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Topic Questions: 11 CORE PRACTICAL 1: Determine the acceleration of a freely-falling object — WPH11 Mechanics

11 WPH11 Mechanics topic questions are tagged to this syllabus point across 8 papers (2019–2025). Only the parts whose knowledge graph matches this syllabus statement are counted, and the table shows which parts of each question are involved.

11 topic questions 8 papers 21 tagged marks 2.0% of topic questions 1.6% of topic marks 2019–2025 Syllabus 2018–current

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Core finding

This Mechanics syllabus point appears in 8 WPH11 papers across 2019–2025, contributing 11 topic questions and 21 marks. The most recent appearance is WPH11/01 October 2025. That equals 2.0% of the 548 topic questions and 1.6% of the 1,340 marks tagged to Mechanics. 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
WPH11/01October 2025 · Edexcel IAL	Q13 Acceleration of Free Fall Investigation - Edexcel IAL Physics Oct 2025 Q13	FRQ	2 of 3 parts ((a), (b)(i))	3 of 5 on the paper	Easy	Go to Practice Hub
WPH11/01January 2025 · Edexcel IAL	Q7 Acceleration of Free Fall Graph - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2025 Q7	MCQ	MCQ · 1 part	1	Medium	Go to Practice Hub
WPH11/01October 2024 · Edexcel IAL	Q14 Strobe Photography and Free Fall - Edexcel IAL Physics Oct 2024 Q14	FRQ	1 of 3 parts ((a))	2 of 6 on the paper	Medium	Go to Practice Hub
WPH11/01January 2023 · Edexcel IAL	Q4 Acceleration due to Gravity - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2023 Q4	MCQ	MCQ · 1 part	1	Medium	Go to Practice Hub
WPH11/01June 2022 · Edexcel IAL	Q5 Determining g - Edexcel IAL Physics Jun 2022 Q5	MCQ	MCQ · 1 part	1	Medium	Go to Practice Hub
WPH11/01October 2020 · Edexcel IAL	Q7 Acceleration of Free Fall Measurements - Edexcel IAL Physics Oct 2020 Q7	MCQ	MCQ · 1 part	1	Easy	Go to Practice Hub
WPH11/01January 2020 · Edexcel IAL	Q11 Free Fall Acceleration Experiment - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2020 Q11	FRQ	1 part	5	Medium	Go to Practice Hub
WPH11/01January 2019 · Edexcel IAL	Q12 Determining Acceleration of Free Fall - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2019 Q12	FRQ	3 parts ((a), (b), (c))	7	Easy	Go to Practice Hub

Related topic questions in Mechanics

1 be able to use the equations for uniformly accelerated motion in one dimension: $s = \frac{( u + v ) t}{2}$ $v = u + a t$ $s = u t + \frac{1}{2} a t^{2}$ $v^{2} = u^{2} + 2 a s$ 73 question items · 23 papers 207 marks · 2019–2026 2 be able to draw and interpret displacement-time, velocity-time and acceleration-time graphs 39 question items · 20 papers 82 marks · 2019–2026 3 know the physical quantities derived from the slopes and areas of displacement-time, velocity-time and acceleration-time graphs, including cases of non-uniform acceleration and understand how to use the quantities 33 question items · 20 papers 67 marks · 2019–2026 4 understand scalar and vector quantities and know examples of each type of quantity and recognise vector notation 29 question items · 22 papers 30 marks · 2019–2026 5 be able to resolve a vector into two components at right angles to each other by drawing and by calculation 59 question items · 23 papers 175 marks · 2019–2026 6 be able to find the resultant of two coplanar vectors at any angle to each other by drawing, and at right angles to each other by calculation 29 question items · 22 papers 64 marks · 2019–2026

Topic question rules and edge cases

How many topic questions cover this syllabus point?: 8 question stems cover this subtopic across 8 papers, but only 11 tagged parts and 21 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 2019–2025. 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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