ASVAB Exam Questions

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 s...

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?

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?

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?

Two partners operate a business that shows a yearly profit of $63,000. Their partnership agreement calls for them to share the profits in the ratio 5:4. How much of the profit shou...

A purchaser paid $17.16 for an article that had recently been increased price by 4%. What was the price of the article before the increase?

A tree 24 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?

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?

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?

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

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 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...

Joe received an hourly wage of $8.15. His boss gave him a 7% raise. How much does Joe make per hour now?

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 num...

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 dest...

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,...

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?

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...

A worker 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?

A company spends 3/8 of its advertising budget on newspaper ads and 1/3 on radiC. mmercials. What portion of the advertising budget is left for TV commercials?

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 p...

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?

A wall is 7 feet 6 inches in height; four vertical pieces of wallpaper are needed tc. ver the wall. Assuming there is no waste, what is the minimum length that a roll of wallpaper...

A night watchman is required to check in every 40 minutes while making his rounds, t lis tour of duty extended from 9:00 P.M. to 5:00 A.M If he checks in at the start of his rounds...

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?

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

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?

Darla spent $120.37 on groceries in January, $108.45 in February, and $114.86 in March. What was the average monthly cost of Darla's groceries?

Keith is driving from Reno to Kansas City to meet his girlfriend. The distance between the two cities is 1,650 miles. If Keith can average 50 miles per hour, how many hours will it...

Michael needs 55 gallons of paint to paint an apartment building. He would like to purchase the paint for the least amount of money possible. Which of the following should he buy?

As a member of FEMA, you're required to set up a contingency plan to supply meals to residents of a town devastated by a tornado. A breakfast ration weighs 12 ounces and the lunch...

A baker made 20 pies. A Boy Scout troop buys one-fourth of his pies, a preschool teacher buys one- third of his pies, and a caterer buys one-sixth of his pies. How many pies does t...

Miriam bought five cases of motor oil on sale. A case of motor oil normally costs $24.00, but she was able to purchase the oil for $22.50 a case. How much money did Miriam save on...

A security guard walks the equivalent of six city blocks when he makes a circuit around the building. If he walks at a pace of eight city blocks every 30 minutes, how long will it...

The population of Grand Island, Nebraska, grew by 600,000 people between 1995 and 2005, one-fifth more than the town council predicted. The town council originally predicted the ci...

Jose is taking an admissions examination. If she has to get at least 40 of the 60 questions right to pass, what percent of the questions does she need to answer correctly?

A teacher deposited $3,000 in a retirement fund. If she didn't add any more money to the fund, which earns an annual interest rate of 6%, how much money would she have in 1 year?

The high-school track measures one quarter of a mile around. How many laps would you have to run in order to run three and a half miles?

Karl is driving in Austria, where the speed limit is posted in kilometers per hour. The car's speedometer shows that he's traveling at a rate of 75 kilometers per hour. Karl knows...

A carpenter earns $12.30 an hour for a 40-hour week. His overtime pay is 11/2 times his base pay. If he puts in a 46-hour week, how much is his weekly pay?

An office building has 30 employees and allows 42 square feet of work space per employee. If five more employees are hired, how much less work space wills each employee have?

Stan bought a monster truck for $2,000 down and payments of $450 a month for five years. What's the total cost of the monster truck?

A train headed south for Wichita left the station at the same time a train headed north for Des Moines left the same station. The train headed for Wichita traveled at 55 miles per...

A carpenter needs to cut four sections, each 3-feet 8-inches long, from a piece of molding. If the board is only sold by the foot, what's the shortest length of board she can buy?

Kiya had a coupon for 10% off one frozen turkey breast. The turkey breasts cost $8.50 each, and Kiya bought two. How much did she pay?

A recruiter travels 1,100 miles during a 40-hour workweek. If she spends 2/5 of her time traveling, how many hours does she spend traveling?

Your car uses gasoline at the rate of 21 miles per gallon. If gasoline costs $2.82 per gallon, and you drive for 7 hours at a speed of 48 miles per hour, how much will you pay for...

The cost of a protein bar increased from $2.50 to $2.80. The percent increase to the $2.80 rate was how much?

An aircraft flies over Boondock Air Force Base at 10:20 a.m. At 10:32 a.m., the plane passes over Sea Side Naval Air Station, 120 miles away. How fast is the aircraft traveling?

Last year, Margot grew 50 bushels of corn in her backyard. This year, the yield has increased 8%. How many bushels of corn did Margot grow this year?