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Math Essentials
General Trades Knowledge - Math Skills
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Math Essentials
General Trades Knowledge Pre-Assessment Math Skills
1
Joey purchased a total of 20 bolts, each of them ½ inch in length, from the hardware store. He paid $1.25 for each bolt. How much did he spend on these bolts in total?
answer q1
$1.25
$2.50
$12.50
$25.00
Not sure
score q1
2
There are 33 tools in a toolbox which contains only; wrenches, screwdrivers, saws and hammers. If the toolbox has 7 hammers, 8 saws and 10 wrenches, how many screwdrivers are there?
answer q2
8
7
10
6
Not sure
3
Stanley took 25 liters of propane to a job site. At the end of the day, he had only 8 liters left. How much gas did he use at the job site?
answer q3
25 L
8 L
3.3 L
17 L
Not sure
4
What is the difference between 17 and 34?
answer q4
2
17
51
578
Not sure
5
Solve for the following equation;
answer q5
-10.5
-9.5
11.5
13
Not sure
6
Solve for the following equation;
answer q6
48
0
32
19
Not sure
7
Bev routinely saves 15% of her monthly salary as a secretary at a local plumbing company. If her salary is $1875.00 per month, how much does she save a month?
answer q7
$1875
$187.50
$281.25
$300
Not sure
8
Solve for the following equation;
answer q8
15/32
15/16
56/16
1/16
Not sure
9
Solve for the following equation;
answer q9
3/2
2/3
7/18
2
Not sure
10
What is 35% of $150?
answer q10
$45
$42.40
$52.50
$75
Not sure
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11
Solve for the following equation;
answer q1
1/2
1/4
6/5
6/10
Not sure
12
Convert 18 ¾ to decimal.
answer q2
1.875
18.75
18.25
1.825
Not sure
13
A car travelling at 140 km/h overtakes a second car that is travelling 0.9 times as fast. What is the speed of the second car?
answer q3
90 km/h
120 km/h
126 km/h
96 km/h
Not sure
14
Solve for the following equation;
answer q4
2 1/6
1 3/5
2 1/3
1 1/4
Not sure
15
Solve for the following equation;
answer q5
2.4
1.4
4.2
3.1
Not sure
16
Steve’s mark on an exam is 68%. If he only got 17 questions right, how many questions were on the exam?
answer q6
10
15
20
25
Not sure
17
The expression 0.004325 is the same as
answer q7
A
B
C
D
Not sure
18
1000m is equal to which of the following values using SI prefixes
answer q8
10 mm
1 cm
100 µm
1 km
Not sure
19
What is the most likely measure of the angle represented in Figure 1
answer q9
90 degrees
115 degrees
75 degrees
0 degrees
Not sure
20
Which of the following shapes would best reflect an isosceles triangle
answer q10
A
B
C
D
Not sure
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21
Which of the following shapes best represents a hexagon?
answer q1
Shape A
Shape B
Shape C
Shape D
Not sure
22
In the right-angled triangle below, if side a is 3.5 cm and side b is 7.4 cm, what would be the length of side c?
answer q2
10.9 cm
67.01 cm
8.19 cm
3.9 cm
Not sure
23
In the right-angled triangle below, if side c (hypotenuse) is 7.25 cm, and angle
Ꝋ is 35 degrees, what would be the length of side a (opposite)
?
answer q3
12.64 cm
5.94 cm
5.08 cm
4.16 cm
Not sure
24
Find the area of the triangle in Figure 4 by using the formula
answer q4
600 m²
300 m²
1200 m²
150 m²
Not sure
25
How much sawdust can Steve’s box hold in Figure 5 using the formula
answer q5
10 m³
11 m³
12 m³
13 m³
Not sure
26
Steve bought 5 liters of paint to paint his box, but only used 3 liters; he put the remainder into storage. What fraction of the 5 liters went into storage?
answer q6
3/5
2/5
1/5
4/5
Not sure
27
How much hardwood flooring is needed to cover Mr. Johnson’s living room floor in Figure 6 using the formula
answer q7
40 m²
56 m²
12 m²
27 m²
Not sure
28
What length of wood is needed to frame a rectangular picture that is 5m long and 3m wide? (You can use the formula P=2l+2w)
answer q8
15 m
8 m
16 m
2 m
Not sure
29
How much liquid can the cylinder in the Figure 7 hold using the formula
answer q9
25.35 m³
35.35 m³
45.35 m³
55.35 m³
Not sure
30
What length of a metal bar would be required to build the triangle indicated in Figure 8 below using the formula (P=a+b+c)? (hint: an isosceles triangle can be bisected into two back-to-back right angle triangles).
answer q10
11 m
24 m
18 m
20 m
Not sure
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31
What is the diameter of the cylinder indicated in Figure 9 if its volume is 9426 cm3
answer q1
10 cm
15 cm
20 cm
30 cm
Not sure
32
Find the area of the shaded portion indicated in Figure 10 using the formula
answer q2
28.3 cm²
90 cm²
148.5 cm²
593.5 cm²
Not sure
33
Solve for the following equation;
answer q3
-64
64
8
-8
Not sure
34
The formula F = 9/5C +32 is used to convert temperature in degree Celsius to temperature in degree Fahrenheit, where F represents the temperature in Fahrenheit while C represents the temperature in degree Celsius. What is the Celsius equivalent of 100° F?
answer q4
35.8° C
36.8° C
37.8° C
38.8° C
Not sure
35
Transpose the following equation; C = A × B to allow to solve for A;
answer q5
A = B x C
A = C ÷ B
A = B ÷ C
A = C + B
Not sure
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