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This document provides information about simple machines and their functions. It discusses six simple machines: lever, wheel and axle, inclined plane, wedge, screw, and pulley. Each machine is defined, examples are given, and it is explained how each machine makes work easier by requiring less force or making work faster. Complex machines are also mentioned, which are formed by combining two or more simple machines.

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Machines Sample

This document provides information about simple machines and their functions. It discusses six simple machines: lever, wheel and axle, inclined plane, wedge, screw, and pulley. Each machine is defined, examples are given, and it is explained how each machine makes work easier by requiring less force or making work faster. Complex machines are also mentioned, which are formed by combining two or more simple machines.

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Wedge Pulley Door stopper Nail Knife Axe To stop objects from moving

c b a

M ake work easier Use less force

M ake work faster

Lever

Gear

c b
Wheel and axle

e f

Inclined plane

2 1

EXAMPLES

SIMPLE MACHINES

Screw

Formed by combining two or more simple machines

To fasten objects

d c

DEVICES THAT ALLOW US TO....

1 2

COMPLEX MACHINES

To cut objects

b
FUNCTIONS

2 1

WEDGE

a
To split objects apart
L

A E B
YEAR 6 UNIT 7

MAIN TYPES
Bigger than axle
1

F E

Less force needed to move the axle


2

Arm
F c d

Broom / Mop
E

Has 2 planes that form a sharp edge (a type of inclined plane)

Wheel

MACHINES (1/3)
Load Effort

A lever that rotates at the centre of the wheel


1 2

Axle

Turns when wheel turns

L E

Ice tongs

b a

b
Examples
Fulcrum 2 1

Tweezers
E Effort is between fulcrum (F) and Load (L)

1
a

To carry or move heavy objects


W hee ls W hee l Axle

Third class lever


L F E L F

c
CLASSES Second class lever
1 a Load Fulcrum

Nutcracker
F L

Papercutter
d c

WHEEL AND AXLE LEVER


1
Load and effort move in opposite directions

FUNCTION Steering wheel

W hee l

3
EXAMPLES

a b
Ferris wheel

Axle

Examples
b

Bottle opener
L E

Axle Load (L) Object moved by lever Turning poi nt

W hee l

Wheelbarrow
F E L F L F E Scissors

f e d
Force to move obje ct

Effort Load is between fulcrum (F) and effort (E)

a
FUNCTIONS

Fulcrum (F) Effort (E)

Door knob Tap Screwdriver


W hee l Axle

Hammer
c b a 2

First class lever Examples


Effort 1 Load

b
To lift heavy objects

a
To carry heavy objects
L Less effort needed to move object 1

Cross spanar

Axle

b
More effort needed to move object 1 F E W hen fulcrum is 2 further from the load 3

W hee l

Metal attached to nut is the axle Rotated like wheel

L F E 3 When effort is further from the fulcrum

F L E

Pliers

See-saw
Fulcrum (F) is between load (L) and effort(E) W hen fulcrum is near the load

When effort is near the fulcrum

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