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Electronics Worksheet: Series and Parallel Resistors

Electronics lesson 14: Resistors in series and parallel · Set 164 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) more than either one (b) less than either one (c) their sum (d) always zero
  2. 2.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) bigger (b) zero (c) stay the same (d) smaller
  3. 3.🧮 A 2.75 V battery is joined to 3 Ω and 8 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  4. 4.🧮 Three equal 30 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  5. 5.🧮 A 50 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)?
  6. 6.🧮 Resistors of 220 Ω and 330 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  7. 7.🧮 Three equal 15 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  8. 8.🧮 Resistors of 10 Ω and 22 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  9. 9.🧮 Two equal 40 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  10. 10.🧮 A 20 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)?
  11. 11.🧮 A 220 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 200 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  12. 12.🧮 A 1.7 V battery is joined to 12 Ω and 5 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  13. 13.🧮 Resistors of 470 Ω, 330 Ω, 22 Ω and 220 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  14. 14.🧮 Two equal 20 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  15. 15.🧮 A 0.5 V battery is joined to 2 Ω and 3 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  16. 16.🧮 A 12 V battery is joined to 10 Ω and 2 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  17. 17.🧮 A 330 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)?
  18. 18.🧮 Resistors of 50 Ω and 100 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  19. 19.🧮 Resistors of 20 Ω, 10 Ω and 33 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  20. 20.🧮 A 10 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)?
  21. 21.🧮 An 8 V battery is joined to 2 Ω and 6 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  22. 22.🧮 A 20 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)?
  23. 23.🧮 Two equal 1000 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  24. 24.🧮 Five equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  25. 25.🧮 A 4 V battery is joined to 8 Ω and 8 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  26. 26.🧮 A 17 V battery is joined to 5 Ω and 12 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  27. 27.🧮 A 150 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)?
  28. 28.🧮 Four equal 400 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  29. 29.🧮 Three equal 300 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  30. 30.🧮 A 470 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 40 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  31. 31.🧮 A 470 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. 32.🧮 Resistors of 33 Ω, 22 Ω, 20 Ω and 330 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  33. 33.🧮 Resistors of 10 Ω, 68 Ω, 33 Ω and 50 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  34. 34.🧮 Resistors of 220 Ω, 10 Ω and 150 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  35. 35.🧮 A 22 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)?
  36. 36.🧮 Five equal 125 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  37. 37.🧮 A 1.4 V battery is joined to 10 Ω and 4 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  38. 38.🧮 A 50 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 200 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  39. 39.🧮 Two equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  40. 40.🧮 A 1 V battery is joined to 5 Ω and 5 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =

Answer key

  1. less than either one
  2. bigger
  3. 0.25
  4. 10
  5. 100
  6. 550
  7. 5
  8. 32
  9. 20
  10. 130
  11. 320
  12. 0.1
  13. 1042
  14. 10
  15. 0.1
  16. 1
  17. 440
  18. 150
  19. 63
  20. 35
  21. 1
  22. 70
  23. 500
  24. 20
  25. 0.25
  26. 1
  27. 155
  28. 100
  29. 100
  30. 490
  31. 495
  32. 405
  33. 161
  34. 380
  35. 72
  36. 25
  37. 0.1
  38. 150
  39. 50
  40. 0.1

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