ASVAB Study Guide
A bag contains 8 white, 4 red, 7 green, and 5 blue marbles. Eight marbles are
withdrawn at random. How many of the withdrawn marbles are white if the chance of
drawing a white marble is now 1 in 4? - ANS-8+4+7+5=24
24-8=16
1/4 out of 16
4/16=4
8-4=4
4
A box of nails weighs 1 5/6 what is the weight of 12 boxes? - ANS-1^5/6
11/6*12/1
132/6
22
22
A circle has a diameter of 6, an area of b square units, and a circumference of c units.
What is the value of b + c? - ANS-Area of a circle: pi * r^2
6 half of 3
3*3=9
6+9=15
15
A perpetual motion machine can never be built because it is not possible to eliminate? -
ANS-Elasticity
A pie was cut into two equals pieces each of these pieces of pie was cut into halves
again & each of those smaller pieces was cut into two equals if two of the pieces of the
pie were eaten what portion of the pie remains? - ANS-2+2+4=8
8-2=6
6/8= 3/4
3/4
, A pizza is cut into 8 equal pieces a person who eats 1/2 of one piece eats what fraction
of the pizza? - ANS-8 Slices
8+8=16
1/16
A plumber has a car payment of $250 per month $225 of which goes to paying off the
principal & the rest goes towards the interest what percent is being payed for interest? -
ANS-250-225= 25
25/250=10
10%
A printing press will print 6,000 copies in 20 minutes a second press can print 15,000 in
60 minutes how many more copies per minute will the faster print than the slower
press? - ANS-20/6,000=300
60/15,000=250
300-250=50
50
A radar is designed to report the track of an aircraft every second if this radar reports 30
tracks in one minute what was the percentage of the time did the radar track the
aircraft? - ANS-50% (radar only tracked half 30/60)
A sweater priced at $80 was marked down by 25%. what was the sale price of the
sweater - ANS-$60 (multiplied 80*.25, then subtracted 20 from 80)
A train goes twice as fast downhill as it can go up hill as it can go on level ground if it
goes 120 miles per hour downhill how long will it take to travel 45 miles per flat land? -
ANS-
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? - ANS-Square has 4 sides
88/4= 22*22=484*2=968
Multiply by 2 because the office is twice the size
968
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