Arithmetic Reasoning *ASVAB* Practice

Tommy is ordering concrete for a construction project. The price of concrete is $.02 per pound. Concrete is also taxed at a rate of $.03 per pound. If Tommy needs one tom of concrete, how much will he pay?

$100

Jorge has spent $789.37 at the home improvement store. A storewide sale offers an 11% rebate on everything in the store. If he paid a 6% sales tax, how much rebate should he get?

$81.92

Tim wants to purchase a watch for $98.99. He has a coupon that will discount the watch by 10%. If sales tax is 7.5%, what will Tim pay at the register? (Round to the nearest penny)

$95.77

There are 1,639 students in attendance at Auburn High School. What percentage does one student count towards the total number of students?

0.06%

Rachel's phone company limits her monthly data usage to 3 gigabytes. She has already used 2,645 megabytes. How many gigabytes of data does she have left this month?

0.355

Fido weighs 26 pounds more than Fifi. Fifi weighs 12 punds less than Rover. If the sum of their weights is 71, how much does Fifi weigh?

11

A large city is hiring painters to create murals around the city. Each painter can paint 2 large murals a day or 7 small murals a day. If the city needs 24 large murals and 98 small murals painted in a 2 day time period, how many painters will be needed?

13

Karen is training for her upcoming track meet. She makes 3 practice runs in a 1.5 hour time period. She run 3/4 the distance of each of previous run. If she 5 miles on the first run, how far will she go on her third run?

2.81 miles

Sherry is the sole proprietor of a successful flower shop. In Sherry's flower shop the ratio of roses to lilies is 4 to 3. The ratio of Lilies to peonies is 4 to 1. What is the ratio of roses to peonies?

16:3

Kamal is 17 years older than Gina. Gina is 3 years younger than Rachelle. If the sum of their ages is 77, how old is Gina?

19

John can run at a rate of 9.5 miles per hour. How long will it take John to run 23.75 miles?

2.5 hours

Jenny is 13 years older than her sister Myra. Myra is 6 Years younger than her sister Melody. Their combines ages equal 88 years. How old is Myra?

23

A model boat travels at 20 cm per second. How many meters will the boat travel in 2 minutes?

24 meters

Rebecca is fifteen years old. If her mother is 43 now, how old was she when Rebecca was born?

28

How many cars are needed to carpool fourteen friends if each car can safely transport five people?

3

Corey is dropping off his dry cleaning . If Corey has 12 lbs of dark clothes & 4 lbs of whites, what is the ratio of pounds of dark clothes to pounds of white?

3:1

Amber is celebrating her birthday and wants to bring in cupcakes for her classmates. Each cupcake tray holds eight cupcakes and the tins are always filled. If there are twenty-seven other kids in the class, and one teacher, how many trays of cupcakes will Amber need?

4

Cindy's parking garage charges $3.50 for weekday parking, and weekends are half price. If Cindy parked in the garage 20 times per month, and three of these days were weekend days, how much would she spend on parking per month?

$64.75

Zamba has found a little black dress on sale for 50% off the original price of $239.99. She also has a coupon offering free shipping and an additional 10% off of her entire online purchase. If she buys the dress and a pair of shoes costing $34.70, how much will she pay for her ensemble?

$139.23

At Ben's ice cream emporium, an ice cream cone costs $2.00 on weekends and $3.00 on weekdays. If you buy an ice cream cone every day except Thursday, how much would you spend on ice cream that week?

$16

April , Sean, Jessica, and Nathan are all going out to dinner using a $50 gift card from Nathan's mom. April's sandwich is $10.67. Sean's burger was $11.42, while Jessica's salad is $9.08. If the gift card is completely used, how much was Nathan's steak dinner?

$18.83

John spends $2.75 on donuts for his office employees every weekday. On Sunday mornings he takes his wife and kids to the donut shop and spends $12.99. How much money does John spend on donuts throughout the week?

$26.74

Heather wants to purchase a pet from her local pet store. The pet store is offering 50% off rare exotic parrots. The original purchase price of a parrot is $956.50. Heather has a coupon for 10% off her entire purchase. How much will she pay if she also purchases a birdcage for $47.05?

$472.77

Jenna and Harper are living together and have agreed to split half of all living costs. Rent for the apartment is $970. The water bill is $52. The gas bill is $25, while the electric bill is $66. What is each girls total monthly expenses for living in the apartment?

$556.50

Dave has a 30% off coupon for a pair of jeans priced at $78.95. He will also have to pay 6% sales tax and a 1% local option tax at the register. How much will he have to pay for the jeans?

$59.13

A motorcycle cost $7,250. if it depreciates by 12% per year, how much will it be worth after one year?

$6,380

If ratio of men to women in a city of 54,000 people is 3:1, how many women are there in the city?

13,500

If the tire of a car rotates at a constant speed of 552 times in one minute, how many times will the tire rotate in half-an-hour?

16,560

Olga saves $15 from every paycheck to save up for a new games system that cost $399. Currently, she has $360 saved. Ignoring any taxes on the purchases, how many more paychecks does she have until she has enough money saved to buy the game system?

3

Bruce needs a length of pipe to connect the sink to the drainage system. The total piping cannot exceed 6 feet. Two point four feet of piping already exists, so how much piping does Bruce need?

3.6

Kim has four cats. Each one eats a quarter pound of food a day. If Kim only wants to buy one bag of cat food every thirty days, how big of a bag will she need to buy to feed all the cats, with no food left over?

30 lbs

June and Stella can each create six floral arrangements in one hour. If they take in 372 Valentine's Day orders, how many hours will they need to fulfill them?

31

In an apartment complex with 28 units, 19 of the renters keep a pet. What percentage does not keep a pet?

32%

Susan volunteers at her local animal shelter. She counts the dogs and notices that there are a total of 37 dogs. Of those, 24 are female. What percentage of the dogs are male? (Round to the nearest hundredth)

35.14

The college has 700 students, and has issued students 388 parking permits. What is the percentage of students with parking permits?

55%

Karen is organizing a vacation for a large group of active seniors. If passenger vans can hold 14 people, how many vans will be needed to transport 75 seniors?

6

A pizza maker averages making 14 pizzas per hour. At this rate, how many hours will it take until he made 840 pizzas?

60 hours

Joelle's parents have combined all the candy from her and her three siblings Halloween bags so that the candy can be split evenly amongst the children. Altogether, the kids accumulated 256 pieces. How many pieces does each child receive?

64

On a class trip with 40 students, 14 are male. What percentage of the class is female?

65%

Hugh is struggling in his history class. His last five grades on tests were 67, 72, 63, 77, and 59. On the next test, he studies hard, but gets a 75. What is his average?

68.8

One in every 9 people in a town vote for party A. All others vote for party B. How many people vote for party B in a town of 810?

720

If marcy chews an average of 32 sticks of gum per month, how many months will it take her to chew 2,400 sticks of gum?

75

A veterinarian treated 7 dogs, 13 cats, 4 horses, and 3 ferrets. What percentage of his patients were small animals?

85%

An apple farm is taking stock of its inventory for the season. Each year, about eighteen percent of the collected apples must be thrown out because of rot. If the farm collects 12,000 apples in a season, how many apples survive for the farmer to sell?

9,840