PICAT ARITHMETIC REASONING
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
A spring will compress one inch for every 50 pounds of force that is applied to it.How much
force is needed to compress the same spring 10 inches? - Correct Answer- 500 pounds
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? - Correct
Answer- 50%
Jerry walked a dog from 6:40am to 7:30pm one day. If he was paid at the rate of 6$ per hour,
how much did he earn that day? - Correct Answer- $5
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? - Correct Answer- 176 sq ft
how many feet of chain fence are necessary to enclose a dog pen that is a square and has an
area of 64 sq ft? - Correct Answer- 32
The pet store had six puppies selling for 104 each and twelve kittens selling for 24 each.
Today, only two puppies and eight kittens were left. In dollar terms, what was the ratio of
sales of puppies to kittens? - Correct Answer- 13 to 3
the price of salmon at a fish market is $5.40 per pound. this is 150% it's cost at a super
market. how much would it cost per pound at a supermarket - Correct Answer- $3.60
A train goes twice as fast downhill as it can go uphill, and 2/3 as fast uphill as it can go on
level ground. If it goes 120 mph downhill, how long will it take to travel 45 miles on flat
land? - Correct Answer- 1/2 hour
Jamie bought two boxes the first box is square with each side measuring 10 units and is 4
units high the second box is rectangular and has twice the volume of the square box if the
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
A spring will compress one inch for every 50 pounds of force that is applied to it.How much
force is needed to compress the same spring 10 inches? - Correct Answer- 500 pounds
A radar is designed to report the track of an aircraft every second. If this radar reports 30
tracks in one minute, what percentage of the time did the radar track the aircraft? - Correct
Answer- 50%
Jerry walked a dog from 6:40am to 7:30pm one day. If he was paid at the rate of 6$ per hour,
how much did he earn that day? - Correct Answer- $5
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? - Correct Answer- 176 sq ft
how many feet of chain fence are necessary to enclose a dog pen that is a square and has an
area of 64 sq ft? - Correct Answer- 32
The pet store had six puppies selling for 104 each and twelve kittens selling for 24 each.
Today, only two puppies and eight kittens were left. In dollar terms, what was the ratio of
sales of puppies to kittens? - Correct Answer- 13 to 3
the price of salmon at a fish market is $5.40 per pound. this is 150% it's cost at a super
market. how much would it cost per pound at a supermarket - Correct Answer- $3.60
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? - Correct Answer- 1/2 hour
Jamie 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
