GEARS SAMPLE PROBLEM

1. Compute the tooth thickness of 14 1⁄2 deg. spur gear with diameter pitch of 5.

A. 0.34116 in
B. 0.31146 in
C. 0.41416 in
D. 0.31461 in

2. A 36 tooth pinion with a turning speed of 300 rpm drives 120 tooth gear of 14 1⁄2 degrees
involute full depth pressure angle. What would be the speed of the driven gear.

A. 1000 rpm
B. 100 rpm
C. 90 rpm
D. 140 rpm

4. Find the tooth thickness on tooth circle of a 20 degree full depth involute tooth having a
diametrical pitch of 3, circular pitch of 1.0472 and whole depth of tooth at 0.60.

A. 10.7 mm
B. 13.2 mm
C. 10.1 mm
D. 7.9 mm

5. A pair of gear/pinion of 42 tooth and 18 tooth with a diametrical pitch of 0.7874 teeth/cm and the
addendum is 0.80/p and the addendum 1/p. The gear pressure angle is 200. Compute the center
distance of the pair of gears in meters.

A. 0.5026 m
B. 0.3426 m
C. 0.381 m
D. 0.4013 m

6. Two idlers of 28T and 26T are introduced between the 24T pinion with a turning speed of 400
rpm driving a final 96T gear. What would be the final speed of the driven gear and its direction
relative to the driving gear rotation?
1. 120 rpm and opposite direction
2. 80 rpm and same direction
3. 100 rpm and opposite direction
4. 100 rpm and same direction

10. Compute the circular pitch of a pair of gears having a ratio of 4 and a center distance of 10.23.
Each gear has 72 teeth and pinion has 18 teeth.

A. 0.8095 B. 0.8035 C. 0.7854 D. 0.8085

11. The tooth thickness of a gear is 0.5 inch and its circular pitch is 1.0 inch. Calculate the dedendum
of the gear.
 A. 0.3183 B. 0.3979 C. 1.250 D. 0.1114

12. An internal gear is set up with a 5 in diameter pinion and center distance of 18 inches. Find the
diameter of the internal gear.

A. 36” B. 21.5” C. 26” D. 41”

13. The minimum whole depth of spur gear of 14-1/2 deg. involute type with diameter pitch of 24
and circular pitch of 0.1309.

A. 0.09000 B. 0.08900 C. 0.08987 D. 0.08975

14. The minimum clearance allowed for meshing spur gears with a circular pitch of 0.1571 and
diametrical pitch of 20. The spur gear have 25 teeth.

A. 0.007855 B. 0.007558 C. 0.008578 D. 0.007585

15. Find the distance between centers of a pair of gears, one of which has 12 teeth and the other 37
teeth. The diametrical pitch is 7.

A. 3in
B. 3.5 in
C. 4in
D. 4.5 in

16. Determine the pitch diameter of a gear with 28 teeth, 4 diametrical pitch.

A. 7in B. 8in C. 9in D. 10in

17. Two parallel shafts have an angular velocity ratio of 3 to 1 are connected by gears, the largest of
which has 36 teeth. Find the number of teeth of smaller gear.

A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13

18. The parallel shafts have a center distance of 15 in. One of the shaft carries a 40-tooth, 2
diametrical pitch gear which drives a gear on the other shaft at a speed of 150 rpm. How fast is
the 40-tooth turning?

A. 600 rpm
B. 300 rpm
C. 150 rpm
D. 75 rpm

19. A pair of meshing gears has a diametrical pitch of 10, a center distance of 2.6 inches, and velocity
ratio of 1.6. Determine the number of teeth of smaller gear.

A. 10 B. 20 C. 30 D. 40
 20. A spur gear 20 degrees full-depth involute teeth has an outside diameter of 195 mm and a module
of 6.5. Determine the number of teeth.

A. 20 B. 25 C. 28 D. 41

21. What is the pitch diameter of a 40-tooth gear having a circular pitch of 1.5708 in? A. 20in

B. 25in C. 30in D. 35in

22. How many revolutions per minute is a spur gear turning if it has 28 teeth, a circular pitch of
0.7854 in and a pitch line velocity of 12 ft/sec?

A. 378.44 rpm
B. 643.82 rpm
C. 954.66 rpm
D. 392.88 rpm

23. How many revolutions per minute is a spur gear turning if it has a module of 2, 40 teeth, and a
pitch line velocity of 2500 mm/sec?

A. 596.83 rpm B. 386.83 rpm C. 476.85 rpm D. 312.83 rpm

24. The module of a gear having a diametrical pitch of 8 is: A. 5.234

B. 3.175 C. 4.23 D. 2.34

25. The diametrical pitch of a gear having a module of 2.3 is: A. 9

B. 11 C. 10 D. 12

26. A gear turning 300 rpm has diametrical pitch of 8. If there are 40 teeth on the gear, find the pitch
line velocity of gear.

A. 6.54 fps
B. 8.34 fps
C. 7.45 fps
D. 9.45 fps

27. Two gears meshing each other have 18 teeth and 30 teeth. If circular pitch is 0.23 in. Find the
center distance between gears.

A. 5.23 in
B. 2.34 in
C. 3.23 in
D. 1.76 in

28. A gear with pitch line velocity of 6.126 m/s when turning at 600 rpm. If module is 3, find the
number of teeth on the gear.
 A. 60 B. 50 C. 65 D. 70

29. Two gears meshing each other has a center distance of 200 mm. The pinion has 20 teeth and gear
has 60 teeth. Find the module of meshing gears.

A. 2 B. 4 C. 3 D. 5

30. A gear has a tooth thickness of 0.1308 in. Find the addendum of the gear at 14.50 involute.

A. 2.12 mm
B. 4.12 mm
C. 3.12 mm
D. 5.12 mm

31. A gear has an addendum of 0.10 in. What is the dedendum of the gear at 200 pressure involute.

A. 0.037 in
B. 0.125 in
C. 0.345 in
D. 0.235 in

32. A gear is use to transmit 12 Kw at 450 rpm with 26 teeth. If the diameter pitch of the gear is 10,
find the force tangent to the gear.

A. 12.34 KN
B. 14.24 KN
C. 15.42 KN
D. 16.45 KN

33. A gear is use to transmit 20 Kw at 600 rpm to a driven gear. The pinion has a pitch diameter of
200 mm. If pressure angle is 14.5 degrees, find the load that tends to separate the two gears.

A. 0.234 KN
B. 0.534 KN
C. 0.763 KN
D. 0.823 KN

34. The pressure angle of the 12 in diameter gear is 20 degrees. The total load of the gear is 5 KN and
is turning at 750 rpm. Find the power delivered by the gear.

A. 43.23 KN
B. 64.23 KN
C. 56.23 KN
D. 34.23 KN

35. Three gears meshing each other has a driving power of 30 Kw with 900 rpm. The speed ratio is
1:3:5 and each meshing gear has an efficiency of 96%. Find the torque developed of the driven
gear, KN.m.
A. 4.40 B. 7.60 C. 5.60 D. 8.20