Essential Skills Manual - Automotive Service Technician

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ESSENTIAL SKILLS AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE TECHNICIAN
INVENTORY NOC 7321
NAME:
DATE:
Calculate the following. You may use the percent circle.
1. What percent of $64.00 is a
$6.00 discount?
___9.3%____
2. What is 5% of $95.00?
___$4.75____
P
X
% of W
3. If you lose two percent of your gas supply per day because of evaporation,
how many litres do you lose each day from 3 tanks each holding 10,000
litres?
__600 L___
Change to a percent:
4. ½” = ___50%___ 5. ⅞” = _87.5%___
Change to a decimal:
6. ¾ ft. = __.75 ft._ 7. ⅞” mi = _0.875 mi
Change to a fraction in its lowest terms:
8. .625 km = ___5/8 km_ 9. .125 km = _ 1 /8 km_
10. How many 0.001 inch long segments are in 1 /64 inch? __15.625__
11. You are using a wrist pin that is 5 /8” in diameter. What is your micrometer
reading for this measurement?
__0.6250__
12. To what reading would you set a micrometer for 45 /64”? Round your answer to
the nearest 0.0001 inch.
___0.7031_
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