PICAT VERIFICATION AR & MK QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED 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. 3%
B. 30%
C. 40%
D. 50% - Answers - 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 - Answers - $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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - $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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - $20.95
The pet store had 6 puppies selling for $104 each and 12 kittens selling for $24 each.
Today, only 2 puppies and 8 kittens were left. In dollar terms, what was the ratio of
sales of puppies to kittens?
A. 13 to 3
B. 11 to 1
C. 8 to 7
D. 1 to 3 - Answers - 13:3
If the ratio of sides of two squares is 3:1, what is the ratio of their perimeters?
A. 3:1
B. 4:1
C. 9:1
D. 12:1 - Answers - 3:1
Jamie just bought two boxes. The first box is square, with each side measuring 10 units,
and is 4 units high. The second box is rectangular and has twice the volume of the
square box. If the height of the second box is 5 units, and the width is 10 units, what is
the length of the second box?
A. 10 units
B. 12 units
C. 16 units
D. 18 units - Answers - 16 units
VERIFIED ANSWERS
A radar is designed to report the track of an aircraft every second. If this radar reports
30 tracks in one minute, what percentage of the time did the radar track the aircraft?
A. 3%
B. 30%
C. 40%
D. 50% - Answers - 50%
Jerry walked a dog from 6:40am to 7:30am one day. If he was paid at the rate of 6$ per
hour, how much did he earn that day?
A. $4.50
B. $5.00
C. $5.40
D. $5.90
E. $6.60 - Answers - $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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - $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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - $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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 16 units
