TOPIC 2 : KINEMATICS OF LINEAR MOTION

1. SF 017 (2007/2008)
A bullet is fired from a rifle with muzzle velocity 100 m s1 at 15 above the
horizontal. Calculate the horizontal range of the bullet. (510 m )

2. SF 017 (2008/2009)

FIGURE 1
(a) FIGURE 1 shows a graph of displacement x against time t of an object moving along
x-axis. Calculate the
(i) average velocity for the time interval 1 s to 4 s.
(ii) average speed for the time interval 1 s to 4 s.
(iii) instantaneous velocity at t =2.5 s.
(iv) instantaneous acceleration at t =5.5 s
(-1.67 ms-2, 3 ms-1, -7 ms-1, 0 )

(b) A stone is thrown vertically upwards with initial velocity 24 m s 1. Calculate the
(i) displacement of the stone after 4.0 s.
(ii) velocity of the stone at 10 m above the point of launch.
(iii) time to reach maximum height.
( 17.52 m, -19.49 ms-1, 2.45 s )

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3. SF 017 (2009/2010 )
A long jump athlete take-off at 25 with the horizontal and achieves a jumping distance of
9.12 m.
(i) Calculate the initial take-off speed.
(ii) Calculate the maximum height of the jump.
(iii) Suggest TWO ways to increase the jumping distance.
( 10.8 ms-1, 1.06 m )

4. SF 017 (2010/2011 )
A drunken motorist who is moving at a constant velocity of 90 km h1 passes a stationary
police patrol car. The patrol car immediately gives chase at a constant acceleration and
catches up with the motorist after a distance of 10 km.
(a) Calculate the time taken by the patrol car to catch up with the motorist.
(b) Calculate the acceleration of the patrol car.
(c) Calculate the velocity of the patrol car when it catches up with the motorist.
(d) On the same axes, sketch and label graphs of displacement versus time for both
vehicles. ( 400 s, 0.125 ms-2, 50 ms-1 )

5. SF 016 (2011/2012)
(a) A plane travels at three times the speed of sound. If the speed of sound in air is
343 m s1, how far it travels in 10 minutes? ( 6.17 x 105 m )

(b)

FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2 shows a ball being thrown from the top of a building toward a wall 60 m away.
The initial velocity of the ball is 20.0 ms-1 at 40 to the horizontal.

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 i. How much time does it take to hit the wall?
ii. What is the distance between P and the position the ball strike the wall?
iii. What is the speed of the ball when it strikes the wall?
(3.92 s, -24.94 m , 29.8 ms-1 )

6. SF 016 (2012/2013)
a) A train initially at rest, accelerates uniformly until its speed reaches 8 m s1 in 25 s.
For the next 200 s, the train continues its journey with constant speed, before it
slows down uniformly and comes to a complete stop in 20 s.
(i) Sketch a labeled graph of speed versus time for the whole journey.
(ii) Calculate the accelerations of the train for the three parts of the journey.
(iii) Determine the total distance travelled by the train.
( 0.25 ms-2, 0, -0.40 ms-2 )

b) An object is thrown vertically downward at 5 m s1 from a height of 30 m. Calculate

(i) the speed of the object just before it hits the ground.
(ii) the time taken by the object to reach the ground.
( 24.8 ms-1, 2.02 s )

c) A ball is thrown horizontally at 10 m s1 from a height of 15 m above the ground.

Calculate the horizontal range covered by the ball. (17.5 m )

7. SF 16 ( 2013/2014)

FIGURE 3
a) FIGURE 3 shows a velocity-time graph of a motion along a straight line.
(i) Calculate the average velocity and average acceleration of the entire motion.
(ii) Sketch a labelled displacement-time graph of the motion.
( 10.2 ms-1, 0 ms-2 )

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b)

FIGURE 4
A bullet is fired vertically upwards with an initial speed of 600 m s1. Calculate the time
interval, t for the bullet to be 800 m above ground as shown in FIGURE 4. ( 120 s )

c) i. Why is the displacement and velocity in a projectile motion can be analysed

separately in the x and y-directions?
(ii) A projectile is launched with a velocity of 45 m s1 at an angle of 60 from
the horizontal. Determine the time when the velocity makes an angle 30 with
the horizontal for first time. (2.65 s )

8. SF 026 (2014/2015 )
b)

FIGURE 5
FIGURE 5 shows a stone is thrown horizontally with initial velocity 40 ms-1 from the top of
70 m high building.

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 (i) Sketch the path traversed by the stone to the ground and indicate the velocity
components and resultant velocity of the stone 15 m from the ground.
(ii) Calculate the resultant velocity of the stone 15 m from the ground.
(iii) Sketch a graph of vertical acceleration versus time (ay vs t) for the falling stone and
label the value of acceleration.
(iv) Calculate the time of flight.
(v) Calculate the range.
( 51.7 ms-1, 3.78 s, 151 m )

9. SF 026 (2015/2016)
a) Describe the falling body
b)

FIGURE 6

FIGURE 6 shows the velocity-time graph of a toy train moving on a straight track in 55 s.
i. Determine the time and acceleration at oint P when the velocity is zero.
ii. Is the total distance travelled by the train less than, equal or greater than its total
displacement. Justify your answer using calculation.
( 32.8 s, -1.11 ms-2 , distance = 369.6 m, displacement = 168.0 m )

c) A javelin is thrown with a speed of 55 ms-1 at an angle of 42  with the horizontal

Calculate the velocity of the javelin after 5 s. ( 42.7 ms-1, -16.7  )

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10. SF 016 (2016/2017)
(a)

FIGURE 7
FIGURE 7 shows a displacement-time graph of a particle.
i. Determine the total distance travelled by the particle.
ii. Which segment of the journey does the particle move the slowest?
iii. How many times does the particle returns to its syarting point.
( 26 m, A to B, twice )

b) A driver travelling at 100 km h-1 on a straight road suddenly sees a cow 32 m ahead
and immediately applies the brake. His braking deceleration is 6 ms-2. Calculate the :
i. speed when the car hits the cow.
ii. minimum time that he should apply the brake so that he does not hit the cow.
( 19.7 ms-1, 4.6 s )

c) An archer standing on a cliff 48 m high shoots an arrow at an angle of 30 above the
horizontal with a speed of 80 ms-1.Determine:
i. the duration the arrow is in air.
ii. the horizontal range of the arrow.
( 9.2 s, 637. 4 m )

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11. SF 016 (2017/2018)
(a)

FIGURE 8

FIGURE 8 represents a part of the performance data of a car.

i. Calculate the total distance travelled from the graph. ( 1875 m )
ii. Draw a graph of its acceleration against time between t = 0 and t = 50 s.
Show your calculation.

(b) A ball on the field was kicked with an initial velocity of 16.5 ms-1 at an angle of 35
above the horizontal line. After passing a maximum height, the ball hit the goal
post bar at a height of 3 m from the ground.
(i) Determine the time taken by the ball to hit the bar. ( 1.53 s )
(ii) Calculate the distance of the goal post from the footballer. ( 20.7 m )

12. SP 015 2018/2019

(a) A car is moving with constant speed of 80 km h-1 when suddenly the driver sees a
cat 50 m straight ahead of the car. The driver’s reaction time is 0.5 s and the
maximum deceleration of the car is 10 ms-2.
(i) Calculate the total distance travelled by the car from the moment the driver
sees the cat until it stopped. What happens to the cat? ( 35.7 m )

(ii) Sketch acceleration against time graph to show the motion of the car.

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 (b) A man runs off a horizontal diving board with a speed of 2.5 ms -1 and falls into the
swimming pool at a horizontal distance of 5.0 m from the end of the board.
Determine the height of the diving board above the water surface. ( 19.62 m )

13. TF 015 (2010/2011 )

(a) A ball is thrown vertically upward with a velocity of 5 m s-1. By assuming
there is no air resistance, calculate:
(i) the maxirnum height achieved by the ball above the point of release
(ii) the time taken to reach this height.
(iii) the tirne of flight.

(b)

FIGURE 9
A ball is thrown upward from the top of a 35 m buiiding as shown in FIGURE 9. The
initial veiocity of the ball is 20 m s-1 and its direction is at 40 from the horizontal
axis. Calculate
(i) the time to reach the ground.
(ii) the distance R.

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14. TF 015 (2012/2013 )
(a) An object starts with a positive velocity and a positive displacement from
origin. If the object moves with a constant negative acceleration, sketch a
graph of
(i) displacement versus time.
(ii) velocity versus time.
(iii) acceleration versus time

(b)

FIGURE 10

FIGURE 10 shows a cliff 50.0 m above a beach. A boy stands at the edge of the cliff
and throws a stone horizontally with a speed of 18.0 m s-1. Calculate
(i) time interval after the stone being thrown until it strikes the beach.
(ii) speed and direction of the stone when it strikes the beach.

15. TF 015 ( 2013/2014 )

(a) A jet starts from rest and accelerates at 4 m s until it reaches a speed of
85 m s- . It continues at that speed for another 7 s before decelerating at
5 m s-2 and finally comes to a stop.
(i) Calculate the time taken by the jet to reach the speed of 85 m s-1.
(ii) Calculate the time taken by the jet to decelerate and comes to a stop.
(iii) Sketch a graph of speed-time, v-t for the motion.
(iv) Determine the total distance traveled by the jet.

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 (b)

FIGURE 11

FIGURE 11 shows a ball being kicked from point P with initial velocity 16.5 m s-1 at 35°. On
the way down, the ball hits the goal post at point Q, 3m from the ground. The base of the goal
post is located at point R.

(i) Determine the time taken by the ball to reach Q.

(ii) Calculate the horizontal distance PR.
(iii) Determine the speed of the ball, kicked at the same angle, for it to hit R.

16. TF 015 (2014/2015 )

(a)

FIGURE 12
FIGURE 12 shows the graph of velocity v against time t of a car during a journey. Use the
graph to find
(i) the total distance traveled by the car. ( 6800 m )
(ii) the average speed of the car . (21.25 m s-1 )
(iii) the maximum acceleration experienced by the car. ( -0.35 ms-2 )

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(b) A stone thrown vertically upward returns back to its initial point of throw after 9.0 s.
Calculate the initial velocity. ( 44.1 ms-1 )

(c) A projectile launched at an angle of 36° with the horizontal reached its horizontal
range of 80 m. Calculate,
(i) initial speed ( 28.7 ms-1 )
(ii) maximum height. (14.5 m )

17. TF 015 (2015/2016 )

A projectile is launched with a velocityof 65 ms-l at an elevated angle of 37o. It was meant to
hit a target 80 m away and 30 m above the launching point.
(I) What is the projectile's speed at the maximum height? ( 51.91 ms-1 )
( ii ) Determine whether the projectile will hit the target or not. Justiff your answer
mathematically. ( No )

18. TF 015 (2016/2017 )

(a) A train is moving at 30 m s-1 slows down uniformly to a stop in 45 s. Calculate
the stopping distance. ( 671.6 m )

(b) A boy throws o stone vertically upwards with an initial velocity of 8 m s-1
(i) Calculate the maximum height of the stone.( 3.3 m )
(ii) If the stone is thrown with the same initial velocity but at an angle
 < 90° with the horizontal, will it reach the same maximum height?
Explain your answer.

19. TF 015 (2017/2018 )

(a) A stone is thrown vertically upwards and returns back to the point of
release after 4 s. Calculate the initial velocity of the stone. (19.62 m/s )

(b) A small cannon ball is fired in the direction of 30° to the horizontal at an initial
speed of 120 m s-1, Assuming the cannon ball is a mass point, determine its
(i) duration of flight. (12.23 S)
(ii) maximum height reached. (183.48 m )
(iii) horizontal range ( 1270.94 m )

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