Car Fuel Economy Trivia

Choose an answer from the three choices and True or False offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1. Fuel economy in cars is the amount of fuel required to move the it over a given distance.

• True or False?

2. The distance traveled per unit of fuel used. What do we know this as?

• Miles Per Gallon
• Liters per 100 Kilometers
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3. A related measure is the amount of carbon dioxide produced as a result of the combustion process. How much With gasoline engine how much carbon dioxide will be produce for each gallon of gas consumed?

• 19.4 lbs.
• 22.6 lbs.
• 32.9 lbs.

4. If a driver who travels 15,000 miles a year switches from a vehicle with 10 mpg to 12 mpg average fuel economy, how much gas will they save?

• 150 gallons
• 250 gallons
• 350 gallons

5. At 3.75 per gallon, what is a 20% savings?

• $562.5 per year
• $937.50 per year
• $1,312.50 per year

6. However, if you have a 30 mpg vehicle and increase you mpg by 20% to 36 mpg, how much gas will you save?

• 63 gallons
• 73 gallons
• 83 gallons

7. At 3.75 per gallon, what is a 20% savings?

• $236.25 per year
• $273.75 per year
• $311.25 per year

8. How much gas will a 12 mpg vehicle use over 15,000 miles?

• 1,050 gallons
• 1,250 gallons
• 1,450 gallons

9. How much gas will a 12 mpg vehicle cost you to drive 15,000 with $3.75 per gallon gas?

• $3937.50
• $4687.50
• $5437.50

10. How much gas will a 36 mpg vehicle use over 15,000 miles?

• 416.6 gallons
• 616.6 gallons
• 816.6 gallons

11. How much gas will a 36 mpg vehicle cost you to drive 15,000 with $3.75 per gallon gas?

• $1,562.25
• $2,312.25
• $3,062.25

Check Your Answers

1. True
2. Miles Per Gallon
3. 19.4 lbs.
4. 250 gallons
5. $937.50 per year
6. 83 gallons
7. $311.25 per year
8. 1250 gallons
9. $4687.50
10. 416.6 gallons
11. $1,562.25

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