Name:____________________________ Date:_____________________
Grade and Section: _____________ Score: __________________
Formative Assessment:
Directions: Complete the statement by filling up the correct words about electric motors.
Choose your answer from the box below.
One of the most important uses of electromagnetism is in the electric motor. An
1.________ is a device that converts 2.___________ energy to 3.____________ energy. A motor
contains a movable electromagnet. If an alternating current is supplied to the 4. ___________, its
poles are reversed. Where it was once attracted by the opposite pole of fixed magnet, it will next be
5._____________. This process is repeated many times each second.
There are many types of electric motors. Each is designed for a particular purpose or use.
They all operate on the principle of electromagnetism.
electromagnet repelled
electric motor mechanical
attracted electrical
Name:____________________________ Date:_____________________
Grade and Section: _____________ Score: __________________
Formative Assessment:
I. Directions: For Multiple Choice, choose the correct answer only.
1. Which statement about transformers is FALSE?
a. A step-down voltage transformer steps up the current.
b. Transformers use mutual induction.
c. Transformers are an application of Faraday’s and Lenz’s Laws.
d. A transformer can function with either an alternating current (AC) or a steady
Direct Current or DC.
2. During the Student Technologists and Entrepreneurs of the Philippines (STEP) Competition in
Landscaping, a water pond transformer changes 216 V across the primary to 12 V across the
secondary. If the secondary coil has 10 turns, how many turns does the primary coil have?
a. 10 turns b. 18 turns c. 180 turns d. 228 turns
3. The number of turns in the iron core determines the type of transformer.
Where do we usually use a step down transformer?
a. It is use in main electric lines.
b. It is use to reduce the voltage coming from the main electric line before coming to your
homes.
c. It is use to generate electricity by electromagnetic induction.
d. It is use to transform electrical energy to mechanical energy.
For Nos. 4-5. Examine the pictures of the two types of transformers, the step up and the step down
transformers. Differentiate a step-up transformer and the step-down transformer in terms of the
number of turns in the coil. Write your answer on the space below.
Step up Transformer Step down Transformer
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What will you do?
You want to use the appliance that was given to you by your Japanese friend. It is said that its voltage is
100 volts. What will you do? Why?
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What you will do Self-Test 3.1
Match the phrase in COLUMN A with the term being described in COLUMN B
COLUMN A COLUMN B 1. a small region in a piece of iron where a.
electromagnetism atomic magnetic line up in the same direction b. armature 2. ends of bar
magnet c. circuit breaker 3. rotating coil in an electric motor d. commutator 4. a device
that converts mechanical energy e. electromagnet into electric energy f. electromagnetic
5. a device that converts electrical energy into induction mechanical energy g.
generator 6. the production of current in a wire that h. magnetic domain
Step-up Transformer Step-down Transformer
Question 1
Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer if the primary
voltage is 35 volts, the secondary winding has 4500 turns, and the primary winding
has 355 turns.
Vsecondary =
secondary = 443.7 volts
Notes:
Transformer winding calculations are simply an exercise in mathematical ratios. If
your students are not strong in their ratio skills, this question provides an application
to sharpen them!
Question 2
Iload = Vload =
Hide answer
Iload = 23.77 mA Vload = 8.318 V
Notes:
Most transformer problems are nothing more than ratios, but some students find
ratios difficult to handle. Questions such as this are great for having students come up
to the board in the front of the classroom and demonstrating how they obtained the
results.
Question 3
Calculate the number of turns needed in the secondary winding of a transformer to
transform a primary voltage of 300 volts down to a secondary voltage of 180 volts, if
the primary winding has 1150 turns of wire.
Nsecondary =
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Nsecondary = 690 turns
Notes:
Most transformer problems are nothing more than ratios, but some students find
ratios difficult to handle. Questions such as this are great for having students come up
to the board in the front of the classroom and demonstrating how they obtained the
results.
Question 4
Predict how all component voltages and currents in this circuit will be affected as a
result of the following faults. Consider each fault independently (i.e. one at a time, no
multiple faults):
Transformer T1 primary winding fails open:
Transformer T1 primary winding fails shorted:
Transformer T1 secondary winding fails open:
Load fails shorted:
For each of these conditions, explain why the resulting effects will occur.
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Transformer T1 primary winding fails open: No current through any component,
no voltage across any secondary-side component.
Transformer T1 primary winding fails shorted: Large current through fuse (which
will cause it to blow), little current through secondary winding or load, little
voltage across secondary winding or load.
Transformer T1 secondary winding fails open: No current through any
secondary-side component, no voltage across any secondary-winding
component, little current through primary winding.
Load fails shorted: Large current through fuse (which will cause it to blow), large
current through secondary winding and load, little voltage across secondary
winding or load.
Notes:
The purpose of this question is to approach the domain of circuit troubleshooting from
a perspective of knowing what the fault is, rather than only knowing what the
symptoms are. Although this is not necessarily a realistic perspective, it helps
students build the foundational knowledge necessary to diagnose a faulted circuit
from empirical data. Questions such as this should be followed (eventually) by other
questions asking students to identify likely faults based on measurements.
Question 5
Suppose 1200 turns of copper wire are wrapped around one portion of an iron hoop,
and 3000 turns of wire are wrapped around another portion of that same hoop. If the
1200-turn coil is energized with 15 volts AC (RMS), how much voltage will appear
between the ends of the 3000-turn coil?
Hide answer
37.5 volts AC, RMS.
Notes:
Transformer winding calculations are simply an exercise in mathematical ratios. If
your students are not strong in their ratio skills, this question provides an application
to sharpen them!
Question 6
Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer if the primary
voltage is 230 volts, the secondary winding has 290 turns, and the primary winding
has 1120 turns.
Vsecondary =
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Vsecondary = 59.6 volts
Notes:
Transformer winding calculations are simply an exercise in mathematical ratios. If
your students are not strong in their ratio skills, this question provides an application
to sharpen them!
Question 7
Calculate the source current and load current in this transformer circuit:
Isource = Iload =
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Isource = 187.5 mA Iload = 72.73 mA
Notes:
Most transformer problems are nothing more than ratios, but some students find
ratios difficult to handle. Questions such as this are great for having students come up
to the board in the front of the classroom and demonstrating how they obtained the
results.
