AFCT Arithmetic Reasoning Questions With Correct Detailed Answers Guaranteed Pass.

If a team wins 2 more games they would win 70% of their games. They are playing a total of 20 games. How many games have they won so far? - correct answer 12 games A person withdrew $3078 of his investments from his portfolio. If this accounted for 17% of his total investment. What is his total investment? - correct answer $18,105.88 A person bought a TV for $600. If the tax rate is 7.75% what was the amount of tax on the TV? - correct answer $46.50 Circles are measured in degrees. If one degree is equal to 60 minutes, how many minutes are in 22 1/2 degrees? - correct answer 1350 min What is the volume in cubic inches of a box if the box is 2ft on each edge? - correct answer 13,824 cubic inches A soup can is six inches high with a diameter of 4 inches. How much soup can it hold? - correct answer 75.36 in cubed A sprinkler sprays water in a circular region with a radius of 20ft. What area can it cover? - correct answer 1,256 sq ft On a map with a scale of 1 inch = 80 miles, two cities are 3 1/5" apart. What is the distance in miles between the two cities? - correct answer 256 miles Trinidad earns $2,700 per month. If he spends $1,100 on the rent for his apartment, to the nearest percent what percent is spent on rent? - correct answer 41% If you can walk 5 miles in 1 hour, how many miles can you walk in 45 minutes? - correct answer 3.75 miles The population of Small town, Texas increased by 5% between 1985 and 1990. If the population was 210 in 1990, what was the population in 1985? - correct answer 200 people If 3/16 inches represents 15 miles. How many inches represent 20 miles? - correct answer 1/4 inch How many dice can you fit in a box measuring 16cm x 10cm x 8 cm if each dice measures 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm? - correct answer 1,280 dice If 35 acres are destroyed out of 42. What percent of the acreages are destroyed? - correct answer 83.33% If there are 30,000 voters in a town and 6 residents are in favor of a city proposal for every 4 that are unfavorable. How many residents in the town are in favor of the proposal? - correct answer 18,000 voters If you use $0.12 per day in Kilowatts, how much do you spend in one year? - correct answer $43.80 If 3 laps account for 1/4 miles than how many miles do 8 laps represent? - correct answer 2/3 miles or 0.66 miles If a recipe calls for 4 1/3 cups of flour, how much flour would you need if you wanted to make 1 1/2 times the amount of the recipe? - correct answer 6 1/2 cups At 8am it is 3 degrees Celsius, at noon the temperature dropped by 9 degrees Celsius. What is the temperature at noon? - correct answer -6 degrees Celsius Temperature is -5 degrees F; 3 hours later the temperature drops by 6 degrees F. What is the temperature? - correct answer -11 degrees F If a miniature cathedral is built at 1/250th of the size of the actual cathedral and the miniature is 1.2 cm high; how tall is the actual cathedral? - correct answer 300 cm If 270 sq ft is equivalent to 3/4 acre, how many acres do you have if you own 4,230 sq ft? - correct answer 11.75 acres or 11 3/4 acres If a pole is 3 feet above the ground and its shadow is 4 feet long, how far is the top of the pole from the shadow? - correct answer 5 feet If a person deposits $300 into an account and then withdraws 60% of his account after one month which yields him a withdrawal of $264, how much originally was in his account? - correct answer $140 A charge is 12 cents per kilowatt hour. How much does it cost per year to run a TV which uses 10 kilowatt hours per week? - correct answer $62.40 A soldier attempts to run 3 miles at 1/4 mile per lap. He stops after 8 laps. What fraction of his run is remaining? - correct answer 1/3 miles or 1/3 laps. The ratio of girls to boys born at a hospital is 2:5. If there were 35 births one day, how many babies born were girls? - correct answer 10 girls A man is going to fertilize his backyard which is 75 meters long and 50 meters wide. If each bag of fertilizer can cover an area of 200 square meters how many bags of fertilizer will he need to purchase? - correct answer 19 bags You send 700 pounds of fruit; some boxed and some unboxed. If the boxed fruit costs $0.07 per pound to mail and the unboxed fruit costs $0.06 per pound to mail, how many pounds of boxed fruit did you send if the bill for mailing the fruit was $45.00? - correct answer 300 pounds If two rooms have an area of 160 square feet combined and the first room has a side that is 10 feet wide and another side that is 6 feet long, what is the perimeter of the second room? - correct answer 40 ft or 50 ft or 58 ft You have a sheet of paper 8 1/2 in by 11 in. If you line 10 pieces of these papers side by side lengthwise what is the perimeter of all the papers? -