ASVAB Math| 112 questions with verified correct answers.

D (5+3) (2+1) (10/20) + 5 = ? (A) 48 (B) 53 (C) 12 (D) 17 C A postal carrier can deliver mail to about 900 addresses in one day. In the city of Hewitt, there are 26,942 residents. Workforce policies require hiring 5 percent more carriers than are estimated in order to compensate for vacation, sick days, and so on. About how many mail carriers must be hired to deliver mail to all of the Hewitt citizens each day? (A) 29 (B) 30 (C) 31 (D) 32 B Of 128 dogs at a dog show, 50% were female. Among these females, 3 out of 4 were over the age of 4. How many of the dogs were females 4 years old or older? (A) 64 (B) 48 (C) 16 (D) 32 16X=7.98 X=7.98/16 X=$.49875 PER SLICE 5*.49875=$2.49 COST FOR 5 SLICES. If 1 pound of mesquite-smoked, deli-sliced turkey breast cost $7.98 at the second-largest grocery store in town, and each slide is about 1 ounce, what is the cost of 5 slices? D What is the volume of a camping trailer that is 23 feet long, 15 feet wide, and 11 feet high? (A) 2,530 square feet (B) 2,950 cubic feet (C) 3,295 square feet (D) 3,795 cubic feet C Jonathan spent 4 hours studying, 1 hour raking leaves, 30 minutes doing laundry, and 2 hours watching TV. What percentage of his time was spent studying? (A) 46.6% (B) 50.0% (C) 53.3% (D) 57.1% D Which of these is an example of similar figures in the geometric sense? (A) A soccer ball and a football (B) A right triangle and an isosceles triangle (C) A bicycle and a tricycle (D) A sailing ship and a scale model of that ship B The fuel tank of a gasoline generator has enough capacity to operate the generator for an hour and 15 minutes. About how many times must the fuel tank be filled to run the generator from 6h15pm to 7h00am? (A) 9.4 (B) 10.2 (C) 10.8 (D) 11.5 B A private pilot needs to calculate how much fuel is needed for an upcoming trip of his vintage Waco biplane. The biplane's Jacobs B2M radial engine consumes about 15 gallons per hour at the aircraft's cruising speed of 120mph, and about 18 gallons per hour at speeds above 200mph. The plane will take off from Love Field General Aviation in Fort Worth, Texas, and fly 120 miles at cruising speed and then for 30 minutes near its top speed of 214mph. If the pilot must put in enough fuel for the trip plus an additional 5 gallons, how much fuel is needed? (A) 21.5 gallons (B) 29.0 gallons (C) 38.0 gallons (D) 48.5 gallons C During 1 season, a college football quarterback attempted 439 passes and completed 267 of them for a total of 3,217 yards. What is his completion percentage? (A) 13.6% (B) 54.2% (C) 60.8% (D) 62.8% B Jolie Marie has a 25-year term life insurance policy for $100,000. The annual premium is $15.00 per thousand. What is the total premium paid for this policy every 6 months? (A) $600 (B) $750 (C) $1,200 (D) $1,500 A Danny is comparing the prices of tuxedos for his prom. A rental tuxedo costs $70, while a new tuxedo costs $120. Danny is thinking about having to have a tuxedo for next year's prom as well. Keeping this in mind, how much money will Danny save if he uses the same suit two years in a row? Assume that he will have to pay $4.50 to dry clean it before next year's prom. (A) $15.50 (B) $20.00 (C) $20.50 (D) $35.00 C Amanda is working as a hostess at a local restaurant until she graduates from college. She receives an equal cut of a 10% tip share (calculated on total sales) split on an hourly basis between the hostesses and busboys. Amanda also receives her hourly wage of $3.13 an hour. The restaurant sale's were $7,874 for a 7-hour shift that 3 hostesses and 2 busboys all worked from open to close. How much tip share did the busboys receive together on their shift? (A) $157.48 (B) $179.39 (C) $314.96 (D) $472.44 D June found a chandelier for the dining room for $1,399. However, since the model has been discontinued and the display had no factory packaging material, the store manager discounted the price to $1,149. What was the percentage of the reduction? (A) 10.8% (B) 12.9% (C) 14.1% (D) 17.9% B Heather bought a rectangular Afghan rug with a perimeter that measures 36 feet. If the long sides measure 12 feet each, how long is each short side of the rug? (A) 4 feet (B) 6 feet (C) 10 feet (D) 12 feet C Jonathan wants to find the average number of miles traveled per day on his 3-day road trip. Since he is an engineer, he decides to set up the problem algebraically. If he drove A miles the first day, B miles the second day, and C miles the third day, what is the formula for the average number of miles driven per day? (A) 3abc (B) 3(a+b+c) (C) (a+b+c)/3 (D) (a+b+c)^3 C June found a pair of red heels regularly priced at $120. The ones she found were priced at $54, while all of the other boxes of the same shoes were sale priced at $67. Since June is going to buy this particular pair of shoes, she wants to calculate the extra amount that she saved compared to the correct sale price. What is the difference between her mispriced shoes and the sale price of the shoes? (A) 44.2% (B) 55.0% (C) 10.8% (D) 14.0% C I=prt 700=px.04x1 Divide by .04x1 17500=principal Minus initial 5000 12500 is the total extra investment needed Travis invests $5,000 at 4% annual interest. How much more must he invest at the same rate to insure that his annual income from both investments exceeds $700? (A) $9,750 (B) $10,000 (C) $12,500 (D) $14,750 A Although a total of 131 soldiers are authorized for an infantry company, B Company (Bulldogs), 3rd Battalion, 144th Infantry Regiment, has only 120 soldiers assigned, of whom 5% are officers. How many enlisted soldiers are assigned to the company? (A) 114 (B) 123 (C) 120 (D) 121 D A girls' softball team won 70% of the 40 games it played. How many games did it lose? (A) 28 (B) 30 (C) 22 (D) 12 B How many 4oz candy bars are there in a 3lb package of candy? (A) 9 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 24 B One section of the front lawn of the Walker family's house is 21 feet wide and 39 feet long. How much will it cost to weed and feed it if Ace Gardening Service charges $0.40 per square yard for this treatment? (A) $109.20 (B) $36.40 (C) $327.60 (D) $24.00 B What is the fifth term of the series 2 5/6, 3 1/2, 4 1/6, 4 5/6, ...? (A) 5 1/6 (B) 5 1/2 (C) 5 5/6 (D) 6 1/6 B 36/8 = x/6 Cross multiply: 216 = 8x Solve for x: x = 27 A pecan tree 36 feet high casts a shadow 8 feet long. At the same time of day, a nearby mesquite tree casts a shadow 6 feet long. How tall is the mesquite tree? (A) 30 feet (B) 27 feet (C) 24 feet (D) 32 feet D What is the value of the expression x^2 - 5xy + 2y if x=3 and y=-2? (A) -25 (B) -27 (C) 32 (D) 35 C A floor is made up of hexagonal tiles, some of which are black and some of which are white. Every black tile is completely surrounded by white tiles. How many white tiles are there around each black tile? (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 8 D Multiply 7a^3b^2c by 3a^2b^4c^2 (A) 10a^5b^6c^3 (B) 21a^5b^6c^2 (C) 21a^6b^8c^2 (D) 21a^5b^6c^3 C The value of 8^0 is (A) 8 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 1/8 C If 2x -3 = 37, what is the value of x? (A) 17 (B) 38 (C) 20 (D) 80 C If x^2 + x = 6, what is the value of x (A) 6 or -1 (B) 1 or -6 (C) 2 or -3 (D) 3 or -2 A What is the area of a circle whose diameter is 28 inches? Use 22/7 for the value of pi. (A) 616 square inches (B) 88 square inches (C) 44 square inches (D) 1,232 square inches B The points A(2,7) and B(5,11) are plotted on coordinate graph paper. What is the distance from A to B? (A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 25 (D) 14^(1/2)