PICAT LATEST EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Chocking is prevented by then - ✔✔Esophagus covering the voice box
✔✔Which of the following actions produce a chemical change?
A. Boiling water
B. Burning the rice
C. Adding salt to the water
D. Melting butter on cooked rice - ✔✔Burning the rice
✔✔Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource
A. Wood
B. Water
C. Copper
D. Biomass - ✔✔Copper
✔✔What do a hydrogen molecule and and an oxygen molecule have in common -
✔✔the charge on each electron
✔✔Arithmetic reasoning - ✔✔
✔✔A student bought a sandwich for 80 cents , milk for 20 cents, and pie for 30 cents.
How much does the Meal cost? - ✔✔1.30
✔✔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 raider track in the
aircraft? - ✔✔50 %
✔✔A certain bag of potting soil is 1/4 Peat Moss, and the rest is dirt what part is dirt ? -
✔✔******** 3/4 or 75 percent
✔✔An airplane is at 32,000 feet above sea level and descends at an average rate of
1,000 feet per minute. How many minutes will it take for the airplane to land at an airport
3,000 feet above sea level? - ✔✔29
✔✔A sweater originally priced at $80 and was marked down by 25%. What was the sale
price of the sweater? - ✔✔$60
✔✔Terry earns a $250 salary plus 5 dollars per sell. how many sales Must terry make to
earn $765 altogether? - ✔✔103
, ✔✔Together, two people earn 28,000. One earns 2,000 more than the other. How much
is the smaller income? - ✔✔13,000
✔✔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? - ✔✔$5.90
✔✔If the perimeter of a square garden is 84 feet, what is the area of the garden? -
✔✔441
✔✔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? - ✔✔968 square feet
✔✔Five people, each working 8 hours a day can assemble 400 toys in a 5 day work
week. what is the average number of toys assembled per hour per person? - ✔✔16
(used choices to determine that 5*16= 80, and 80 toys per day for 5 days= 400)
✔✔If a 5-foot post casts an 8-foot shadow at the same time that a nearby tree casts a
48-foot shadow, how tall is the tree? - ✔✔30 feet
✔✔A pie was cut into two equal pieces. Each of the pieces of pie was cut into halves
again, and each of those smaller pieces was cut into two equal pieces. If two of the
pieces of the pie were eaten what portion of the pie remains? - ✔✔- 8 pieces of the pie
in total (2+2+4)
- 2 pieces were eaten
- 6 pieces are left
- 6/8 = 3/4
✔✔An electronics store had A 20% off sale. if a stereo originally cost $125, how much
did the stereocost during the sale? - ✔✔100
✔✔A gas can is filled at the rate of 320 cubic inches per minute. The can is 10 inches
long, 8 inches wide, and 12 inches high. How many minutes will it take to fill the can? -
✔✔5
✔✔A homeowner plans to hang wallpaper on one wall of a bedroom that is 10 feet long.
If a strip of wallpaper is 20 INCHES wide and strips are hung vertically, how many strips
of wallpaper will the homeowner require? - ✔✔2-1/2
✔✔word knowledge - ✔✔
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Chocking is prevented by then - ✔✔Esophagus covering the voice box
✔✔Which of the following actions produce a chemical change?
A. Boiling water
B. Burning the rice
C. Adding salt to the water
D. Melting butter on cooked rice - ✔✔Burning the rice
✔✔Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource
A. Wood
B. Water
C. Copper
D. Biomass - ✔✔Copper
✔✔What do a hydrogen molecule and and an oxygen molecule have in common -
✔✔the charge on each electron
✔✔Arithmetic reasoning - ✔✔
✔✔A student bought a sandwich for 80 cents , milk for 20 cents, and pie for 30 cents.
How much does the Meal cost? - ✔✔1.30
✔✔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 raider track in the
aircraft? - ✔✔50 %
✔✔A certain bag of potting soil is 1/4 Peat Moss, and the rest is dirt what part is dirt ? -
✔✔******** 3/4 or 75 percent
✔✔An airplane is at 32,000 feet above sea level and descends at an average rate of
1,000 feet per minute. How many minutes will it take for the airplane to land at an airport
3,000 feet above sea level? - ✔✔29
✔✔A sweater originally priced at $80 and was marked down by 25%. What was the sale
price of the sweater? - ✔✔$60
✔✔Terry earns a $250 salary plus 5 dollars per sell. how many sales Must terry make to
earn $765 altogether? - ✔✔103
, ✔✔Together, two people earn 28,000. One earns 2,000 more than the other. How much
is the smaller income? - ✔✔13,000
✔✔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? - ✔✔$5.90
✔✔If the perimeter of a square garden is 84 feet, what is the area of the garden? -
✔✔441
✔✔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? - ✔✔968 square feet
✔✔Five people, each working 8 hours a day can assemble 400 toys in a 5 day work
week. what is the average number of toys assembled per hour per person? - ✔✔16
(used choices to determine that 5*16= 80, and 80 toys per day for 5 days= 400)
✔✔If a 5-foot post casts an 8-foot shadow at the same time that a nearby tree casts a
48-foot shadow, how tall is the tree? - ✔✔30 feet
✔✔A pie was cut into two equal pieces. Each of the pieces of pie was cut into halves
again, and each of those smaller pieces was cut into two equal pieces. If two of the
pieces of the pie were eaten what portion of the pie remains? - ✔✔- 8 pieces of the pie
in total (2+2+4)
- 2 pieces were eaten
- 6 pieces are left
- 6/8 = 3/4
✔✔An electronics store had A 20% off sale. if a stereo originally cost $125, how much
did the stereocost during the sale? - ✔✔100
✔✔A gas can is filled at the rate of 320 cubic inches per minute. The can is 10 inches
long, 8 inches wide, and 12 inches high. How many minutes will it take to fill the can? -
✔✔5
✔✔A homeowner plans to hang wallpaper on one wall of a bedroom that is 10 feet long.
If a strip of wallpaper is 20 INCHES wide and strips are hung vertically, how many strips
of wallpaper will the homeowner require? - ✔✔2-1/2
✔✔word knowledge - ✔✔
