ASVAB ARITHMETIC AND REASONING EXAM QUESTIONS

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ASVAB ARITHMETIC AND REASONING EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Jerry walked a dog from 6:40 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. one day. If he was paid at the rate of $6 per hour, how much did he earn that day?

Answer:

$5.00 Question 2: Sean purchased a shirt for $22.05 if this includes a 5% sales tax what was the actual price of the shirt?

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$21 Question 3: If the perimeter of a square garden is 84 feet, what is the area of the garden?

Answer:

441 sq. ft.Question 4: A train goes twice as fast downhill as it can go uphill, and 2/3 as fast uphill as it can go on level ground. If it goes 120 mph downhill, how long will it take to travel 45 miles on flat land?

Answer:

1/2 hour

Question 5: A printing press will print 6,000 copies in 20 minutes. A second press can print 15,000 copies in 60 minutes. How many more copies per minute will the faster press print than the slower press?

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50 Question 6: If the ratio of the sides of two squares is 3:1, what is the ratio of their perimeters?

Answer:

3:1

Question 7: How many feet of chain fence are necessary to enclose a dog pen that is square and has an area of 64 square feet?

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32 Question 8: Each August, a restaurant's rent is adjusted to the cost-of-living index. The rent has been $1,550 a month, and the cost-of-living for this August was 3.7%. What is the new rent per month?

Answer:

$1,607.35

Question 9: Jamie just bought two boxes. The first box is square, with each side measuring 10 units, and is 4 units high. The second box is rectangular and has twice the volume of the square box. If the height of the second box is 5 units, and the width is 10 units, what is the length of the second box?

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16 units Question 10: The price of salmon at a fish market is $5.40 per pound. This is 150% of its cost at a supermarket. How much would it cost per pound at the supermarket?

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$3.60 Question 11: A woman is looking for a bigger square office. She finds an office twice the area of her current office. If the perimeter of her current office is 88 feet, how many square feet is the new office?

Answer:

968 sq. ft.

Question 12: What is the cost of mailing a package that weighs 2 pounds 3 ounces, if the cost is $1.50 plus 0.05 for each ounce over 6 ounces?

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$2.95 Question 13: The pet store had 6 puppies selling for $104 each and 12 kittens selling for $24 each. Today, only 2 puppies and 8 kittens were left. In dollar terms, what was the ratio of sales of puppies to kittens?

Answer:

13:3

Question 14: A radar is designed to report the track of an aircraft every second. If this radar reports 30 tracks in one minute, what percentage of the time did the radar track the aircraft?

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50% Question 15: If the population of a certain city increased 25% in two years, the new population was what percent of the old?

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125% Question 16: There are 9 red and 6 green marbles in a bag. A child reaches in the bag and randomly takes one marble. What is the probability of that child getting a green marble?

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40% Question 17: Debra and Ian shared in a $1,000,000 estate. If Ian received $125,000, and Debra the rest, what fraction of the estate did Debra receive?

Answer:

7/8