ASVAB 4 - Math

A fire team is made up of four junior enlisted men and one noncommissioned officer as the team leader. A group of 64 privates fresh from basic training is to be divided into fire teams. How many team leaders will be needed?. 8. 10. 12. 16.

A tree 36 feet high casts a shadow 8 feet long. At the same time, another tree casts a shadow 6 feet long. How tall is the second tree?. 30 feet. 27 feet. 24 feet. 32 feet.

Temperature readings on a certain day ranged from a low of גˆ’4ֲ°F to a high of 16ֲ°F. What was the average temperature for the day?. 10ֲ°F. 6ֲ°F. 12ֲ°F. 8ֲ°F.

A plane left San Francisco at 6:15 pm PST and arrived in Philadelphia at 2:45 am EST. How long was the flight?. 8 / hours. 5 / hours. 6 / hours. 9 / hours.

An automobile manufacturer offers a 15% rebate on the list price of a new car. What would be the rebate on a car that lists for $13,620?. $900.00. $11,577.00. $204.30. $2,043.00.

A toll is $2 for a car and the driver and 75 cent for each additional passenger. If the toll comes to $4.25, how many total people are in the car?. 6. 5. 3. 4.

A night watchman is required to check in every 40 minutes while making his rounds, to list tour of duty extends from 9:00 P.M. to 5:00 A.M. If he checks in at the start of his rounds and also when lie finishes, how many times does he check in during the night?. 12. 13. 8. 20.

A flight is scheduled for departure at 3:50 P.M. If the flight takes 2 hours and 55 minutes, at what time is it scheduled to arrive at its destination?. 5:05 P.M. 6:05 P.M. 6:15 P.M. 6:45 P.M.

How many 4-ounce candy bars are there in a 3-pound package of candy?. 12. 16. 48. 9.

In a restaurant, a diner orders an entree with vegetables for $10.50, dessert for $1.50, and coffee for $0.50. If the tax on meals is 6%, what tax should be added to his check?. $0.06. $0.63. $0.72. $0.75.

A 55-gallon drum of oil is going to be used to fill cans that hold 2 quarts each. How many cans can be filled from the drum?. 55. 27. 110. 220.

In a factory that makes wooden spindles, a lathe operator takes 45 minutes to do the finishing work on nine spindles. How many hours will it take him to finish 96 spindles at the same rate?. 8. 72. 100. 10.

A triangle has two equal sides. The third side has a length of 13 feet, 2 inches. If the perimeter of the triangle is 40 feet, what is the length of one of the equal sides?. 13 feet, 4 inches. 26 feet, 10 inches. 13 feet, 11 inches. 13 feet, 5 inches.

A lawn is 21 feet wide and 39 feet long. How much will it cost to weed and feed it if a gardening service charges $0.40 per square yard for this treatment?. $109.20. $36.40. $327.60. $24.00.

A bonded courier drove for 7 hours on back roads at an average speed of 48 miles per hour. Her car gets 21 miles per gallon of gas. How many gallons of gas did she use?. 24. 11. 18. 16.

A wall is 7 feet 8 inches in height; four vertical pieces of wallpaper are needed to cover the wall. Assuming there is no waste, what is the minimum length that a roll of wallpaper must be to cover the wall?. 29 feet, 2 inches. 31 feet, 2 inches. 31 feet. 30 feet, 8 inches.

We bought 5 pounds of cashew nuts worth $1.80 per pound, mixed with 4 pounds of peanuts worth $1.62 per pound. What is the value per pound of the mixture?. $1.72. $1.71. $3.42. $1.82.

In a clothing factory, 5 workers finish production of 6 garments each per day, 3 others turn out 4 garments each per day, and 1 worker turns out 12 per day. What is the average number of garments produced per worker per day?. 2 /. 6. 4. 7 /.

A man makes a 255-mile trip by car. He drives the first 2 hours at 45 miles per hour. At what speed must he then travel for the remainder of the trip in order to arrive at his destination 5 hours after he started?. 31 miles per hour. 50 miles per hour. 51 miles per hour. 55 miles per hour.

A contractor bids $300,000 as her price for erecting a building. She estimates that 1/10 of this amount will be spent for masonry materials and labor, 1/3 for lumber and carpentry, 1/5 for plumbing and heating, and 1/6 for electrical and lighting work. The balance will be her profit. How much profit does she expect to make?. $24,000. $80,000. $60,000. $50,000.

The list price of a TV set is $325, but the retailer offers successive discounts of 20% and 30%. What price does a customer actually pay?. $182.00. $270.00. $162.50. $176.67.

A certain brand of motor oil is regularly sold at a price of two cans holding a quart each for $1.99. On a special sale, a carton containing six quart cans is sold for $5.43. What is the saving per quart if the oil is bought at the special sale price?. $0.27. $0.09. $0.54. $0.52.

A company spends 3/5 of its advertising budget on newspaper ads and 1/3 on radio commercials. What portion of the advertising budget is left for TV commercials?. 1/2. 7/30. 1/15. 1/8.

At Joe's Restaurant, one-fourth of the patrons are male and one-fifth of the patrons are from out of town. What proportion would you expect to be male and out of town?. 1/5. 1/10. 1/20. 1/25. 1/50.

There are 112 males and 78 females working at a hospital. What percentage of the hospitals workforce is female?. 22%. 32%. 38%. 41%. 78%.

What is the estimated product when 620 and 374 are rounded to the nearest hundred and multiplied?. 12,000. 24,000. 60,000. 120,000. 240,000.

If a patient doesn't receive treatment for a certain injury within 2 hours after injury, the patient's chance of survival starts decreasing by 15% each hour. If no treatment has been given within 4 hours after injury, roughly, what chance of survival will the patient have?. 70%. 72%. 75%. 77%. 80%.

William is from England and is visiting the United States. On his trip he visits Texas and notices that it is very hot. He looks at a thermometer and it reads 95 degrees Fahrenheit. William wants to know what this converts to in Celsius? Assume C = (F גˆ’ 32) / 1.8. 30 degrees C. 35 degrees C. 40 degrees C. 45 degrees C. 50 degrees C.

A student scores 74, 87, 68, 63, 76 on his last five exams. His teacher will drop the lowest grade to compute the student's average. What is the students average in the class?. 76.3%. 79.4%. 84.9%. 89.4%. 68.2%.

21/4 + 63/8 = __________. 8. 83/8. 85/8. 9.

A world map has a scale of 1/4 of an inch equals 250 miles. You measure the distance between New York, NY and Los Angeles, California and it equals 3 inches. What is the real distance between New York and LA?. 2,500 miles. 2,750 miles. 2,800 miles. 3,000 miles. 3,250 miles.

Of 1,000 dogs, 72% are male. Among the males, 3 out of 5 were over the age 5. How many of the dogs were males over the age of 5?. 312. 432. 468. 512. 720.

There are 78 female and 54 male patrons at a local diner. What percentage of the diner's patrons are female?. 37%. 41%. 52%. 59%. 67%.

A new cancer treatment provides a 50% success rate for patients with lung tumors. Lung tumors make up 10% of all cancer patients. What percentage of all cancer patients will this new drug work on?. 5%. 20%. 50%. 80%. 95%.

A person who has a heart attack can be saved 90% of the time if a defibrillator is used within 5 minutes of the heart attack. Of the people that have heart attacks, defibrillators are within the vicinity 40% of the time; however, they are only used 60% of the time even when they are in the surrounding area. How many people who suffer a heart attack are saved because of the use of a defibrillator?. 18%. 22%. 40%. 54%. 60%.

A paint company mixes its paint with water to create more paint per gallon. They currently have ten gallon jugs which contain 10% water. How much water must they add to create an 80/20 mix of paint to water?. 1 gallon. 1.25 gallons. 1.5 gallons. 2 gallons. 1.75 gallons.

A mail carrier can deliver mail to 1,400 different homes in one day. In the city of Utopia, there are 52,800 residents. How many mail carriers must be hired to deliver mail to all of the residents of Utopia each day?. 38. 43. 48. 54. 60.

How much change would you get back from a $100.00 bill if you purchased eight DVDs costing $6.49 each?. $24.24. $48.08. $51.92. $64.90.

Fencing costs $1.50 per picket. 2 pickets are used per foot. Posts cost $13.75 per post. How much will it cost to fence a yard if 10 posts and 46 feet of pickets are needed?. $125.50. $138.00. $275.50. $380.75.

Louis ran a race in 2.4 minutes. Laura ran the same race in 124 seconds. What is the difference between the two times?. 2 seconds. 20 seconds. 40 seconds. 1 minute.

A grocery store has a special on sodas. Three 12 packs for $9.00. How much does five 12 packs of soda cost?. $9.00. $12.00. $15.00. $18.00.

A family of four have a dinner bill for $44.00. A 15% tip is added after an 8% tax is added to the amount. How much is the tip?. $4.05. $6.60. $6.71. $7.13.

Jane takes out a loan for $100,000.00 over 10 years and agrees to pay interest only at an annual rate of 8%. What will her monthly payment be?. $333.33. $666.67. $1,000. $8,000.

Karen is 6 years older than her sister Michelle, and Michelle is 2 years younger than their brother David. If the sum of their ages is 62, how old is Michelle?. 20. 16. 18. 24.

A barista averages making 16 coffees per hour. At this rate, how many hours will it take until she's made 1,200 coffees?. 70 hours. 75 hours. 80 hours. 65 hours.

Camille uses a 20% off coupon when buying a sweater that costs $47.99. If she also pays 6% sales tax on the purchase, how much does she pay?. $50.87. $40.69. $38.39. $43.64.

At Michael's smoothie shop smoothies cost $3.50 during the week and $4.00 on weekends. If Jonathan bought a smoothie every day except Saturday how much did he spend on smoothies that week?. $21.50. $25.50. $17.50. $21.00.

In a classroom of 32 students, 14 are male. What percentage of the class is female?. 56%. 52%. 44%. 46%.

Cory's average score after 8 tests is 91%. If he gets a 78% on his 9th test, what will his new average be?. 90.5%. 87.5%. 89.6%. 89.5%.

Julie gives 7 pieces of candy to each of her friends. If Julie gives all of her candy away, which amount of candy could have been the. 128. 161. 145. 162.