ASVAB ARITHMETIC REASONING QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

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. 50% B. 60% C. 30% D. 70% - Answer A. 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? A. $5 B. $5.50 C. $6 D. $6.50 - Answer A. $5 A women 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. 900 sq ft B. 730 sq ft C. 968 sq ft D. 1200 sq ft - Answer C. 968 sq ft How many feet of chain fence are necessary to enclose a dog pen that is square an has an area of 64 square feet? A. 124ft B. 32ft C. 84ft D. 60ft - Answer B. 32ft 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? A. 13 to 3 B. 10 to 2 C. 1 to 2 D. 4 to 8 - Answer A. 13 to 3 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 hr B. 1 hr and 30 minutes C. 2 hr D. 1/2 hour - Answer D. 1/2 hour 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. 5 units B. 10 units C. 16 units D. 2 units - Answer C. 16 units 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. $1,200 B. $1,598 C. $1,607.35 D. $1,620 - Answer C. 1,607.35