ASVAB Practice Test Part I Arithmetic Reasoning with Complete Solutions

1. Two automobiles start together from the same place and travel along the same route. The first average 40 miles per hour. The second 55 miles per hour. How many miles further along the route is the second auto at the end of the hours? - ANSWER-55×5-40×5 2. What is the total thickness of two pieces of wood that a carpenter glued together if one is 5/16-inch-thick and other is 7/8 inch thick? - ANSWER-1 3/16 3. The average tub bath uses 8 gallons of water and an average shower uses 6 gallons. To provide baths for 60 men, how much more water will be needed, if tubs are used instead of shower? - ANSWER-120 gallons 4. Carpeted cut three 4'6 shelves from a 14' board. how long a piece was left over? - ANSWER-6' 5. A farther walks 36 miles in 12 hours, while his son covers the same distance on a bicycle at twice the father's rate of speed. At this rate how many miles would the bicycle rider travel 9 hours? - ANSWER-54 miles 6. A bird flies 2/3 of a mile per minute. How many miles per hour is it flying? - ANSWER-40 mile per hour 7. Out of 20 attempts, a basketball player scored 8 times. What percentage of his chances did he score? - ANSWER-40% 8. How many 35-passangers buses will it take to carry 140 people? - ANSWER-4 9. If 12 men are needed to run 4 machines. How many men are needed to run 20? - ANSWER-60 10. A pole 24 feet high has a shadow 8 feet long. A nearby pole is 72 feet high. How long is its shadow? - ANSWER-24 feet 11. A man is paid $26.00 for 8 hours of work. How much should this man be paid for working 37 hours at hourly wage? - ANSWER-$120.25