Electronics Worksheet: Series and Parallel Resistors
Remember (Add in a row, share side by side): Series: R total = R1 + R2 + R3 … Parallel, equal resistors: R total = R ÷ number of resistors (two equal → half). Then I = V ÷ R total. Example: 6 V across 4 Ω + 8 Ω = 12 Ω → 0.5 A.
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- 1.🧮 Two equal 220 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 2.🧮 A 68 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 20 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 3.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) zero (b) smaller (c) stay the same (d) bigger
- 4.🧮 Resistors of 10 Ω, 47 Ω and 50 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 5.🧮 Five equal 25 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 6.🧮 Resistors of 10 Ω, 150 Ω and 100 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 7.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) their sum (b) always zero (c) more than either one (d) less than either one
- 8.🧮 Two equal 330 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 9.🧮 Resistors of 20 Ω, 220 Ω and 50 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 10.🧮 A 20 V battery is joined to 8 Ω and 12 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 11.🧮 Two equal 470 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 12.🧮 A 68 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 10 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 13.🧮 Three equal 60 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 14.🧮 Resistors of 33 Ω, 33 Ω, 47 Ω and 47 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 15.🧮 A 47 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 330 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 16.🧮 Three equal 75 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 17.🧮 A 3.6 V battery is joined to 8 Ω and 10 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 18.🧮 Resistors of 22 Ω, 100 Ω, 100 Ω and 10 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 19.🧮 A 1 V battery is joined to 2 Ω and 8 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 20.🧮 Two equal 20 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 21.🧮 Resistors of 33 Ω and 100 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 22.🧮 A 12 V battery is joined to 8 Ω and 4 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 23.🧮 A 100 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 220 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 24.🧮 Two equal 1000 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 25.🧮 A 1.4 V battery is joined to 5 Ω and 2 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 26.🧮 A 33 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 100 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 27.🧮 A 33 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 20 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 28.🧮 Four equal 40 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 29.🧮 Two equal 10 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 30.🧮 A 1.4 V battery is joined to 4 Ω and 3 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 31.🧮 A 50 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 50 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 32.🧮 Four equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 33.🧮 Five equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 34.🧮 A 1.6 V battery is joined to 12 Ω and 4 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 35.🧮 Four equal 400 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 36.🧮 A 0.7 V battery is joined to 3 Ω and 4 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 37.🧮 A 1.4 V battery is joined to 2 Ω and 5 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 38.🧮 Resistors of 20 Ω, 20 Ω and 50 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 39.🧮 Resistors of 150 Ω, 22 Ω and 47 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 40.🧮 A 33 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 220 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
Answer key
- 110
- 78
- bigger
- 107
- 5
- 260
- less than either one
- 165
- 290
- 1
- 235
- 73
- 20
- 160
- 212
- 25
- 0.2
- 232
- 0.1
- 10
- 133
- 1
- 210
- 500
- 0.2
- 83
- 43
- 10
- 5
- 0.2
- 75
- 25
- 20
- 0.1
- 100
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 90
- 219
- 143
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