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Electronics Worksheet: Series and Parallel Resistors

Electronics lesson 14: Resistors in series and parallel · Set 657 · 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.🧮 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)?
  2. 2.🧮 Two equal 20 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  3. 3.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) always zero (b) less than either one (c) their sum (d) more than either one
  4. 4.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) bigger (b) smaller (c) stay the same (d) zero
  5. 5.🧮 Three equal 75 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. 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.🧮 A 10 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)?
  8. 8.🧮 Three equal 300 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  9. 9.🧮 A 2 V battery is joined to 5 Ω and 5 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  10. 10.🧮 A 1.3 V battery is joined to 8 Ω and 5 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  11. 11.🧮 A 68 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)?
  12. 12.🧮 A 14 V battery is joined to 8 Ω and 6 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  13. 13.🧮 Resistors of 20 Ω, 330 Ω, 10 Ω and 330 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  14. 14.🧮 A 50 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 220 Ω and 470 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  16. 16.🧮 Resistors of 22 Ω and 470 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  17. 17.🧮 Five equal 500 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  18. 18.🧮 Two equal 40 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  19. 19.🧮 Resistors of 150 Ω, 330 Ω, 50 Ω and 220 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  20. 20.🧮 Four equal 80 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  21. 21.🧮 Five equal 250 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  22. 22.🧮 A 33 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)?
  23. 23.🧮 Resistors of 330 Ω, 47 Ω, 10 Ω and 10 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  24. 24.🧮 A 2.8 V battery is joined to 12 Ω and 2 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  25. 25.🧮 Three equal 30 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  26. 26.🧮 A 12 V battery is joined to 6 Ω and 6 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  27. 27.🧮 Five equal 100 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  28. 28.🧮 A 2.5 V battery is joined to 2 Ω and 8 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
  29. 29.🧮 Resistors of 47 Ω and 22 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  30. 30.🧮 Three equal 15 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  31. 31.🧮 Two equal 220 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  32. 32.🧮 A 20 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)?
  33. 33.🧮 Resistors of 68 Ω, 330 Ω and 330 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  34. 34.🧮 Two equal 200 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  35. 35.🧮 Two equal 330 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. 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 10 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)?
  38. 38.🧮 Resistors of 470 Ω and 47 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  39. 39.🧮 Resistors of 10 Ω, 33 Ω, 470 Ω and 20 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
  40. 40.🧮 Resistors of 220 Ω, 20 Ω, 50 Ω and 33 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?

Answer key

  1. 440
  2. 10
  3. less than either one
  4. bigger
  5. 25
  6. 5
  7. 110
  8. 100
  9. 0.2
  10. 0.1
  11. 118
  12. 1
  13. 690
  14. 70
  15. 690
  16. 492
  17. 100
  18. 20
  19. 750
  20. 20
  21. 50
  22. 268
  23. 397
  24. 0.2
  25. 10
  26. 1
  27. 20
  28. 0.25
  29. 69
  30. 5
  31. 110
  32. 30
  33. 728
  34. 100
  35. 165
  36. 25
  37. 175
  38. 517
  39. 533
  40. 323

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