1. Select "Balance Lab" from the top menu. Place 20 kg of bricks at 1 meter.
Balance the beam
with 10 kg of bricks. What is the location of 10 kg pack?
0.25 m
1.0 m
1.5 m
2.0 m
2.5 m
2. Place 20 kg pack at 0.75 m. Place 10 kg pack to balance the beam. What is the location of 10
kg pack?
0.5 m
0.75 m
1.5 m
2.0 m
3. Multiply the mass of one pack by a distance from the pivot point (kg x m). What is the
product? This is a measurement of a torque, or a force exerted by applying certain amount of
force at a given distance from the pivot point.
7.5
10
15
20
30
4. Place 20 kg pack at 1 meter. Place 10 kg pack on the other side, also at 1 meter. Place 5 kg
pack on the same side as 10 kg pack to balance the beam. What is the location of 5 kg pack?
0.5 m
0.75
1.5 m
2.0 m
2.5 m
5. Multiply the mass of objects on one side of the beam by their distance from the pivot point.
What is the product?
10
15
20
30
6. Place 10 kg pack at 1.5 meter. Place two 20 kg packs on the opposite side to balance the
beam. Take a screen shot of the balanced beam and put it in PowerPoint. What are the
locations of 20 kg packs? ____ m and ____ m.
0.5, 0.25
0.5, 0.75
0.5, 1.25
1.5, 0.25
7. Multiply the mass of objects on one side by their distances from the pivot point. What is the
product?
5
10
15
20
25
8. From the menu select "People" and place a boy and a man on one side, and a girl and a
woman on another side. What is the combined mass on each side? ___ kg and ____ kg.
80; 90
80; 100
90; 100
120; 90
9. Place a mystery object A at 1 meter. Use 10 kg brick pack to balance the beam. What is the
position of 10 kg pack?
0.5 m
1.0 m
1.5 m
2.0 m
2.5 m
10. You should have 10 kg pack at 2 meters. From this, you can figure the mass of the mystery
object. 10 kg x 2 m = 20. Object A mass x 1 m = 20, so the mass has to be 20 kg. Confirm it
by moving object A to a position of 1 m. Move 10 kg pack to balance the beam. What is the
new position of 10 kg pack?
0.5 m
0.75 m
1.0 m
1.5 m
2.0 m
11. Place a mystery object B on the beam at 1 meter, and balance it with 10 kg brick pack. What
is the mass of the object B?
1 kg
2 kg
5 kg
7.5 kg
10 kg
12. Clear the beam of objects. Place a mystery object C on the beam at 1 meter. Balance it with
10 kg brick pack. What is the location of the brick pack?
0.75 m
1.0 m
1.5 m
2.0
3.0 m
13. Place an object C at 1 meter, and balance it with 20 kg brick pack. What is the location of
20 kg pack?
0.5 m
0.75 m
1.0 m
1.5 m
14. Place an object D at 1.5 meter, and balance it with 20 kg brick pack. What is the location of
the pack?
0.5 m
0.75 m
1.0 m
1.25 m
1.5 m
15. Place object A at 2 meters, object B at 1.75 meters, object C at 1.5 meters, and object D at
1.25 meters. Place 20 kg brick pack on the other side at 2 meters, and another 20 kg brick
pack at 1.75 meters. Now, balance the beam with two more packs, each 5 kg (so you have 2
packs of 20 kg and 2 packs of 5 kg on one side.) Place one 5 kg pack at 0.25 meter and
balance the beam by placing another 5 kg pack as needed. What is the position of this last 5
kg pack?
0.5 m
0.75 m
1.0 m
1.5 m
2.0 m
