PRESSURE

PRACTICE
(Answers below)

Pressure = Force / Surface Area

1. Calculate the pressure on a man’s foot when a woman who weighs 520 N steps on his foot
with her heel (which has an area of 0.001 m2) with all of her weight.


2. Calculate the pressure exerted on the floor when an elephant who weighs
24,000 N stands on one foot which has an area of 0.4 m2.


3. Calculate the pressure exerted on the heel of a boy’s foot if the boy weighs
320 N and he stands on one heel which has an area of 0.16 m2.


4. How much must a woman weigh if she exerts 800 Pa pressure while standing on one foot
(which has an area of 0.6 m2)?


5. What is the area of a car that touches the road if the car’s weight on that tire is 30.72 N and
the pressure exerted on the road is 48 Pa?


6. Calculate the pressure exerted on an elevator floor which has an area of 6 m2, if 20 people
whose combined weight is 15,000 N are standing on it. (Assume their weight is spread evenly
across the floor.)


7. How much pressure is exerted on a science lab floor if the lab desk has an area of 1.08 m2
and a force of 12,000. N


8. How much pressure will be exerted on a diver’s body which has an area of 0.80 m2, if the
water column above him weighs 60,000 N?

9. Find the pressure exerted on the floor by a 100 N box whose bottom area is 40 cm by 50 cm.
(use Pa for units)


10. Find the pressure exerted by a waterbed with dimensions of 2.0 m x 2.0 m, which is 30 cm
thick.
 PRESSURE Answers
1. 520,000 Pa = 520 kPa
2. 60,000 Pa = 60 kPa
3. 2000 Pa
4. 480 N
5. 0.64 m2
6. 2500 Pa
7. 11,100 Pa = 11.1 kPa
8. 75,000 Pa = 75 kPa
9. 500 Pa
10. 3000 Pa = 3.0 kPa