ASVAB - Math Practice Section 1

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A printing plant that produces baseball cards has a monthly overhead of $6,000. It costs 18 cents to print each card, and the cards sell for 30 cents each. How many cards must the printing plant sell each month in order to make a profit?

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Jenny's test grades are 93, 89, 96, and 98. If she wishes to raise her average to 95, what does she need to score on her next test?

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If a car is towed 12 miles to the repair shop,and the tow charge is $3.50 per mile, how much did the tow cost?

A. First since the car was towed 12 miles and we want to know the total cost of the tow per mile we take 12 miles * $ 3.50 B. 12* 3.50 = $ 42.00 C. So the total cost is $ 42.00 Dollars ( C)

Carpet stain protector costs $0.65 per square yard to apply. How much will it cost to apply the protectant to a 16-foot x 18-foot carpet?

A. First you need to know that 1 square yard equals 9 squared feet. Just think of it as there are 3 feet in a yard and you just square it which means multiply the number by itself. So it looks like 3feet * 3feet which in turn gives you 9 squared feet. B. Now to solve the problem we need to multiply 16 foot x 18 foot to find the total area of carpet. C. 288 squared feet is what you should have got. D. Now that we know that we need to find out how many squared yards are in 288 squared feet. To do this we need to divide by 9. E. 288 / 9 = 32 squared yards F. Next we need to find the total cost by Multiplying 32 squared yards by $ 0.65. G. 32*0.65 = 20.8 dollars to fill the entire carpet area.

A waitress earns an average tip of 12% of the cost of the food she serves. If she serves $375 worth of food in one evening, how much money in tips will she earn on average?

A. On This account we need to find out what 12% of tips is in a decimal form, in order to multiple by her total earnings $ 375 to know how much sh earned in tips. B. To make 12% a decimal we need to move the decimal place 2 places to the left. C. This should give us .12 in decimal form. D. Now we need to take her total earnings $ 375 and multiply by .12 in order to find out how much she made in tips. E. $375*.12 should give you $ 45 dollars she made in tips

The sum of two numbers is 70. One number is 8 more than the other. What's the smaller number?

A. To find the Smaller number , First we must take the number 70 and subtract 8 because we want to take away the difference. B. 70 - 8 = 62 C. Now that we found the difference, we need to find out Take 62 and divide by 2 , in order to see what the 2 numbers added together make up. D. 62 / 2 = 31 E. So the Smaller number is 31 and the larger number would be 39 when you add the + 8 back.

A sales manager buys antacid in bottles by the gross. If he goes through 3 bottles of antacid every day, how long will the gross last?

A. To get a better understanding 1 Gross = 144 days. B. So now that we know that ,we need to take 144 days divided by 3 to find out how many days the gross will last , if the sales manager uses 3 everyday. C. 144/ 3 = 48 D. The Gross will last 48 days.

How many square feet of carpeting are needed to carpet a 12-foot x 12-foot room?

A. To solve this First you need to know that 12 inches are in 1 foot and One square foot equals a foot. B. So all you need to do is multiply 12 * 12 = 144 square feet.


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