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Electronics Worksheet: Series and Parallel Resistors

Electronics lesson 14: Resistors in series and parallel · Set 299 · 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.🧮 Resistors of 150 Ω, 33 Ω and 220 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  2. 2.🧮 Resistors of 470 Ω and 33 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  3. 3.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) zero (b) smaller (c) stay the same (d) bigger
  4. 4.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) less than either one (b) their sum (c) more than either one (d) always zero
  5. 5.🧮 Four equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  6. 6.🧮 A 100 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)?
  7. 7.🧮 Two equal 220 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  8. 8.🧮 A 150 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)?
  9. 9.🧮 Five equal 500 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  10. 10.🧮 A 14 V battery is joined to 2 Ω and 12 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  11. 11.🧮 A 47 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)?
  12. 12.🧮 Two equal 200 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  13. 13.🧮 Resistors of 470 Ω and 22 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  14. 14.🧮 A 68 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)?
  15. 15.🧮 Resistors of 330 Ω and 47 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  16. 16.🧮 A 20 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)?
  17. 17.🧮 A 3.6 V battery is joined to 12 Ω and 6 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  18. 18.🧮 Two equal 330 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  19. 19.🧮 A 47 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 1000 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  20. 20.🧮 A 68 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)?
  21. 21.🧮 A 33 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)?
  22. 22.🧮 A 6.5 V battery is joined to 3 Ω and 10 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  23. 23.🧮 Resistors of 22 Ω, 50 Ω, 220 Ω and 33 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  24. 24.🧮 Resistors of 470 Ω and 150 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  25. 25.🧮 A 16 V battery is joined to 8 Ω and 8 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  26. 26.🧮 Four equal 200 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  27. 27.🧮 A 1.4 V battery is joined to 2 Ω and 12 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  28. 28.🧮 A 0.8 V battery is joined to 5 Ω and 3 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  29. 29.🧮 Three equal 75 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  30. 30.🧮 Two equal 20 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  31. 31.🧮 Two equal 470 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  32. 32.🧮 Five equal 50 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  33. 33.🧮 Three equal 15 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  34. 34.🧮 A 2.5 V battery is joined to 8 Ω and 2 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  35. 35.🧮 Resistors of 33 Ω and 33 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  36. 36.🧮 Resistors of 100 Ω and 20 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  37. 37.🧮 Three equal 60 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  38. 38.🧮 Resistors of 470 Ω and 10 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  39. 39.🧮 A 16 V battery is joined to 12 Ω and 4 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  40. 40.🧮 A 13 V battery is joined to 10 Ω and 3 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =

Answer key

  1. 403
  2. 503
  3. bigger
  4. less than either one
  5. 25
  6. 150
  7. 110
  8. 250
  9. 100
  10. 1
  11. 52
  12. 100
  13. 492
  14. 88
  15. 377
  16. 45
  17. 0.2
  18. 165
  19. 547
  20. 178
  21. 198
  22. 0.5
  23. 325
  24. 620
  25. 1
  26. 50
  27. 0.1
  28. 0.1
  29. 25
  30. 10
  31. 235
  32. 10
  33. 5
  34. 0.25
  35. 66
  36. 120
  37. 20
  38. 480
  39. 1
  40. 1

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