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Electronics Worksheet: Series and Parallel Resistors

Electronics lesson 14: Resistors in series and parallel · Set 18 · 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.🧮 Three equal 60 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  2. 2.🧮 Five equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  3. 3.🧮 Resistors of 33 Ω and 150 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  4. 4.🧮 A 50 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 470 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  5. 5.🧮 Resistors of 20 Ω and 470 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  6. 6.🧮 Two equal 10 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  7. 7.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) smaller (b) bigger (c) zero (d) stay the same
  8. 8.🧮 Two equal 470 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  9. 9.🧮 Five equal 50 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  10. 10.🧮 Resistors of 10 Ω, 33 Ω, 470 Ω and 20 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  11. 11.🧮 Resistors of 22 Ω, 470 Ω and 33 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  12. 12.🧮 Three equal 75 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  13. 13.🧮 Resistors of 220 Ω and 100 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  14. 14.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) their sum (b) less than either one (c) always zero (d) more than either one
  15. 15.🧮 A 3.5 V battery is joined to 5 Ω and 2 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  16. 16.🧮 Three equal 15 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  17. 17.🧮 A 68 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)?
  18. 18.🧮 Four equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  19. 19.🧮 Resistors of 330 Ω, 10 Ω, 100 Ω and 68 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  20. 20.🧮 A 150 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)?
  21. 21.🧮 A 0.8 V battery is joined to 6 Ω and 2 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  22. 22.🧮 Five equal 25 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  23. 23.🧮 Five equal 250 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  24. 24.🧮 Resistors of 33 Ω and 50 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  25. 25.🧮 Four equal 40 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  26. 26.🧮 A 16 V battery is joined to 12 Ω and 4 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  27. 27.🧮 A 15 V battery is joined to 10 Ω and 5 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  28. 28.🧮 A 220 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)?
  29. 29.🧮 Resistors of 150 Ω and 33 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  30. 30.🧮 Two equal 50 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  31. 31.🧮 Two equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  32. 32.🧮 A 9 V battery is joined to 5 Ω and 4 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  33. 33.🧮 Resistors of 150 Ω, 50 Ω and 33 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  34. 34.🧮 Two equal 20 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  35. 35.🧮 A 150 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.🧮 Resistors of 10 Ω and 10 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  37. 37.🧮 Two equal 40 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  38. 38.🧮 A 3 V battery is joined to 2 Ω and 4 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  39. 39.🧮 A 470 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)?
  40. 40.🧮 Resistors of 22 Ω and 150 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?

Answer key

  1. 20
  2. 20
  3. 183
  4. 285
  5. 490
  6. 5
  7. bigger
  8. 235
  9. 10
  10. 533
  11. 525
  12. 25
  13. 320
  14. less than either one
  15. 0.5
  16. 5
  17. 168
  18. 25
  19. 508
  20. 160
  21. 0.1
  22. 5
  23. 50
  24. 83
  25. 10
  26. 1
  27. 1
  28. 385
  29. 183
  30. 25
  31. 50
  32. 1
  33. 233
  34. 10
  35. 200
  36. 20
  37. 20
  38. 0.5
  39. 475
  40. 172

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