ASVAB 3 - Math

A product originally costs $125. If the product goes on sale for 20% off, and then goes on sale for an additional 30% off, what is the price of the product?. $62.50. $70. $65. $90.

A digital video recorder is programmed to record a TV show that lasts for a half hour. If the digital video recorder has enough memory left to hold 180 minutes of recording, what percentage of the remaining capacity is used for this recording?. 16 / %. 30%. 60%. 33 / %.

On a trip to the beach you travel 200 miles in 300 minutes. How fast did you travel?. 30 mph. 40 mph. 50 mph. 60 mph.

21 students, or 60% of the class, passed the final exam. How many students are in the class?. 45. 40. 35. 30.

Joan invests $4,000 in an account that earns 3% simple interest. How much will Joan have in the account in 10 years?. $4,500. $4,800. $5,200. $5,400.

A rectangle has a perimeter of 36 inches. Its length is 3 inches greater than twice the width. What's the rectangle's length?. 5 inches. 13 inches. 18 inches. 20 inches.

A back yard is 50 feet by 100 feet. What's its area?. 150 square feet. 500 square feet. 2,500 square feet. 5,000 square feet.

Eric is driving a car in which the speedometer is calibrated in kilometers per hour (kph). He notes that his car is traveling at a rate of 75 kph, when he passes a speed limit sign stating the limit is 40 miles per hour (mph). He knows that a kilometer is about 58% of a mile. If a police officer stops him at this point, how many mph over the limit will the ticket read?. 5. 7. 9. 11.

Three apples and twice as many pears add up to one-half the number of grapes in a fruit basket. How many grapes are in the basket?. 8. 18. 28. 38.

Apples are on sale for `Buy 2 get 1 free.` How many pounds must Janet purchase to get 2 pounds free?. 2 pounds. 4 pounds. 6 pounds. 3 pounds.

If 4 pipes of equal length measure 44 feet when they're connected together, how long is each pipe?. 11 feet. 4 feet. 22 feet. 9 feet.

A German shepherd and an Alaskan Malamute are both headed toward the same fire hydrant. The German Shepherd is 120 feet away from the hydrant and the Alaskan Malamute is 75 feet away from the hydrant. How much closer to the hydrant is the Alaskan Malamute?. 45 feet. 25 feet. 75 feet. 195 feet.

A recruit reporting to boot camp took a bus from her home to the military processing center in another city. The trip took 14 hours. If she left at 6 a.m., what time did she arrive at the processing center?. 7 p.m. 12 a.m. 8 p.m. 9 p.m.

A farmer sold 3 pints of strawberries for $1.98 each, 5 pints of raspberries for $2.49 each, and a bushel of peaches for $5.50 at his roadside stand. How much money did the farmer make?. $9.97. $23.89. $18.39. $18.91.

A librarian wants to shelve 532 books. If 4 books fit on a 1-foot length of shelving, how many feet of shelving does she need to shelve all the books?. 13. 45. 33. 133.

A student buys a science textbook for $18.00, a math textbook for $14.50, and a dictionary for $9.95. What's the total cost of the books?. $27.95. $42.45. $41.95. $38.50.

Debra works an 8-hour shift on Friday. How many minutes does she work on Friday?. 480 minutes. 800 minutes. 240 minutes. 400 minutes.

Six people can run 3 machines in the factory. How many machines can 18 people run?. 7. 9. 6. 8.

On a map drawn to scale, 1ג„2 inch equals 1 mile. What length on the map equals 5 miles?. 2.5 inches. 5.0 inches. 10.0 inches. 1.5 inches.

A man bought a pair of jeans for $23.00, a shirt for $14.95, and two ties for $7.98 each. What was the total cost of his clothing?. $53.91. $45.93. $51.99. $54.50.

A rectangular block of brown metal folding chairs is set up on the floor of Reed Arena for the annual freshman convocation. The block of seats has x rows, withy folding chairs in each row. How many folding chairs are there on the floor of the arena?. x + y. x גˆ’ y. xy. y גˆ’ x.

Jolie wants to get a new car before her second year of college. The sticker price of the kind of car she wants went up from $22,399 last year to $23,999 for this year's model. What percentage did the price increase?. 1.071%. 7.1%. 9.3%. 71.4%.

During his senior year a high school football wide receiver was thrown 82 passes and caught 57 of them. What is his reception percentage (what percentage of the passes thrown to him did he catch)?. 30.4%. 69.5%. 43.8%. 81.7%.

Amanda has a 20-year term life insurance policy for $100,000. The annual premium is $ 12.00 per thousand. How much is her total premium payment every six months?. $600. $1,200. $100. $2,400.

If two pounds of salmon cost $13.98, what is the cost of five ounces of the same brand of salmon?. $0.44. $0.87. $140. $2.20.

If five SUV tires and four rims cost $1,730 and each rim costs $120, what is the cost of one tire?. $150.00. $220.60. $320.20. $250.00.

Calculate the volume of a semi-truck trailer that is 23 feet long, 15 feet wide, and 11 feet high. 2,530 sq ft. 3,450 cu ft. 3,765 sq ft. 3,795 cu ft.

A college student spent $119 on tickets for family and friends to a sporting event. If tickets were $7 and $10, and she bought an equal number of both kinds of tickets, how many $7 tickets did she buy?. 4. 5. 7. 11.

Amanda earns an average of $22 an hour in tips as a waitress at the best steak restaurant in town. If her hourly wage is $2.50 and she has to pay a 10% tip share to the hostesses and busboys, how much does she take home at the end of a day when she worked from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.?. $32.90. $121.11. $138.60. $156.10.

During Friday night's high school performance of the play Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 76% of the seats in the performing arts center (with a seating capacity of 500 people) were occupied, and three-quarters of those attending were parents. How many high school students attended the play?. 95. 100. 76. 285.

Jonathan spent four hours doing calculus problems, one hour playing Web-based video games, half an hour talking to his girlfriend, and two hours lifting weights and exercising. What percentage of his time was spent on math problems?. 46.6%. 50.0%. 53.3%. 57.1%.

Mrs. H.B. found a display model of a notebook computer to use for her business for $1,400, including software. However, since the model had been discontinued and the display had no packaging material or instructions, the store manager discounted the price to $1,150. What was the percentage of the reduction?. 1.78%. 13.0%. 15.0%. 17.9%.

Heather bought a rectangular Persian rug with an outer perimeter measurement of 45 feet. If the long sides measure 15 feet each, how long is each short side of the rug?. 7.5 ft. 10 ft. 12.5 ft. 15 ft.

In the circulation department of a city newspaper, four customer service representatives each receive $320 a week, while two assistant managers earn $12 an hour each plus an average $100 per day commission. What is the average total weekly compensation paid to these six employees for a five-day, 40-hour work week?. $2,420. $3,240. $2,260. $4,520.

Carpet costs $3 per square yard. The room that will be carpeted is 12 feet ֳ— 18 feet. How much will the carpet cost?. $648. $216. $72. $324.

If a train can travel 500 miles in five hours, how far can it travel in 15 minutes?. 25 miles. 30 miles. 7 miles. 125 miles.

An employee of a chocolate factory earns $7.20 an hour. She is paid time and a half for overtime beyond a 40-hour week. How much will she earn in a week in which she works 43 hours?. $295.20. $320.40. $432.00. $464.40.

A man died suddenly from a heart attack brought on by too much work and not enough exercise. Upon his death, his life insurance policies paid $750,000 to his wife and three children. The policies were set up to pay the wife and children in the ratio of 5:1:1:1. How much did the three children receive altogether?. $150,000. $200,000. $468,750. $281,250.

B Company ("Bulldogs"), 3rd Battalion, 144th Infantry, is authorized a total of 131 soldiers. However, Bulldog Company only has 125 total soldiers and officers assigned. Of those assigned, four percent are officers. How many enlisted soldiers are assigned to the company?. 114. 123. 120. 121.

A technology reseller purchasing agent procured 20 mid-brand DVD players for the listed wholesale price of $80 each, but receives a 25% discount because he is an established customer and friend of the wholesale dealer. His store then sells these DVD players at a 20% markup above the original wholesale price. What is the store's profit margin on each DVD player?. $16. $72. $20. $36.

A special-purpose cartographer (mapmaker) receives an order requiring a customized map with a scale of one inch = 50 miles. If the actual straight-line ground distance between two points is 120 miles, how far apart should the cartographer show them on the map?. 0.4 inches. 2.4 inches. 1.2 inches. 4.8 inches.

In Hendricks on Township, houses are assessed at 80% of the purchase price. If Mr. Thomas buys a house in Hendricks on for $120,000 and rea estate taxes are $4.75 per $100 of assessed valuation, how much property tax must he pay per year?. $3,648. $5,472. $4,560. $4,845.

The fuel tank of a gasoline generator holds enough fuel to operate the generator for one hour and 15 minutes. About how many times must the fuel tank be filled to run the generator from 6:15 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.?. 9.4. 10.2. 10.8. 11.5.

When Highway 2011 was converted from toll-free to a toll road, the traffic density per day declined from 11,200 vehicles to 10,044. What was the percentage decline in traffic?. 10.3%. 0.5%. 10.1%. 8.9%.

June drove for two hours at an average speed of 70 miles per hour, then drove another 90 minutes at an average speed of 65 miles per hour. If her vehicle gets 25 miles per gallon on the highway in this speed range, about how many gallons of gas did she use for the trip?. 5.4 gallons. 8.2 gallons. 8.4 gallons. 9.5 gallons.

Jonathan earns $350 before taxes every two weeks at his part-time job. His withholdings are $27.75 for federal income taxes, $5.65 for Social Security (FICA), and $12.87 for Medicare tax. How much will his net paycheck be?. $314.73. $304.73. $303.73. $313.73.

A training certificate composed on a personal computer that was designed to be nine inches long and six inches wide has to be proportionately enlarged so that its length will be 12 inches. How many inches wide will the enlarged certificate be?. 8. 6. 9. 10.

A basketball team won 70% of the 40 games it played. How many games did it lose?. 28. 30. 22. 12.

The two members of Hoosiephaffer LLC, a limited liability company, operate their business such that it shows a profit for the year of $63,000. Their LLC operating agreement calls for them to share the profits in the ratio 5:4. How much of the profit should go to the member who gets the larger share?. $35,000. $28,000. $32,000. $36,000.

A corporate purchaser paid $17.16 for an item that had recently been increased in price by the wholesaler by four percent. What was the price of the item before the increase?. $17.00. $17.12. $16.50. $16.47.