PICAT VERIFICATION AR & MK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023

PICAT VERIFICATION AR & MK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023 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? A. 3% B. 30% C. 40% D. 50% 50% Jerry walked a dog from 6:40am to 7:30am one day. If he was paid at the rate of 6$ per hour, how much did he earn that day? A. $4.50 B. $5.00 C. $5.40 D. $5.90 E. $6.60 $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? A. 176 sq feet B. 352 sq feet C. 968 sq feet D. 1,200 sq feet 968 sq ft How many feet of chain fence are necessary to enclose a dog pen that is square and has an area of 64 square feet? A. 256 B. 64 C. 32 D. 16 32 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? A. 1/2 hour B. 2/3 hour C. 1-1/2 hours D. 2 hours 1/2 Each August, a restaurant's rent is adjusted to the cost of living index. The rent has been 1,550 a month, and the cost of living index for this August was 3.7%. What is the new rent per month? A. $1,594.28 B. $1,607.35 C. $2,123.50 D. $5,735.00 $1,607.35 There are 9 red and 6 green marbles in a bag. A child reaches in the bag and randomly takes one marble. What is the probability of that child getting a green marble? A. .66 B. .40 C. .33 D. .10 0.40 Shawn purchased a shirt for $22.05. If this includes a 5% sales tax, what was the actual price of the shirt? A. $17.50 B. $20.95 C. $21.00 D. $23.15 $20.95 The pet store had 6 puppies selling for $104 each and 12 kittens selling for $24 each. Today, only 2 puppies and 8 kittens were left. In dollar terms, what was the ratio of sales of puppies to kittens? A. 13 to 3 B. 11 to 1 C. 8 to 7 D. 1 to 3 13:3 If the ratio of sides of two squares is 3:1, what is the ratio of their perimeters? A. 3:1 B. 4:1 C. 9:1 D. 12:1 3:1 Jamie just 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 height of the second box is 5 units, and the width is 10 units, what is the length of the second box? A. 10 units B. 12 units C. 16 units D. 18 units 16 units A printing press will print 6,000 copies in 20 minutes. A second press can print 15,000 copies in 60 minutes. How many more copies per minute will the faster press print than the slower press? A. 50 copies B. 150 copies C. 450 copies D. 3,000 copies 50 What is the cost of mailing a package that weighs 2 pounds, 3 ounces, if the cost is $1.50 plus $0.05 for each ounce over 6 ounces? A. $3.25 B. $2.95 C. $2.45 D. $2.15 E. $1.75 $2.95 Debra and Ian shared in a $1,000,000 estate. If Ian received $125,000 and Debra the rest, What fraction of the estate did Debra receive? A. 1/8 B. 5/8 C. 3/4 D. 4/5 E. 7/8 7/8 The shaded region of the design shown is to be painted red. What is the area, in square units, of the shaded region? (Use = 3.14) A 43.0 B 62.8 C 121.5 D 137.2 43 --- --- Terry earns a $250 salary plus $5 per sale. How many sales must Terry make to earn $765 altogether? 103 If the perimeter of a square garden is 84 feet, what is the area of the garden? 441 sq ft