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Test Bank For Practical Problems in Mathematics: For Automotive Technicians
Unit 1: Addition of Whole Numbers


Unit 1: Addition of Whole Numbers

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. 385 + 45 + 65 + 7 = ____.
a. 482 c. 502
b. 492 d. 512
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 3

2. In repairing a car, 8 hex head bolts, 2 oil-pan bolts, 5 fender bolts, and 3 differential-cover bolts are
needed. How many bolts are used in all?
a. 11 c. 16
b. 15 d. 18
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 4

3. On five different trips, an automobile is driven 34 miles, 47 miles, 48 miles, 42 miles, and 48 miles.
What is the total mileage?
a. 219 c. 240
b. 233 d. 242
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 4

4. In one week a driver uses 7 gallons, 6 gallons, 5 gallons, 3 gallons, 7 gallons, 2 gallons, and 11 gallons
of gasoline. What is the total number of gallons used?
a. 34 c. 44
b. 41 d. 47
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 4

5. A mechanic removes 6 bolts from the cylinder heads, 24 bolts from the oil pan, and 8 bolts from the
flywheel housing. What is the total number of bolts removed?
a. 34 c. 38
b. 36 d. 40
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 4

6. A parts clerk has 11 of the 3/8-inch SAE nuts in stock and orders 131 additional nuts. How many nuts
will there be when the new order arrives?
a. 140 c. 145
b. 142 d. 150
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 5

7. A person drives a car 49 kilometers to one city, 84 kilometers to another, and 99 kilometers home.
What is the total distance?
a. 222 c. 232
b. 227 d. 242



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,Test Bank For Practical Problems in Mathematics: For Automotive Technicians
Unit 1: Addition of Whole Numbers


ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 5


COMPLETION

1. ____________________ numbers refer to complete units with no fractional parts.

ANS: Whole

PTS: 1 REF: 1

2. ____________________ allows us to figure out approximately what the answer should be.

ANS: Estimating

PTS: 1 REF: 3

3. 2 + 7 + 13 = ____________________.

ANS:
22
twenty-two

PTS: 1 REF: 3




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,Test Bank For Practical Problems in Mathematics: For Automotive Technicians
Unit 2: Subtraction of Whole Numbers


UNIT 2: SUBTRACTION OF WHOLE NUMBERS

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. 458 – 90 = ____.
a. 368 c. 399
b. 387 d. 408
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 9

2. 5,899 – 983 = ____.
a. 4,765 c. 5,009
b. 4,916 d. 5,684
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 9

3. Driver number one drives 764 kilometers while driver number two drives 343 kilometers. How many
kilometers farther does number one drive than number two?
a. 401 c. 421
b. 411 d. 432
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 9

4. In a period of a month, one driver uses 56 gallons of gasoline while another driver uses 22 gallons.
How many more gallons of gasoline does the first driver use than the second?
a. 30 c. 32
b. 31 d. 34
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 9

5. An automobile is driven 45,344 miles, of which 34,534 miles are on company business. How many
miles are driven on personal business?
a. 7,348 c. 10,810
b. 9,834 d. 14,298
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 9

6. An inventory sheet shows 198 pounds of body putty. In the first week 32 pounds are used; in the
second week, 35 pounds are used. How many pounds are left?
a. 131 c. 167
b. 145 d. 198
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 10

7. A driver’s odometer reads 17,345 before leaving on a trip. At the end of the trip, the odometer reads
19,400. How far has the driver driven?
a. 1,766 c. 1,985
b. 1,934 d. 2,055




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, Test Bank For Practical Problems in Mathematics: For Automotive Technicians
Unit 2: Subtraction of Whole Numbers


ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 10


COMPLETION

1. Subtraction is the process of finding the ____________________ between two numbers.

ANS: difference

PTS: 1 REF: 6

2. 534 – 76 = ____________________.

ANS: 458

PTS: 1 REF: 9

3. 8,745 – 394 = ____________________.

ANS: 8,351

PTS: 1 REF: 9




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