ASVAB ARITHMETIC REASONING - MISSED QUESTIONS

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ASVAB ARITHMETIC REASONING - MISSED QUESTIONS

EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: A typist uses lengthwise a sheet of paper 9 inches by 12 inches.

She leaves a 1-inch margin on each side and 1.5 inch margin on top and bottom.What fractional part of the page is used for typing?

Answer:

• x 12 = 108 sq in

9 - 1 - 1 = 7

12 - 1.5 - 1.5 = 9

• x 9 = 63/108 = 7/12

Question 2: how many slices of bread, each weighing 2 oz, are needed to balance 2 lb of apples?

Answer:

32 oz/ 2 oz = 16 slices Question 3: the price of a $250 item after successive discounts of 20% and 30% is

Answer:

250 x .20 = $50

250 - 50 = 200

200 x .03 = 60

200 - 60 = 140

Question 4: If a salary of $20,000 is subject to a 20% deduction, the net salary is

A. $14,000

B. $15,500

C. $ 16,000

D. $ 18,000

Answer:

C. 100% - 20% = 80%

$20,000 x .8 = ( $16,000 ) Question 5: If erasers cost 8 cents each for the first 250, and 7 cents each for the next 250, and 5 cents thereafter, how many erasers may be purchased for $50?

Answer:

250 x .08+250 x .07= 37.5

$50-$37.5=$12.5

12.50/5=250

therefore you can buy 750 erasers for $50 Question 6: a team won 2 games and lost 10. the fraction of its games won is correctly expressed as

Answer:

2/12 = 1/6

Question 7: a man owned 75 shares of stock worth $50 each. the corporation declared a diviared a dividend of 8%, payable in stock. how many shares did he then own?

• 81
• 90
• 91
• 95

Answer:

value of original stock = 75(50) = 3750 after increase of 8%, the value is 3750(1.08) = 4050 number of shares = 4050/50 = 81

Question 8: An inch on a map represents 200 miles. ON the same map, a distance of 375 miles is represented by?

A. 1 1/2

B. 1 7/8

C. 2 1/4

D. 2 3/4

Answer:

• 375 ÷ 200 = 1.875 or 1 7/8

Question 9: a pile of magazine is 4 feet high. If each magazine is 3/4 of an inch thick, the number of magazines in the pile is?

• 36
• 48
• 64
• 96

Answer:

• 4ft = 48in

48/1 x 4/3 = ( 64 ) Question 10: What is the greatest number of half-pint bottles that can be filled from a 10-gallon can OF milk?A.160

B. 170

• 16
• 17

Answer:

• 8 pts = 1 gal

80 pts in 10 gal so 80 x 2 = 160

Question 11: a plane left new york at 3:30 p.m. est and arrived in los angeles at 4:15 p.m. how long did the flight take?

Answer:

30+15 = 45 + 3.00 = 3.45

Question 12: A clerk spent his 35-hour workweek as follows: 1/5 of his time sorting mail; 1/2 of his time in filing letters; and 1/7 of his time in reception work. The rest of his time was devoted to messenger work. The percentage of time spent on messenger work by the clerk was?

• 6%

B. 14%

C. 10%

D. 16%

Answer:

1/5 + 1/2 + 1/7 = (14 + 35 +10) / (70) = 59/70 so for messenger work: 11/70 = 110/7% Question 13: after an article is discounted at 25%, it sells for $112.50 the original price of the article was

Answer:

100-25 = 75

112.50/75 = 150

Question 14: One year the postage rate FOR sending 1 ounce of mail first class was increased from 25 cents to 29 cents.The percent of increase in the 29-cent postage rate was most nearly....

A. 14%

B. 16%

C. 18%

D. 20%

Answer:

B. $.29 - $.25 = $.4

• / 25 = ( .16 or 16% )