PICAT VERIFICATION REAL : ARITHMETIC
REASONING QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
At an airport, 25% of the flights arrive from within the state, 35% from out of state, and
the rest from other countries. How many flights arrived from out of state, if a total of 240
flights arrived. - Answers - 84
A friend gives a neighbor 13 2/3 feet of twine from a brand new spool, leaving 38 2/5
feet of twine on the spool. How many total feet of twine were originally on the spool? -
Answers - 52 (1/15)
If an employee invest 5% of his pre-tax salary into a retirement plan, the compnay will
macth 25% of that amount. How much will the company contribute to the plan if the
employee earns $50,000 before taxes? - Answers - 625
Sherlyn has a small rectangular garden plot that has a 24-foot perimeter.
The width of the garden is exactly 1/2 of its length. What is the area of Sherlyn's garden
in square feet? - Answers - 32
a person walked the dog 2/3 of a mile on Thursday and 5/7 of a mile on Friday what
total number of miles did the person walk the dog - Answers - 1 (8/21)
A sweater design calls for the following balls of yarn: 10 white, 3 green, and 2 yellow.
What percentage of the yarn is green? - Answers - 20%
A poster is 18inches high and 24 inches long. It was made by enlarging a photograph
that was 3 inches high. If the photo was proportionally enlarged how long was the
original photograph? - Answers - 4 inches
Two brothers plan to mow lawns together. If one brother can mow 6 lawns in 1 hour,
and the other brother can mow 12 lawns in 1 hour and 30 minutes, how many lawns can
they mow altogether in 2 hours? - Answers - 18
A music concert is 3 hours long. During the concert there is one 27-minute intermission.
Approximately what percentage of the concert is the intermission?
5%
10%
12%
15% - Answers - 15%
REASONING QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
At an airport, 25% of the flights arrive from within the state, 35% from out of state, and
the rest from other countries. How many flights arrived from out of state, if a total of 240
flights arrived. - Answers - 84
A friend gives a neighbor 13 2/3 feet of twine from a brand new spool, leaving 38 2/5
feet of twine on the spool. How many total feet of twine were originally on the spool? -
Answers - 52 (1/15)
If an employee invest 5% of his pre-tax salary into a retirement plan, the compnay will
macth 25% of that amount. How much will the company contribute to the plan if the
employee earns $50,000 before taxes? - Answers - 625
Sherlyn has a small rectangular garden plot that has a 24-foot perimeter.
The width of the garden is exactly 1/2 of its length. What is the area of Sherlyn's garden
in square feet? - Answers - 32
a person walked the dog 2/3 of a mile on Thursday and 5/7 of a mile on Friday what
total number of miles did the person walk the dog - Answers - 1 (8/21)
A sweater design calls for the following balls of yarn: 10 white, 3 green, and 2 yellow.
What percentage of the yarn is green? - Answers - 20%
A poster is 18inches high and 24 inches long. It was made by enlarging a photograph
that was 3 inches high. If the photo was proportionally enlarged how long was the
original photograph? - Answers - 4 inches
Two brothers plan to mow lawns together. If one brother can mow 6 lawns in 1 hour,
and the other brother can mow 12 lawns in 1 hour and 30 minutes, how many lawns can
they mow altogether in 2 hours? - Answers - 18
A music concert is 3 hours long. During the concert there is one 27-minute intermission.
Approximately what percentage of the concert is the intermission?
5%
10%
12%
15% - Answers - 15%
