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Electronics Worksheet: Resistor Colour Code

Electronics lesson 15: Resistor colour code · Set 546 · 40 questions
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Remember (Digit, digit, zeros): black 0 · brown 1 · red 2 · orange 3 · yellow 4 · green 5 · blue 6 · violet 7 · grey 8 · white 9. Band 1 and band 2 = two digits; band 3 = number of zeros to add. Examples: brown-black-red = 1000 Ω; yellow-violet-brown = 470 Ω; red-red-red = 2200 Ω = 2.2 kΩ.

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  1. 1.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, white, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  2. 2.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 0 % (b) 5 % (c) 25 % (d) 50 %
  3. 3.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, violet, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
  4. 4.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, red, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
  5. 5.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, violet, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  6. 6.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) any band (b) the widest gap (c) the one nearest an end (d) the gold band
  7. 7.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, yellow, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
  8. 8.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 93000 Ω resistor? (a) orange-white-orange (b) white-orange-yellow (c) white-orange-red (d) white-orange-orange
  9. 9.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does white stand for?
  10. 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, grey, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  11. 11.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
  12. 12.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 92000 Ω resistor? (a) red-white-orange (b) white-red-red (c) white-red-orange (d) white-red-yellow
  13. 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, blue, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
  14. 14.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 81000 Ω resistor? (a) grey-brown-orange (b) brown-grey-orange (c) grey-brown-red (d) grey-brown-yellow
  15. 15.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
  16. 16.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, violet, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
  17. 17.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, black, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
  18. 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, green, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
  19. 19.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, red, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
  20. 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, orange, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
  21. 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, yellow, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
  22. 22.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, grey, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
  23. 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, violet, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  24. 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, black, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  25. 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, grey, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  26. 26.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 18 Ω resistor? (a) grey-brown-black (b) red-grey-black (c) brown-grey-brown (d) brown-grey-black
  27. 27.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does blue stand for?
  28. 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, red, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
  29. 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, white, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
  30. 30.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 93 Ω resistor? (a) brown-orange-black (b) orange-white-black (c) white-orange-brown (d) white-orange-black
  31. 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, yellow, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
  32. 32.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, yellow, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  33. 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, yellow, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  34. 34.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
  35. 35.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, white, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
  36. 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, yellow, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
  37. 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, red, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
  38. 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, white, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  39. 39.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 32 Ω resistor? (a) orange-red-black (b) red-orange-black (c) yellow-red-black (d) orange-red-brown
  40. 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, yellow, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =

Answer key

  1. 1.9
  2. 5 %
  3. 27000
  4. 82000
  5. 470
  6. the one nearest an end
  7. 840
  8. white-orange-orange
  9. 9
  10. 580
  11. 0
  12. white-red-orange
  13. 260
  14. grey-brown-orange
  15. 3
  16. 17
  17. 30000
  18. 75
  19. 62000
  20. 43000
  21. 84
  22. 780
  23. 570
  24. 50
  25. 58
  26. brown-grey-black
  27. 6
  28. 4200
  29. 390
  30. white-orange-black
  31. 44
  32. 4.4
  33. 24
  34. 1
  35. 39000
  36. 8400
  37. 120
  38. 49
  39. orange-red-black
  40. 94

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