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Formulae----changing and substitution WORKSHEET

Substitution:
Substitution just means replacing the letters in a formula with the given values.

Examples:
Area of rectangle =

l w

(length x height)

Find the area of a rectangle with length 5cm and height(altitude) 7cm.
l h

Area =

(replace l

Area = 5 x 7

with 5 and h

with 7)

Area = 35cm2.

Area of a circle =

r2

Find the area of a circle with radius (r) 4cm.

Area =

(which means

is approximately 3.14.

r r ).

Area = 3.14 x 4 x 4 (replace with 3.14 and both rs with 4).

Area = 50.24cm2.

Rearranging:
Rearranging (sometimes called transposing) a formula involves reversing or undoing the
formula in order to change the subject.

Examples:

Make

the subject of the formula.

y=x3

(at the moment

y +3=x
= 0))

x= y +3

is the subject).

(add 3 to each side to leave

(now

is the subject of the formula)

Make a the subject of the formula.

v =u+at

(v is the subject of the formula)

on its own (note: -3 +3

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v u=at

(subtract u from each side)

vu
=a
t

(divide each side by t to make a the subject)

a=

vu
t

(we can re-write it with a on the LHS)

Some Useful Formulae:

1
b h
base x height
2

Area of triangle =

Circumference of circle = d
Area of circle =

(where d = diameter)

r2

Volume of cylinder

Volume of sphere

(where r = radius).

V = r 2 h

V =

(where r = radius, h = height).

4 3
r
3

(where r = radius).

F=ma

(where F = force, m = mass, a = acceleration).

v =u+at
(where u = initial speed, v = final speed,
2

v =u + 2as

a = acceleration, t = time, s = distance travelled).

1
S=ut + a t 2
2

Kinetic Energy

1
E= m v 2
2

The period T of a pendulum =

(where m = mass and v = speed).

l
g

(where l = length of pendulum

and g = acceleration due to gravity (9.8m/s2)).

Practice Questions: (Using

= 3.14)

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1. Find the force when mass is 20kg and acceleration is 15m/s 2.

2. Find the circumference of a circle with a diameter of 12cm.
3. Find the kinetic energy of a 7kg object travelling at 15m/s.
4. A taxi driver charges a fixed minimum price of ` 3 and then 40p per mile. Write the
relationship (formula) between the charge (C) and the number of miles covered (m).
5. Rearrange the formula for volume of a cylinder to make r the subject.
6. The formula for the cost of hiring a car can be written as c = d x r, when d = number of
days and r = rate per day. Work out:
a) The cost for 5 days at ` 60 per day.
b) The cost for 15 days at ` 70 per day.
7. Find the area of a circle with a diameter of 12cm.
8. Find the volume of a sphere with a radius of 2cm.
9. If the circumference of a circle is 18.84cm, what is the radius? (rearrange the formula
first.)
10. Write the formula to find the area of this workshop:

b
x
y
11. Find the volume of a round tower with radius 6m and height 40m.
12. Find the area of a triangle with base 8cm and height 11cm.

Challenge Questions.
13. A car starts at rest and accelerates at 7m/s2 for 5 seconds. What is its final speed?

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14. How far does the car in question 13 travel?

15. A stone is dropped from a cliff 160m high. Calculate its final speed before it hits the
ground at the bottom.
16. If a person is sat on a ledge

3
4

of the way up the cliff (in question 15) what speed will

the stone be travelling at as it passes the person?

17. If a stone takes 5 seconds to hit the bottom of a well how deep is the well to the
nearest whole number.
18. A second well is tested and the stone takes 3 seconds to hit the bottom how much
deeper is the 1st well than the 2nd?
19. Rearrange the formula for Kinetic Energy to make m the subject.
20. Find the period of a grandfather clock with a pendulum of length 1.5m.