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Electronics Worksheet: Resistor Colour Code

Electronics lesson 15: Resistor colour code · Set 67 · 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 gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 25 % (c) 5 % (d) 0 %
  2. 2.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, white, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  3. 3.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 8900 Ω resistor? (a) grey-white-orange (b) grey-white-brown (c) grey-white-red (d) white-grey-red
  4. 4.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, blue, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  5. 5.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, yellow, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  6. 6.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the one nearest an end (b) the gold band (c) any band (d) the widest gap
  7. 7.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
  8. 8.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 85 Ω resistor? (a) grey-green-black (b) green-grey-black (c) grey-green-brown (d) white-green-black
  9. 9.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 49000 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-white-red (b) yellow-white-yellow (c) white-yellow-orange (d) yellow-white-orange
  10. 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, blue, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  11. 11.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, red, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  12. 12.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, grey, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
  13. 13.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 94 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-white-black (b) white-yellow-black (c) white-yellow-brown (d) brown-yellow-black
  14. 14.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 4900 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-white-red (b) white-yellow-red (c) yellow-white-orange (d) yellow-white-brown
  15. 15.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does grey stand for?
  16. 16.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 78000 Ω resistor? (a) violet-grey-red (b) violet-grey-yellow (c) violet-grey-orange (d) grey-violet-orange
  17. 17.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, white, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  18. 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, brown, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
  19. 19.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, orange, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
  20. 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, orange, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  21. 21.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 88000 Ω resistor? (a) grey-grey-orange (b) grey-grey-yellow (c) grey-grey-red (d) grey-white-orange
  22. 22.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, violet, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  23. 23.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 4500 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-green-orange (b) yellow-green-red (c) green-yellow-red (d) yellow-green-brown
  24. 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, white, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  25. 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, white, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
  26. 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, green, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  27. 27.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, yellow, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  28. 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, red, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
  29. 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, orange, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
  30. 30.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 240 Ω resistor? (a) red-yellow-black (b) yellow-red-brown (c) red-yellow-red (d) red-yellow-brown
  31. 31.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
  32. 32.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 690 Ω resistor? (a) blue-white-black (b) white-blue-brown (c) blue-white-red (d) blue-white-brown
  33. 33.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
  34. 34.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, brown, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
  35. 35.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, red, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
  36. 36.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does green stand for?
  37. 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, yellow, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  38. 38.🌈 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
  39. 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, brown, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
  40. 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, green, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?

Answer key

  1. 5 %
  2. 190
  3. grey-white-red
  4. 360
  5. 540
  6. the one nearest an end
  7. 3
  8. grey-green-black
  9. yellow-white-orange
  10. 5.6
  11. 920
  12. 18
  13. white-yellow-black
  14. yellow-white-red
  15. 8
  16. violet-grey-orange
  17. 1.9
  18. 91000
  19. 53
  20. 7.3
  21. grey-grey-orange
  22. 470
  23. yellow-green-red
  24. 99
  25. 19000
  26. 3.5
  27. 54
  28. 720
  29. 3300
  30. red-yellow-brown
  31. 1
  32. blue-white-brown
  33. 2
  34. 11
  35. 22
  36. 5
  37. 940
  38. white-orange-black
  39. 610
  40. 45000

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