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REAL ASVAB QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
If you run for 4 hours at 8 miles an hour and walk 8 hours at 2 miles an
hour, how far will you have gone at the end of 12 hours? Ans: 48 Miles
If a plane can climb at 2,400 feet per minute, how many minutes are
needed to climb to 60,000 feet? Ans: 25
A grocer bought 70 cans of corn. She sold 10 cans that day and 15 cans
the next day. How many did she have left? Ans: 45
It takes 15 minutes to fill a 375-gallon tank with oil. How many gallons
are pumped into the tank in 1 minute? Ans: 25
On the average, 1 1/3 bushels of seed are needed to plant 1 acre of
wheat. How many bushels of seed would be required to plant 30 acres?
Ans: 40
A plane flies at a speed of 300 miles per hour. How many miles does it fly
in 5 hours Ans: 300/5
A restaurant that can hold 300 people is divided into 20 equal parts. How
many people can be put in each section? Ans: 15
Tom saves $750 a year. Bill saves $60 a month. How much more does
Tom save a year than Bill? Ans: 60
If an airplane flies at an average speed of 7.5 miles per minute, in 1 1/2
hours it will have flown Ans: 675
A carpenter uses 12 nails for each board. If there are 48 nails in a pound,
how many pounds would be used for 100 boards? Ans: 48
A boy has 10 cookies. His sister has 2.5 times as many. How many does
the sister have? Ans: 25
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A used car costs $2,200 cash, or $600 down and $100 a month for 20
months. How much money do you save by paying cash? Ans: 400
At 8 AM the temperature was 3 degrees below zero. By 9 AM the
temperature had gone up 6 degrees, but by 10 AM it had gone down
again 4 degrees. What was the temperature at 10 AM? Ans: -1
A plane left Atlanta at 4:50 and arrived at Boston in 3 hours and 15
minutes. When did it arrive in Boston? Ans: 8:05
During a sale, 20-cent candy bars were sold at 3 for 50 cents. How much
is saved on 9 bars? Ans: $0.30
It is 90 ft from home plate to first base on a baseball diamond. How long
will it take a batter to reach first base if the batter runs at a rate of 15
ft/sec? Ans: 6 seconds
Mick Jagger is a man who measures up to the role. He is continually in
the center. All questions and answers are conveyed to and through him.
If he is not directly in the heart of a discussion, people automatically fill
him in on what is being said. Without any noticeable ceremony, doors are
opened for him. People let him walk in front of them. Not just because
he's a star, but because Jagger has this notion about himself which has a
powerful impact on every moment of his life; that he is special.
Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage?
Ans: Jagger slips in and out of his 'star' role
Halfway houses are special community residences in which individuals are
participating, decision-making residents. Most residents of these
increasingly common facilities use them as a transition point between
their stay in a mental hospital and their return home; they usually leave
within a year.
In this way, halfway houses: Ans: Save patients the effort and worry of
making decisions.
Studies have shown that the amount of income people earn is directly
related to the amount of education they have received, with the higher
level of education, the higher the average annual income. For this reason
REAL ASVAB QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
If you run for 4 hours at 8 miles an hour and walk 8 hours at 2 miles an
hour, how far will you have gone at the end of 12 hours? Ans: 48 Miles
If a plane can climb at 2,400 feet per minute, how many minutes are
needed to climb to 60,000 feet? Ans: 25
A grocer bought 70 cans of corn. She sold 10 cans that day and 15 cans
the next day. How many did she have left? Ans: 45
It takes 15 minutes to fill a 375-gallon tank with oil. How many gallons
are pumped into the tank in 1 minute? Ans: 25
On the average, 1 1/3 bushels of seed are needed to plant 1 acre of
wheat. How many bushels of seed would be required to plant 30 acres?
Ans: 40
A plane flies at a speed of 300 miles per hour. How many miles does it fly
in 5 hours Ans: 300/5
A restaurant that can hold 300 people is divided into 20 equal parts. How
many people can be put in each section? Ans: 15
Tom saves $750 a year. Bill saves $60 a month. How much more does
Tom save a year than Bill? Ans: 60
If an airplane flies at an average speed of 7.5 miles per minute, in 1 1/2
hours it will have flown Ans: 675
A carpenter uses 12 nails for each board. If there are 48 nails in a pound,
how many pounds would be used for 100 boards? Ans: 48
A boy has 10 cookies. His sister has 2.5 times as many. How many does
the sister have? Ans: 25
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A used car costs $2,200 cash, or $600 down and $100 a month for 20
months. How much money do you save by paying cash? Ans: 400
At 8 AM the temperature was 3 degrees below zero. By 9 AM the
temperature had gone up 6 degrees, but by 10 AM it had gone down
again 4 degrees. What was the temperature at 10 AM? Ans: -1
A plane left Atlanta at 4:50 and arrived at Boston in 3 hours and 15
minutes. When did it arrive in Boston? Ans: 8:05
During a sale, 20-cent candy bars were sold at 3 for 50 cents. How much
is saved on 9 bars? Ans: $0.30
It is 90 ft from home plate to first base on a baseball diamond. How long
will it take a batter to reach first base if the batter runs at a rate of 15
ft/sec? Ans: 6 seconds
Mick Jagger is a man who measures up to the role. He is continually in
the center. All questions and answers are conveyed to and through him.
If he is not directly in the heart of a discussion, people automatically fill
him in on what is being said. Without any noticeable ceremony, doors are
opened for him. People let him walk in front of them. Not just because
he's a star, but because Jagger has this notion about himself which has a
powerful impact on every moment of his life; that he is special.
Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage?
Ans: Jagger slips in and out of his 'star' role
Halfway houses are special community residences in which individuals are
participating, decision-making residents. Most residents of these
increasingly common facilities use them as a transition point between
their stay in a mental hospital and their return home; they usually leave
within a year.
In this way, halfway houses: Ans: Save patients the effort and worry of
making decisions.
Studies have shown that the amount of income people earn is directly
related to the amount of education they have received, with the higher
level of education, the higher the average annual income. For this reason
