Edexcel IAL · Mathematics · WME03 · Statics of rigid bodies
Topic Questions: 5.2 Simple cases of equilibrium of rigid bodies. — WME03 Statics of rigid bodies
41 WME03 Statics of rigid bodies topic questions are tagged to this syllabus point across 24 papers (2014–2026). Only the parts whose knowledge graph matches this syllabus statement are counted, and the table shows which parts of each question are involved.
Core finding
This Statics of rigid bodies syllabus point appears in 24 WME03 papers across 2014–2026, contributing 41 topic questions and 167 marks. The most recent appearance is WME03/01 January 2026. That equals 39.0% of the 105 topic questions and 33.9% of the 492 marks tagged to Statics of rigid bodies. Only parts tagged to this subtopic are counted, so a four-part question can contribute one item and one part's marks. The table lists every matching question, its tagged parts and marks, with a link back to the paper page. Sessions are newest first, so the statement can be traced back through the full paper history.
Topic questions by session
Newest sessions first. Parts and marks count only the parts tagged to this subtopic; “x of y parts” shows how much of the question is tagged elsewhere. Select the paper cell to open the matching question on the paper page, or use Go to Practice Hub to answer that exact question in the Interactive Practice Hub.
| Paper | Question | Type | Parts | Marks | Difficulty | Practice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WME03/01January 2026 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Centre of Mass of S - Edexcel IAL M3 Jan 2026 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 2 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01January 2026 · Edexcel IAL | Q5 Equilibrium of a Rod with Elastic String - Edexcel IAL M3 Jan 2026 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 part | 7 | Hard | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01January 2026 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Centre of Mass of Lamina - Edexcel IAL M3 Jan 2026 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 2 of 10 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01June 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q1 Elastic Strings and Springs Equilibrium - Edexcel IAL M3 June 2025 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 3 of 7 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01June 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Centre of Mass of Composite Solid Hemisphere - Edexcel IAL M3 June 2025 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 5 of 14 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01January 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q2 Elastic Strings and Springs - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 Jan 2025 Q2 |
FRQ | 1 part | 10 | Hard | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01January 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Centre of Mass of Lamina - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 Jan 2025 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 6 of 12 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01June 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q1 Elastic Strings and Springs Equilibrium - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 June 2024 Q1 |
FRQ | 2 parts ((a), (b)) | 8 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01June 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q5 Centre of Mass of Composite Body - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 June 2024 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 3 of 12 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01January 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 Centre of Mass of a Solid of Revolution - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 Jan 2024 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01January 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q5 Centre of Mass of a Semicircular Disc and Template - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 Jan 2024 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 6 of 16 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01June 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q2 Elastic Strings and Springs Equilibrium - Edexcel IAL M3 June 2023 Q2 |
FRQ | 1 part | 6 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01June 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 Centre of Mass and Statics of a Solid - Edexcel IAL M3 June 2023 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01January 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q2 Equilibrium of a Particle on an Elastic String - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 Jan 2023 Q2 |
FRQ | 1 part | 6 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01January 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 Centre of Mass and Toppling of a Hat Template - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 Jan 2023 Q3 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 2 of 10 on the paper |
Hard | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01June 2022 · Edexcel IAL | Q5 Centre of Mass of Composite Solid - Edexcel IAL June 2022 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 5 of 10 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01January 2022 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Centre of Mass of a Composite Container - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 Jan 2022 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 8 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/02January 2022 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Statics of rigid bodies - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 Jan 2022 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 2 of 11 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01October 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 Elastic Springs and SHM Vertical Oscillations |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((a)) | 2 of 12 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01October 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q5 Horizontal Circular Motion with Slanted Strings |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 3 of 11 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01October 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q7 Centre of Mass of a Conical Frustum and Equilibrium |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 5 of 14 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01June 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q7 Simple Harmonic Motion with Two Elastic Strings - Edexcel IAL M3 June 2021 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 5 parts ((a)) | 4 of 17 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01January 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Centre of Mass of a Frustum with an Inverted Cone Cavity - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 Jan 2021 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 4 of 9 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01January 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q5 Equilibrium and Simple Harmonic Motion of Elastic Strings - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 Jan 2021 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 5 of 13 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01January 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q7 Work-Energy and Static Stability on an Inclined Plane - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 Jan 2021 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 11 on the paper |
Hard | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01October 2020 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Centre of Mass of a Hemisphere and Loaded Solid - Edexcel IAL M3 June 2020 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 5 of 10 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01June 2019 · Edexcel IAL | Q5 Centre of Mass of a Solid of Revolution - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 June 2019 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 4 of 16 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01June 2019 · Edexcel IAL | Q7 Elastic Springs and Simple Harmonic Motion - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 June 2019 Q7 |
FRQ | 1 of 5 parts ((a)) | 3 of 16 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01June 2018 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Centre of Mass of Composite Bodies - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 2018 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 4 of 13 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01June 2017 · Edexcel IAL | Q2 Centre of mass and equilibrium of a hollow cone - Edexcel June 2017 Q2 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 4 of 9 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01January 2017 · Edexcel IAL | Q5 Elastic strings and springs - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 Jan 2017 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 4 of 9 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01June 2016 · Edexcel IAL | Q7 Centre of Mass of Composite Solid - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 2016 Q7 |
FRQ | 2 of 4 parts ((c), (d)) | 7 of 17 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01January 2016 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Centre of Mass of Composites and Solids of Revolution - Edexcel IAL M3 Jan 2016 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 5 of 14 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01June 2015 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Centre of Mass of Composite Solid - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 June 2015 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((d)) | 3 of 17 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01January 2015 · Edexcel IAL | Q5 Centre of Mass and Equilibrium of a Composite Solid - wme03 01 201501 Q5 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((b), (c)) | 6 of 10 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01June 2014 · Edexcel IAL | Q7 Centre of Mass of a Composite Solid - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 2014 Jun Q7 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((b), (c)) | 7 of 12 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WME03/01January 2014 · Edexcel IAL | Q5 Centre of Mass & Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies - Edexcel IAL Mechanics M3 Jan 2014 Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 7 of 12 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
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Topic question rules and edge cases
- How many topic questions cover this syllabus point?
- 37 question stems cover this subtopic across 24 papers, but only 41 tagged parts and 167 marks belong to it. Other parts of the same questions are assessed under different statements and are excluded from this page.
- Which papers include this subtopic?
- The table lists every matching session from 2014–2026. Each row links to the question anchor on the paper page, where the full paper context and practice entry point are available.
- Why can one question appear under several subtopics?
- The parts of one question can assess different syllabus statements. Each part is counted under its own subtopics, so the same question stem can appear on several subtopic pages while each page lists only the parts and marks tagged to that statement.
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