Asvab meps exam questions with
complete solutions
A radar is designed to report the track of an aircraft every second. If this radar
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reports 30 tracks in one minute, what percentage of the time did the radar track
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the aircraft?|
50%
Jerry walked a dog from 6:40 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. one day. If he was paid at the rate
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of $6 per hour, how much did he earn that day?
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$5.00
A woman is looking for a bigger square office. She finds an office twice the area
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of her current office. If the perimeter of her current office is 88 feet, how many
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square feet is the new office? | | | | |
968 sq feet | |
If the perimeter of a square garden is 84 feet, what is the area of the garden?
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441 sq ft | |
How many feet of chain fence are necessary to enclose a dog pen that is square
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and has an area of 64 sq feet?
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32 feet |
,Five people, each working 8 hours a day can assemble 400 toys in a 5 day work
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week. what is the average number of toys assembled per hour per person?
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16
If a 5-foot post casts an 8-foot shadow at the same time that a nearby tree casts a
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|48-foot shadow, how tall is the tree? | | | | | |
30 feet |
if 35 of the 140 cars delivered to a dealer were blue.. what % were blue?
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25%
Before being painted, a concrete play area was marked off into squares and then
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into triangles. For the square shown, what is the area of the triangular part
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labeled XYZ? |
16 sq ft| |
A pie was cut into two equal pieces. Each of the pieces of pie was cut into halves
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again, and each of those smaller pieces was cut into two equal pieces. If two of
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the pieces of the pie were eaten what portion of the pie remains?
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3/4
A box of nails weigh 1-5/6 pounds. What is the weight of 12 boxes?
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22
A plumber has a car payment of $250 per month. $225 of which goes to paying
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off the principal, and the rest goes towards the interest. What percent is being
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payed for interest? | |
10%
How many 5-pound bags of apples can be made from 400 apples, each weighing
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1/4 pound? |
,20
Emphasize most nearly means| | |
to accentuate
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We will long remember our perilous journey
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hazardous
Inept most nearly means
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silly
void
empty
fervently
passionately
Devout most nearly means
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pious
Erratically most nearly means
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irregularly
Sustain most nearly means
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to tolerate
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Skepticism most nearly means
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cynicism
the cashier negated the charge of the item
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Nullified (forgot, nullified, questioned, disputed
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crass most nearly means
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, crude
If A=6 and B=5, what is the value of (A^2-B^2)^2?
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121
what are the factors of x^2+4x+3
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(x+3)(x+1)
Simplify: 3/5x + x | | |
A. 3/5x |
B. 3/5x^2
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C. 4/5x |
D. 8/5x |
8/5x
the hypotenuse of a right triangle
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x^2=14-9^2
the factors of 2x^2+xy-3y^2
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(2x+3y)(x-y)
the product of 3! is
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6
What is the area of a parallelogram if its length is x+4 and its height is x+3?
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X^2+7x+12
what is the length of the diagonal of a rectangle w a base of 4 and an altitude of
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3?
25
What is the area of a triangle with a base of 8 feet and a height of 4 feet?
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16 square feet
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the reciprocal of 3-1/5
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complete solutions
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
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the aircraft?|
50%
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?
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$5.00
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
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square feet is the new office? | | | | |
968 sq feet | |
If the perimeter of a square garden is 84 feet, what is the area of the garden?
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441 sq ft | |
How many feet of chain fence are necessary to enclose a dog pen that is square
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and has an area of 64 sq feet?
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32 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?
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16
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 |
if 35 of the 140 cars delivered to a dealer were blue.. what % were blue?
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25%
Before being painted, a concrete play area was marked off into squares and then
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
into triangles. For the square shown, what is the area of the triangular part
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
labeled XYZ? |
16 sq ft| |
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?
| | | | | | | | | | | |
3/4
A box of nails weigh 1-5/6 pounds. What is the weight of 12 boxes?
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22
A plumber has a car payment of $250 per month. $225 of which goes to paying
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
off the principal, and the rest goes towards the interest. What percent is being
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
payed for interest? | |
10%
How many 5-pound bags of apples can be made from 400 apples, each weighing
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1/4 pound? |
,20
Emphasize most nearly means| | |
to accentuate
|
We will long remember our perilous journey
| | | | | |
hazardous
Inept most nearly means
| | |
silly
void
empty
fervently
passionately
Devout most nearly means
| | |
pious
Erratically most nearly means
| | |
irregularly
Sustain most nearly means
| | |
to tolerate
|
Skepticism most nearly means
| | |
cynicism
the cashier negated the charge of the item
| | | | | | |
Nullified (forgot, nullified, questioned, disputed
| | | |
crass most nearly means
| | |
, crude
If A=6 and B=5, what is the value of (A^2-B^2)^2?
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121
what are the factors of x^2+4x+3
| | | | |
(x+3)(x+1)
Simplify: 3/5x + x | | |
A. 3/5x |
B. 3/5x^2
|
C. 4/5x |
D. 8/5x |
8/5x
the hypotenuse of a right triangle
| | | | |
x^2=14-9^2
the factors of 2x^2+xy-3y^2
| | |
(2x+3y)(x-y)
the product of 3! is
| | | |
6
What is the area of a parallelogram if its length is x+4 and its height is x+3?
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X^2+7x+12
what is the length of the diagonal of a rectangle w a base of 4 and an altitude of
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3?
25
What is the area of a triangle with a base of 8 feet and a height of 4 feet?
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16 square feet
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the reciprocal of 3-1/5
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