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Electrical Power worksheet

Grades 11–12

Solve each problem and show your work. Round answers to 2 decimal places where needed.

  1. Problem 1.
    • Circuit type: Single-phase AC
    • Calculate: Amps from watts and volts
    • Real power: 2,000 W
    • Voltage: 130 V
    • Power factor: 1

    Find: Current

  2. Problem 2.
    • Circuit type: DC
    • Calculate: Amps from watts and volts
    • Real power: 1,200 W
    • Voltage: 80 V

    Find: Current

  3. Problem 3.
    • Circuit type: Single-phase AC
    • Calculate: Volts from watts and amps
    • Real power: 1,350 W
    • Current: 13 A
    • Power factor: 1

    Find: Voltage

  4. Problem 4.
    • Circuit type: DC
    • Calculate: Amps from kVA and volts
    • Apparent power: 12 kVA
    • Voltage: 130 V

    Find: Current

  5. Problem 5.
    • Circuit type: Three-phase AC
    • Calculate: Watts and kVA from volts and amps
    • Voltage: 140 V
    • Current: 18 A
    • Power factor: 1

    Find: Real power

  6. Problem 6.
    • Circuit type: Three-phase AC
    • Calculate: Amps from kVA and volts
    • Apparent power: 16 kVA
    • Voltage: 145 V
    • Power factor: 1

    Find: Current per line

  7. Problem 7.
    • Circuit type: Single-phase AC
    • Calculate: Amps from kVA and volts
    • Apparent power: 15 kVA
    • Voltage: 90 V
    • Power factor: 1

    Find: Current

  8. Problem 8.
    • Circuit type: DC
    • Calculate: Amps from watts and volts
    • Real power: 1,000 W
    • Voltage: 110 V

    Find: Current

  9. Problem 9.
    • Circuit type: DC
    • Calculate: Volts from watts and amps
    • Real power: 2,000 W
    • Current: 7 A

    Find: Voltage

  10. Problem 10.
    • Circuit type: DC
    • Calculate: Amps from kVA and volts
    • Apparent power: 14 kVA
    • Voltage: 134 V

    Find: Current

Answer key: Electrical Power worksheet

  1. 1. Current: 15.38 A

    1. Turn P = V × I × PF around to get the current: divide the watts by V × PF

      I=2,000130×1=15.3846153846 A
    2. Apparent power, the total load the supply carries: multiply volts × amps, then divide by 1000 for kVA

      S=130×15.38461538461,000=2 kVA
  2. 2. Current: 15 A

    1. Turn P = V × I around to get the current: divide the watts by V

      I=1,20080=15 A
    2. For DC, volt-amps equal watts. Divide by 1000 to get kVA

      S=80×151,000=1.2 kVA
  3. 3. Voltage: 103.85 V

    1. Turn P = V × I × PF around to get the voltage

      V=1,35013×1=103.8461538462 V
    2. Apparent power, the total load the supply carries: multiply volts × amps, then divide by 1000 for kVA

      S=103.8461538462×131,000=1.35 kVA
  4. 4. Current: 92.31 A

    1. Convert kVA to volt-amperes (1 kVA = 1000 VA)

      12 kVA×1,000=12,000 VA
    2. Divide the volt-amps by the voltage to get the current. kVA already includes the power factor, so no extra factor is needed

      I=12,000130=92.3076923077 A
  5. 5. Real power: 4,364.77 W

    1. Real power for three-phase AC: P = √3 × V × I × PF

      P=3×140×18×1=4,364.7680350736 W
    2. Apparent power, the total load the supply carries: multiply √3 × volts × amps, then divide by 1000 for kVA

      S=3×140×181,000=4.3647680351 kVA
  6. 6. Current per line: 63.71 A

    1. Convert kVA to volt-amperes (1 kVA = 1000 VA)

      16 kVA×1,000=16,000 VA
    2. Divide the volt-amps by √3 × the voltage to get the current. kVA already includes the power factor, so no extra factor is needed

      I=16,0003×145=63.7076159106 A
    3. Real power: multiply the volt-amps by the power factor, the share that does useful work

      P=16,000×1=16,000 W
  7. 7. Current: 166.67 A

    1. Convert kVA to volt-amperes (1 kVA = 1000 VA)

      15 kVA×1,000=15,000 VA
    2. Divide the volt-amps by the voltage to get the current. kVA already includes the power factor, so no extra factor is needed

      I=15,00090=166.6666666667 A
    3. Real power: multiply the volt-amps by the power factor, the share that does useful work

      P=15,000×1=15,000 W
  8. 8. Current: 9.09 A

    1. Turn P = V × I around to get the current: divide the watts by V

      I=1,000110=9.0909090909 A
    2. For DC, volt-amps equal watts. Divide by 1000 to get kVA

      S=110×9.09090909091,000=1 kVA
  9. 9. Voltage: 285.71 V

    1. Turn P = V × I around to get the voltage

      V=2,0007=285.7142857143 V
    2. For DC, volt-amps equal watts. Divide by 1000 to get kVA

      S=285.7142857143×71,000=2 kVA
  10. 10. Current: 104.48 A

    1. Convert kVA to volt-amperes (1 kVA = 1000 VA)

      14 kVA×1,000=14,000 VA
    2. Divide the volt-amps by the voltage to get the current. kVA already includes the power factor, so no extra factor is needed

      I=14,000134=104.4776119403 A