Arithmetic reasoning
If an employee invests 5% of his pre-tax salary into a retirement plan, the company will match 25% of that amount. How much will the company contribute to the plan if the employee earns $50,000 before taxes?
$625
A person walked a dog 2/3 of a mile on Thursday and 5/7 of a mile on Friday. What total number of miles did the person walk the dog?
1 8/21
A person wants to install an in-ground swimming pool that will be 25 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. What volume of dirt will need to be excavated for this pool?
1,800 cu. ft
Sherlyn has a small rectangular garden plot that has a 24-foot perimeter. The width of the garden is exactly 1/2 of its length. What is the area of Sherlyn's garden in square feet?
12
A square room has a 12-foot long wall. What is the floor area?
144 sq. ft
A music concert is 3 hours long. During the concert there is one 27-minute intermission. Approximately what percentage of the concert is the intermission?
15%
Two tanks are each partially filled with 96 gallons of water, as shown in the illustration. Tank A is 4/5 full, and Tank B is 2/3 full. What is the maximum amount of water that can be held in both tanks together?
192 Gallons
A sweater design calls for the following balls of yarn: 10 white, 3 green, and 2 yellow. What percentage of the yarn is green?
20%
The scale drawing diameter of a jet engine fan is 40.6 cm, using a 1: 5 scale. What is the actual diameter of the fan?
203 cm
Two brothers plan to mow lawns together. If one brother can mow 6 lawns in 1 hour, and the other brother can mow 12 lawns in 1 hour and 30 minutes, how many lawns can they mow altogether in 2 hours?
28 lawns
A clerk processes 62 invoices in 4 hours. How many invoices can the clerk process by working at this rate for 40 hours per week for 6 weeks?
3,720
Of 1,240 people polled, 30% of them preferred wood rather than carpet for their home's interior flooring. Of the people who preferred carpet, 50% preferred the color beige. About how many of the people polled preferred beige-colored carpet?
434
A friend gives a neighbor 13 2/3 feet of twine from a brand new spool, leaving 38 2/5 feet of twine on the spool. How many total feet of twine were originally on the spool?
52 1/15
At an airport, 25% of the flights arrive from within the state, 35% from out of state, and the rest from other countries. How many flights arrived from out of state, if a total of 240 flights arrived?
84
