Net Force Questions
1. A box is pushed with a force of 45 N to the right
and pulled with a force of 25 N to the right.
What is the net force acting on the box, and in
which direction?
2. Two children are playing tug-of-war. One pulls
with 80 N to the north, and the other pulls with
65 N to the south. What is the net force on the
rope, and in which direction?
3. A car is initially at rest. A force of 500 N pushes
it forward, while a frictional force of 150 N
opposes the motion. What is the net force acting
on the car?
4. A balloon experiences an upward buoyant force
of 120 N and its weight is 90 N (acting
downwards). What is the net force on the
balloon, and in which direction will it move?
5. An object is moving at a constant velocity. If a
forward force of 70 N is applied, what is the net
force acting on the object? What can you say
about the opposing forces?
6. A boy pushes a cart with a force of 30 N to the
east. His friend helps by pushing the cart with 20
N to the east. What is the net force on the cart?
7. A force of 12 N pulls a toy car to the left, and
another force of 18 N pulls it to the right. What
is the net force on the toy car, and in which
direction?
8. A block of wood is floating in water. The
buoyant force acting on it is 50 N. If the weight
of the block is 50 N, what is the net force on the
block?
Pressure Questions
9. A force of 200 N is applied over an area of 5
m2. Calculate the pressure exerted.
10. A book weighs 15 N and its bottom surface
has an area of 0.05 m2. What pressure does the
book exert on the table?
11. A person weighing 700 N stands on one
foot. If the area of their shoe's sole in contact
with the ground is 0.02 m2, calculate the
pressure exerted.
12. If the person from question 11 stands on
both feet, and each foot has a contact area of
0.02 m2, what is the pressure exerted on the
ground? (Assume their weight is distributed
equally).
13. A knife blade has an edge area of 0.00005
m2. If a force of 30 N is applied to it while
cutting, what pressure does it exert?
14. A tank contains water exerting a pressure of
10,000 Pa on its base. If the area of the base is 3
m2, what is the total thrust (force) exerted by
the water on the base?
15. A brick has a weight of 25 N. If it exerts a
pressure of 500 Pa on the ground, what is the
area of its base?
16. A hydraulic lift applies a pressure of 2,000
Pa to a car's support arm with an area of 0.8 m2.
What is the thrust (force) applied to the car?
17. A snowshoe distributes a person's weight
over a larger area. If a person weighing 600 N
wears snowshoes, and each snowshoe has an
area of 0.15 m2, what pressure do they exert on
the snow when standing on both snowshoes?
18. A force of 10 N is applied to a thumbtack
with a tip area of 0.000001 m2. Calculate the
pressure exerted by the tip.
19. A large flat-bottomed boat displaces water.
If the total weight (downward force) of the boat
is 150,000 N and the area of its bottom in
contact with water is 50 m2, what pressure does
the boat exert on the water?
20. A student's hand applies a force of 5 N over
an area of 0.005 m2 to a sponge. What is the
pressure exerted on the sponge?