W=? ________

7. W = 500 J ________ 8. W = 336 J _______ 9. W = ? ________


t = 25 s ________ t=? _______ t = 16.6 s ________
P=? ________ P = 14 W _______ P = 64 W ________

10. A person weighing 600 N gets on an elevator. The elevator lifts the person 6 m in 10 seconds. How
much power was used?

11. How much time is needed to produce 720 Joules of work if 90 watts of power is used?

12. If 68 W of power is produced in 18 seconds, how much work is done?

13. A set of pulleys lifts an 800 N crate 4 meters in 7 seconds. What power was used?

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