POLICE SERGEANT ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
PREMIUM REVIEW CONTENT
●● The band, chorus, and theater group at a local high school agree to
hold a joint bake sale to raise money. The profits from the bake sale will
be split evenly among the three groups. If the total profit from the bake
sale is $864, how much money will the band and theatre groups
combined receive?
Answer: $576
●● Aaron sells apple pies for $10 each. Bob sells beverages for $1 each.
If Aaron sells 23 apple pies and Bob sells 17 beverages, what is the total
in sales for both products combined?
Answer: $247
●● A mountain trail is 12.1 miles long. If a hiker walks along the trail at
a rate of 1.96 miles per hour, in approximately how many hours will the
hiker walk the entire trail?
Answer: 6
●● John's gross pay for last month was $4,687.24. If $421.78 was
deducted from John's gross pay, how much take-home pay did John earn
this past month?
,Answer: $4,265.46
●● A women's clothing store sells the following articles of clothing for
the following prices:
Blouse: $14 each
Skirt: $16 each
Dress: $25 each
Pantyhose: 2 pairs for $3
Socks: $7
Jennifer goes to the store on a day when the store has a 20% off sale on
all skirts. If Jennifer buys 2 skirts, 1 dress, and 4 pairs of pantyhose, how
much money does Jennifer have to pay?
Answer: $56.60
●● Last month, Roger's checking account had a balance of $347.20.
Since then, Roger deposited his paycheck of $563.89 and withdrew
$478.53. What is Roger's checking account balance now?
Answer: $432.65
●● A $20,000 car depreciates every year until the car's only value is the
metal and parts. If it takes the car 15 years to lose all value besides the
metal and parts, and the metal and parts are worth $755, which of the
, following equations can correctly be used to determine the value of the
car at T years after the purchase of the car?
Answer: -1283T + 20,000
●● In one classroom, 12.5% of the students own at least one pet. If there
are 32 students in the classroom, how many students do not own any
pets?
Answer: 28
●● In a box of marbles, the ratio of red marbles to total marbles is 2:5.
The ratio of green marbles to total marbles is 3:10. If the marbles that
are neither red nor green are blue, how many blue marbles are in the box
if there are 40 marbles in the box?
Answer: 12
●● The table below illustrates the amount of money Justin was paid as
well as the amount of money deducted from Justin's paycheck for each
month. What was Justin's total take-home pay for the months described
in the table below?
Month, Pay, Deductions
June ,$2,478.37, $314.12
July, $2,381.19, $307.04
August, $2,503.20, $314.86
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
PREMIUM REVIEW CONTENT
●● The band, chorus, and theater group at a local high school agree to
hold a joint bake sale to raise money. The profits from the bake sale will
be split evenly among the three groups. If the total profit from the bake
sale is $864, how much money will the band and theatre groups
combined receive?
Answer: $576
●● Aaron sells apple pies for $10 each. Bob sells beverages for $1 each.
If Aaron sells 23 apple pies and Bob sells 17 beverages, what is the total
in sales for both products combined?
Answer: $247
●● A mountain trail is 12.1 miles long. If a hiker walks along the trail at
a rate of 1.96 miles per hour, in approximately how many hours will the
hiker walk the entire trail?
Answer: 6
●● John's gross pay for last month was $4,687.24. If $421.78 was
deducted from John's gross pay, how much take-home pay did John earn
this past month?
,Answer: $4,265.46
●● A women's clothing store sells the following articles of clothing for
the following prices:
Blouse: $14 each
Skirt: $16 each
Dress: $25 each
Pantyhose: 2 pairs for $3
Socks: $7
Jennifer goes to the store on a day when the store has a 20% off sale on
all skirts. If Jennifer buys 2 skirts, 1 dress, and 4 pairs of pantyhose, how
much money does Jennifer have to pay?
Answer: $56.60
●● Last month, Roger's checking account had a balance of $347.20.
Since then, Roger deposited his paycheck of $563.89 and withdrew
$478.53. What is Roger's checking account balance now?
Answer: $432.65
●● A $20,000 car depreciates every year until the car's only value is the
metal and parts. If it takes the car 15 years to lose all value besides the
metal and parts, and the metal and parts are worth $755, which of the
, following equations can correctly be used to determine the value of the
car at T years after the purchase of the car?
Answer: -1283T + 20,000
●● In one classroom, 12.5% of the students own at least one pet. If there
are 32 students in the classroom, how many students do not own any
pets?
Answer: 28
●● In a box of marbles, the ratio of red marbles to total marbles is 2:5.
The ratio of green marbles to total marbles is 3:10. If the marbles that
are neither red nor green are blue, how many blue marbles are in the box
if there are 40 marbles in the box?
Answer: 12
●● The table below illustrates the amount of money Justin was paid as
well as the amount of money deducted from Justin's paycheck for each
month. What was Justin's total take-home pay for the months described
in the table below?
Month, Pay, Deductions
June ,$2,478.37, $314.12
July, $2,381.19, $307.04
August, $2,503.20, $314.86
